The official spot for CSX fans (celebrating over 200 posts of CSX-laden information!!!)

[TrainFreak409]

The Brunswick CSX / MARC yards are great for CSX railfanning! Check my post "Brunswick Railfanning" for pictures.

~[8]~ TrainFreak409 ~[8]~

[Anonymous]

Hey CSXers! Saw some CSX today!


A CSX Coal train and a CP mixed freight awaiting their crews in Wyoming yard.


CSX SD70MAC #4738. Note the flared radiators.


CSX AC4400CW #286 leads in a train of empty coal porters from West Olive into Wyoming yard.


The arriving train of empties passes the waiting loaded coal train and mixed freight. Not everyday you see 3 trains lined up in Wyoming yard.

And although it's not CSX, I can't help but like this shot.

CP 9511 makes good time with it's train as it screames along at track speed heading for Chicago.

[Anonymous]

Nice pics Jonathon! and congrats on the 2500th post. I only have 200 more to catch up to you.

i'm housesitting this week so no pics or progress for me. i'll try to log on from time to time the only problem is i have to go home to get online. Though it is paying for some new train stuff
Andrew

[PBoilermaker]

Hello all,
I'm obviously new to the forum, but not model railroading. My favorite railroad has been Chessie ever since my uncle, a Chessie/B&O engineer, first showed me the big Cat. Sadly, CSX gobbled them up, but I have been a fan of CSX ever since.

I'm military and have been away from model railroading for almost 7 years, but I have recently come back and am amazed at the wealth of CSX stuff out there for us modelers. Strange, I remember being incredibly frustrated with the lack of CSX models when I first got into serious model railroading. It was almost as if CSX was the red-headed stepchild. Good times for sure.

I am now living in the Chicago area due to work and I saw my first Union Pacific train not long ago. Having spent most of my life living in VA and railfanning in Brunswick/Point of Rocks/Harpers Ferry, UP was something that always appeared in magazines and in product lines, never in person. Although neat to see something different, I really miss CSX, though. I digress...

Great to see a bunch of like-minded people to converse with. Hopefully we can spread the good that is CSX and its strong heritage, I'm tired of the UP/SP/ATSF/DRGW masses!

-Mike

[Anonymous]

Welcome to the forum Mike! i'm sure you'll enjoy it as we all do.

[TrainFreak409]

QUOTE: Originally posted by PBoilermaker

I am now living in the Chicago area due to work and I saw my first Union Pacific train not long ago. Having spent most of my life living in VA and railfanning in Brunswick/Point of Rocks/Harpers Ferry, UP was something that always appeared in magazines and in product lines, never in person. Although neat to see something different, I really miss CSX, though. I digress...

-Mike

Since I now live around that area, I'll have to take some pictures and post them here for you to keep up with the activity around your old home.

[Anonymous]

Hey guys, I am proud to announce that i will be buying a digital camera to take pics of CSX!!!

[TrainFreak409]

QUOTE: Originally posted by csxguy

Hey guys, I am proud to announce that i will be buying a digital camera to take pics of CSX!!!

Yeah, digital cameras are the best, they make everything so much simpler.

[Anonymous]

Guys, all my previous CSX pics at Woodstock have been 6-axel units. Well yesterday I hit 'pay dirt' and photographed a waiting westbound [empty] grain train headed by a pair of geeps, and also snapped a shot of the passing eastbound led by another geep! Here they are:

First, the meet - GP38-2 #2522 leads an eastbound mixed freight:


Westbound train of empty grain hoppers, led by GP40-2 #6012:


Side view of #6012 (note the offset number on the side of the cab):


Trailing unit - GP38-2 #2520:


Sayonara, enjoy!

[Anonymous]

Very nice Ken! I don't think I've ever seen a CSX Geep on a mainline train.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by 4884bigboy

Very nice Ken! I don't think I've ever seen a CSX Geep on a mainline train.

