As it and many of it's fellow via-Selkirk/ex-Conrail routed trains have been for a week due to heavy snows, derailments, and other operating problems, Q-113-06 (Boston, MA - Cicero, IL) is running way late on Wednesday afternoon, led by CSXT SD70MAC # 4716 and CW40-8 # 7912. Here, it is passing Q-242-06 (O' Bannon, KY - Walbridge, OH Auto Racks), powered by CSXT SD40-2 # 8099 and CP Rail AC4400CW # 9592, a somewhat rare visitor to Fostoria which has been floating around Ohio for the last few days, as it prepares to enter the northwest transfer on its way to Toledo.
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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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As it and many of it's fellow via-Selkirk/ex-Conrail routed trains have been for a week due to heavy snows, derailments, and other operating problems, Q-113-06 (Boston, MA - Cicero, IL) is running way late on Wednesday afternoon, led by CSXT SD70MAC # 4716 and CW40-8 # 7912. Here, it is passing Q-242-06 (O' Bannon, KY - Walbridge, OH Auto Racks), powered by CSXT SD40-2 # 8099 and CP Rail AC4400CW # 9592, a somewhat rare visitor to Fostoria which has been floating around Ohio for the last few days, as it prepares to enter the northwest transfer on its way to Toledo.
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