Pic of the Day (Q-635-30)

As is now its very standard practice, in the late evening sun CSX train Q-635-30 has pulled into the east siding on the south side of the B&O mainlines in Fostoria, just east of Columbus Avenue. The train is there so as not to block B&O main # 2 while the crew makes their Fostoria set offs in the C&O yard, which they do by cutting off from their train in the east siding, and taking their Fostoria cars around the southeast transfer and into the C&O yard, then backing out onto to their train when they are finished. There are other methods for making the set offs if necessary, but this seems to now be the "standard" way to go about it. Today's train is led by a glimmering less-than-week old "YN3" repaint, CSXT SD60 # 8715 (which was the last straight SD60 still in Conrail paint on CSX prior to its date with the blue dip job at Huntington, WV), and still-in-YN2 SD60 # 8701. SD60I # 8750 is now the last CSXT 8700-series unit in Conrail (it is in "Conrail Quality") paint, and has been frequenting Fostoria in recent weeks as well.