CSX - Big Sandy SD - late 2019 early 2020
1. British Columbia Rail 4601-CN 5648-8002 on w/b ethanol train K428-15 at Ivel KY. 08-16-2019.
2. Ethanol trains often have foreign power. BCOL 4601-CN 5648-8002. View 2. Ivel KY.
3. K428-15 at Emma KY approaching EM Cabin. BCOL 4601-CN 5648 C40-8M. Emma KY.
4. CSX 86-81 arriving Shelby KY with a train of 51 Herzog Contracting empty ballast cars. 12-08-2019.
5. CSX 86-81. View 2. Shelby KY.
6. CSX 86-81. View 3. Shelby KY.
7. Ethanol empty train K466-19 stopped at the WE Wagner behind CSX SD40-2 8095-UP 4830-UP 4098. 12-21-2019. Wagner KY.
8. UP SD70M 4830. UP 4830 Wagner KY.
9. Another SD70M of which UP has a huge fleet. UP 4098. Wagner KY.
10. K466 doesn’t pull down because they would block two crossings. CSX 8095-UP 4830-4098. Wagner KY.
11. Soon N759-19 rolls into view behind CSX 3224-3054 with an e/b Duke Energy coal train. Wagner KY.
12. DPU 770 brings up the rear for the steep grades ahead. CSX 3224 DPU 770. Wagner KY.
13. K466-19 rolls by the block signal at Betsy Layne KY. A SD40-2 in the lead anymore is a rarity. This train got plenty of rail fan attention. CSX 8095-4830-4098.
14. CSX “SD40-3” 4014 leads 9032-5238 on w/b ethanol empty train K848 at Banner with 95 empty tanks and 2 buffer cars. 01-04-2020. Banner KY.
15. CSX 7004-5360-957 leads w/b Q691 at the EE Ivel with 36 cars. 7004 is a “CM44AC” which may be a rebuild of an earlier AC44. Ivel KY.
16. CSX 7004-5360-957. View 2. Ivel KY.
All for now.
Train images used by permission of Everett N Young