CSX - Big Sandy Misc. Sub. - 6-13-2012
Rail Fan Adventure --
1. Not a unit grass train but close. Debris from a wreck perhaps has been stored in these hoppers long enough that the grass needs weed-eating! Obviously these hoppers have not been earning their cost of capital lately. Shelby on 7-29-11
![Not a unit grass train but close. Debris from a wreck perhaps has been stored in these hoppers long enough that the grass needs weed-eating!](../images/csxbigsandymisc20120613/01SHELBY1.jpg)
2. CSX 4740 departs Shelby w/b on the main line with SCWX empties. 10-22-11
![CSX 4740 departs Shelby w/b on the main line with SCWX empties.](../images/csxbigsandymisc20120613/02SHELBY2.jpg)
3. CSX 4841-4726 are gaining speed with an "Extra South" (Clinchfield parlance) passing Levisa Jct. on 11-12-11. The coal train has a two-unit pusher.
![CSX 4841-4726 are gaining speed with an 'Extra South' (Clinchfield parlance) passing Levisa Jct.](../images/csxbigsandymisc20120613/03SHELBY3.jpg)
4. CSX 5281-7396 wait at Fords Branch with an e/b grain train for permission to enter the yard. The tiny post office still serves this small but picturesque community. 11-12-11
![CSX 5281-7396 wait at Fords Branch with an e/b grain train for permission to enter the yard.](../images/csxbigsandymisc20120613/04SHELBY4.jpg)
5. CSX 633-928 depart Shelby with a "Pike 29 Shifter" up the Sandy Valley & Elkhorn Sub. on 11-13-11. An eastbound coal train is arriving on the left. Bethlehem Steel's Pike 29 mine is now Central Appalachia Mining's Damron Fork operation. Old names die slowly if at all.
![CSX 633-928 depart Shelby with a 'Pike 29 Shifter' up the Sandy Valley & Elkhorn Sub.](../images/csxbigsandymisc20120613/05SHELBY5.jpg)
6. CREX 9043 is a former UP C40-8 that now belongs to Citicorp Railmark Inc. Shelby on 11-24-11.
![CREX 9043 is a former UP C40-8 that now belongs to Citicorp Railmark Inc.](../images/csxbigsandymisc20120613/06SHELBY6.jpg)
7. Late in the afternoon CREX 9043 and CSX 4534 departed west with 127 loads of coal on T941-18. The defect detector revealed the train was 6,612 feet long. Betsy Layne, Ky.
![Late in the afternoon CREX 9043 and CSX 4534 departed west with 127 loads of coal on T941-18.](../images/csxbigsandymisc20120613/07SHELBY7.jpg)
8. CSX SD40-2 8369 and GP38-2 2778 at Shelby on a rail train on 12-18-11. The 8369 was formerly a SD40.
![CSX SD40-2 8369 and GP38-2 2778 at Shelby on a rail train on 12-18-11.](../images/csxbigsandymisc20120613/08SHELBY8.jpg)
9. Freshly shopped and painted GP38-2 2778 at Shelby on 12-18-11. I think those white spots are lubricant for the doors.
![Freshly shopped and painted GP38-2 2778 at Shelby on 12-18-11.](../images/csxbigsandymisc20120613/09SHELBY9.jpg)
10. Brackets for the brake stick and "knuckle mate."
![Brackets for the brake stick and 'knuckle mate.'](../images/csxbigsandymisc20120613/10SHELBY10.jpg)
11. Unit is equipped with an air conditioner.
![Unit is equipped with an air conditioner.](../images/csxbigsandymisc20120613/11SHELBY11.jpg)
12. CSX SD80MAC 4601 on 12-24-11. These ex-Conrail SD80s are getting fairly rare now.
![CSX SD80MAC 4601 on 12-24-11.](../images/csxbigsandymisc20120613/12SHELBY12.jpg)
13. New ES44AC 973 displays the new CSX logo. 1-22-12. The new 3000s are in this scheme.
![New ES44AC 973 displays the new CSX logo.](../images/csxbigsandymisc20120613/13SHELBY13.jpg)
14. CSX 711 and 363 encountered a slide near Harold. It was scraped up quite a bit. No. 363 mostly got muddy. 11-22-12.
![CSX 711 and 363 encountered a slide near Harold.](../images/csxbigsandymisc20120613/14SHELBY14.jpg)
Train images used by permission of Everett N Young
last update - 25 Aug 2012