Pic of the Day (Q-393-13)

CSX has had more lease engines around, by far, than any other railroad, and for a LONG time. Recently, many Helm lease engines, as well as FURX 3000-3029, have been stored and are in the process of being returned. All that really does is make lease units less common, but they are by no means uncommon- they still number in the hundreds on CSX. One such example is HLCX SD40-2 # 7180, which for now has escaped being dipped in blue and still wears its former Burlington Northern colors. It is paired here on Wednesday evening with CSXT C40-8 # 7512 on train Q-393-13 (Selkirk, NY - Chicago/Clearing Yard, IL freight), rattling westbound over the NS diamond and past the eastbound signal on main 1, while Q-156-14 (Chicago/59th Street Yard, IL - S. Kearny, NJ double stacks/intermodal) speeds through town in the opposite direction.