A rare CSX B36-7 runs light through St. Denis with a wave from the engineer. I am not sure where he was headed to, although my friend thought he may have been going to pick up a work train. Also ntoice how the engine knocked over one of the red stop panels at the beginning and how he radioed Foreman R.N. Young letting him know lol..
Here is the last freight I waited for this day, Q-439 heading WB out of Baltimore. The power on the mixed freight was comprised of all EMDs which was nice to catch.
SD60I 8731 leads the train, 2nd unit is SD70MAC 4544, 3rd unit is SD50-2 2482 and the 4th unit is SD50-2 2495. The engineer gave an awesome salute on 8731's nice K5LA as he rolled by.
CSX U-878 heads EB toward Baltimore led by 2 CW44AC's attacking the grade through Mt. Airy with a unit coal drag in tow..Very surprising to see this train without helpers on the rear.. Guess the 44AC's had enough muscle to power the train up the grade
Now we see a Norfolk Southern local freight doing some work making some passes through the town. Athearn RTR Norfolk Southern "Horsehead" GP38-2 #5287 powers the train with a set of 4 out of 5 Athearn RTR Burlington Northern grain hoppers along with a Bachmann Silver Series CSX coal hopper and an NS coal hopper also.
GP38-2
The 2nd part of Saturday's trip was a stop at the W&W RR to chase 4-4-0 #98 that hosted a retirement party onboard the train from 4 pm to 7 pm. The 1st of 2 shots we got of the train was at a golf course on Lancaster Pike in Delaware.
I didn't catch the number for this EB mixed freight rumbling by St. Denis. ES44DC 5442 is on the lead, CW40-8 7753 is the 2nd unit, and SD-60 8701 is the 3rd unit on this lengthy mixed freight. The engineer gave some horn for my friend and I as he passed.
CSX EB Q-376's crew gets permission to their mixed freight into Baltimore during the last moments of daylight. The motive power is ES44DC 5316 leading, 2nd unit is CW44AC 5119, 3rd unit is CW60AC 612, and the 4th unit is SD-60 8712.
CSX Q-217 glides by St. Denis WB with CW40-8 7347 and Leaser SD40-2 3102 on The Old Main Line handling a lengthy consist of Autoracks headed out toward Brunswick..
After waiting for both MARC P-853 and CSX E-726 to pass WB, CSX Q-438 gets on the move again continuing EB toward Baltimore. SD70ACE 4836 is the lead unit with CW60AC 659 trailing. 4836's K5LA did not sound the best. Pardon me briefly walking in front of the camera.
MARC Cab Car 7753 makes a brief stop at Halethorpe SB headed to Washington D.C. No horn from the engineer but at least he waved. MARC GP40WH-2 #58 provided the motive power shoving on the rear. Please excuse my friend there getting in the shot, I guess the trains really overexcited him..lol
CSX Q-763 rounds the curve and acclerates EB toward Baltimore. This Rock Runner had some classic power with GP-30 Road Slug 2211 leading, and GP40-2 6454 trailing. Both units looked sharp having been recently re-painted in CSX Dark Future Livery. The engineer on the train was a former engineer on the B&O (who I have seen before) and gave 2211's K5LA a light blow as he came through.
Here comes CSX Q-276 loping around the curve headed EB into Baltimore. The train is almost always hauling Autoracks only but here there is a fair amount of mixed freight in the consist. CW40-8 7777 is the lead engine with CW40-8 7657 trailing. 7777 had a nicely tuned K5LA just as most other CSX CW40-8s do.
I shot the rear of 322 pulling out of the siding and got a closer look at 2 new NJ Transit Cab Cars headed south. I wonder if either MARC or VRE bought these cars or wanted to test them?? If anyone knows more about this please feel free ro share any info.
After CSX EB Q-410 passed through and cleared St. Denis, CSX EB E-603 starts rolling again heading EB toward Baltimore. 2 CW44ACs provide the power with CW44AC 504 leading with CW44AC 147 trailing. Disregard the little conversation I had with the conductor as it was pretty pointless. I believe this is the first time I have caught an EB empty coal train on the Capital Sub.
CSX Q-410 is seen running EB through St. Denis heading toward Baltimore with CW44AC 5114 in the lead with
CW44AC 252 trailing. Nice K5LA on 5114 and got an extra blast from the engineer.
Here is CSX E-721 WB crossing over to The Old Main Line with an empty coal train headed back to Grafton. The power is CW44AC 405 on the lead and CW60AC 642 trailing. The engineer gave a nice horn salute while he was passing by.
CSX Q-174 accelerates through St. Denis with ES44DC 5287 leading and ES44DC 5256 trailing carrying a long consist of containers headed EB into Baltimore. Although not really visible in the video, the engineer gave me a friendly wave and smile as he crept by me.
The last stop for the day was at Perryville to catch a few Amtrak trains at the MARC station. Here is a duo of AEM-7's leading a train Southbound toward Washington D.C. As I waved the engineer gave some good loud blasts on his horn framed by a pretty sunset in the sky.