That's right Jonathon, a very infrequent sight indeed - exactly why I rushed back to my house to get the camera when I saw 6012 and 2520 parked there. (The eastbound train was an unexpected bonus[:P])

[ChessieFan13]

Here in Huntington WV I see quite a few geeps that are running around. 2 to 6 consists are a common sight. There are a few UP and KCS that run here as well. I was down by the shop in East Hgnt the othe day and what I saw was sooooo Cooooolllllllll............Chessie Paint......Think it was a geep as well but it was too far away and angled but the paint was definitally Chessie

[Anonymous]

Whoa! Ken, we NEVER see those around here, in the midst of all the AC4400's. GP38-2's and GP40-2's haven't showed up around here for quite some time. And not a one in the new scheme![:D][:)]

[mustanggt]

I saw this while driving to the art museum in Boston for a car show[:D]



It's a Gp40-2 that was pulling several UP reefers and some privately owned ones. As you can see, it was running long hood forward.

[Anonymous]

Nice shot Dave. Ahh yes I love the fading grey on a CSX GP40-2. Can't beat a local run in my opinion.

uspscsx

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by ChessieFan13

Here in Huntington WV I see quite a few geeps that are running around. 2 to 6 consists are a common sight. There are a few UP and KCS that run here as well. I was down by the shop in East Hgnt the othe day and what I saw was sooooo Cooooolllllllll............Chessie Paint......Think it was a geep as well but it was too far away and angled but the paint was definitally Chessie

That is very rare to see a Chessie engine! I think there are only three active geeps with this paint scheme 9120,9121, 9122! The last one I seen was a few years ago in Baltimore when the train derailed in the tunnel spilling acid , and catching on fire! However I see rolling stock all the time!

[Anonymous]

Today I got my camera! They were out of the CX7530 so i got the Z730. 5 megapixel, 2.2 inch LCD screen, 4x optical zoom, and video capability!!! It is cool. As soon as I learn everything about it and install the software, pictures will be up.

[Anonymous]

Awesome! Yes, a good digital camera is a railfan's best friend.

[TrainFreak409]

QUOTE: Originally posted by csxguy

Today I got my camera! They were out of the CX7530 so i got the Z730. 5 megapixel, 2.2 inch LCD screen, 4x optical zoom, and video capability!!! It is cool. As soon as I learn everything about it and install the software, pictures will be up.

That sounds like a pretty nice camera Jordan. Too bad you didn't get the CX7530. Oh well, I guess you won't have the same camera as me.[:p]

[Anonymous]

Oh,

csxmu, Those are some nice Geeps you have! Especially the Chessie GP40 patched for CSX.

[Anonymous]

Thanks uspscsx!
My $35.00 chessie is the Pride of my fleet !
I am working on a GP40-2 Conrail/CSX Patch and a Norfolk Southern GP50 I will post pics as soon as I am complete!

[Anonymous]

I was just looking at http://www.railpictures.net/, and they have pictures of the new CSX ES44DC's!!!!
SWEET!!!!!!

If only CSX would make heritage paint jobs (like the UP)[sigh]
A Chessie SD70ACE, or a Family Lines ES44DC!
[2c]

[Anonymous]

Wow...A CSX ES44DC...New locomotives give me the willies[:D].

uspscsx

[Anonymous]

Aw man, CSX ordered GEVO's? NO no no no no no no! Sorry, but I'll take the SD70ACe's in YN3 anyday.

[Anonymous]

I am working in Glen Rock, PA and there is a CSX line right along the road I am working on! Today I saw a GP30RDMT, two GP40-2's, and a GP40RDMT in the yellow nose stealth paint leading a local . It sure beat looking at the same old NS Crap! Tommorrow I will have a camera. Great to see GP30's leading a consist.

[Anonymous]

Different day, same train....... just as I was pulling up to the grade crossing!!!!

[Anonymous]

Wow.

Two RDMT/Mother sets on one train? Or are those both different trains?

I'm glad this topic was brought back up, as it doesn't get much traffic anymore. Nice shots.

uspscsx

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by uspscsx

Wow.

Two RDMT/Mother sets on one train? Or are those both different trains?

I'm glad this topic was brought back up, as it doesn't get much traffic anymore. Nice shots.

uspscsx

It is the same train...I thought the same thing.......[wow]

[wctransfer]

I spose. Taken by me, we were air testing the train here.
http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=168738
Alec

[Anonymous]

Bump...back to the top [:D]

Today I saw a CN locomotive on a CSX intermodal. Now, this far south and east, we never see CN locomotives. Strange. I will post pics later. That's all for now.

uspscsx