A northbound CSX freight train heads through Lima with a clear signal. Note how much the diamond moves when the cars roll over it.
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As the tail end of Q380 enter the yard, this southbound mixed train gets moving through Lima. With a new crew on board the train crosses Flanders Ave, McKibben St, Pearl St, and then over the CFE tracks pulling 135 cars. I'm standing were the old NS tower stood just 10 years ago before it was torn down.
CSX Q380 is northbound through Lima with 129 cars and a sweet K5LA, as it cosses the former PRR/BO diamond. The train makes a quick stop at Rob Ave. Yard and the crew stocks up on supplies before proceeding. Also a southbound train recieves a new crew and heads through town once Q380 passes.
A southbound coal train heads through downtown with a clear signal at 19:25 and the engineer gives a couple friendly blows of the horn as the conductor waves through the front window. Gotta love the squeeling of the wheel flanges against the rails. The dog in the background didn't seem to like me too well.
A CSX mixed freight train heads south through Wapakoneta lead by an SD70MAC. I chased the train south to Botkins, Ohio to get another shot of it, but this train was really moving once it got out of town and I missed half the train by the time I got there.
Here we are in the "big" town of Ansonia, Ohio. After waiting for a little over 3 hours we catch a westbound mixed freight crossing Main street. *Watch in High Quality
A Northbound CSX train crosses Owl Creek Rd. with a clear signal on the south end of the Wapakoneta siding. The crossing lights were just recently installed at this crossing. Note the pre-assembled track switches and diamond that are in the gondolas. *Feel free to post your comments and questions*
A short Northbound mixed freight pauses to allow a Southbound mixed freight to take the siding at north Wapakoneta. Directly behind the northbound mixed train on the same track is a loaded coal train.
After the southbound train clears the main line, this northbound train gets a clear signal and proceeds through town. At 4:30 note the 12 axle flat car! Then directly behind this train is a northbound coal train on the same track. That train waits to get an approach signal indication before continueing. *Watch in High Quality
After spotting a flat car of coiled wire on the spur track, the crew backs up and couples to the rest of the train. After a failed attempt they sucessfully make the couple and proceed to back onto the mainline as a autorack train (heard in the distance)rolls through town.
A southbound empty coal train rolls by northbound autoracks at the north end of the passing siding. The conductor from the waiting train gives a visual inspection of the coal train as it passes.
*Sorry for the cut out, my batteries ran out of juice.
