H-795-21 idles on the mixing center lead just east of McDougal Street and Norfolk Southern's Blair Yard office on a low visibility, wintry Sunday afternoon with a long string of auto racks. When the crew on CSXT GP40-2 # 6054 are given permission, they will, as this train does everyday, head west on the lead around Blair Yard, then enter the transfer track from NS to CSX at Town Street/Columbus Avenue onto the CSX/C&O main line. From the there they will cross the CSX B&O/C&O diamonds into the B&O center siding and run around their train before finally heading back north to CSX's Walbridge Yard auto facility.
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March 5th, 2008:
Spring may be on the way soon, but it was certainly not here yet on this winter morning of storm recovery, full of snow, ice, and grey skies.
Through the scene next to old B&O depot in Fostoria blasts BNSF SD70MAC # 9618, looking rather ghostly with its "BN" logo no longer on the nose. She is leading CSXT train U-994-04 (Cicero, IL/BNSF - Colona, PA Powder River coal loads) eastbound on B&O main # 2, along with BNSF SD70MAC # 9404, also in the "executive" colors. Both units also have fairly newly applied "swoosh" patches on the sides of the cabs, not visible here.
The winter weather delayed many trains on this day, but didn't keep the Fostoria Rails from being just as busy as ever.
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