Another Westbound throttles up for the pull out of the hole after the passing of a CSX local minutes previous. Thanks Scooterb, it's a great place to railfan:)
The Westbound gets ready to slam the really rough Diamonds with the N/S CSX line. It was a nervous situation to be in with this baby bouncing wildly past us.
"Four to the joint." An engineer eases a string of covered hoppers down an industrial lead near Fostoria's Iron Triangle.
A single SD40-2 brings an empty coal train south on the Columbus Sub.
CSXT 5499 passes under a C&O signal bridge as it makes the turn off of the Willard sub onto the Columbus sub.
146 West of the B&O Depot with NS 6675 NS 8754 and NS 5427 leading 144 cars
CSX Q151/30 with CSXT 5332 leading is stopped waiting for a signal to head north until H794 with CSXT 6928 & 2273 clear shoving out to the westbound siding west of Fostoria
The conductor rides the rear of the train using a break pipe whistle on the back up move.
H795 coming off the miximg center lead headed to the B&Oyard
NS 242 heading east at Blair yard
NS 272 works the east end of the mixing center
Hi-hood SD40-2 3327 starts rolling her train west out of the yard in Fostoria, bound for Lima, Ohio.