CSX debuts C&O heritage logo NEWSWIRE

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CSX Transportation’s latest heritage logo features a reprise of the Chesapeake & Ohio on engine No. 7376, a GE CW40-8. Allan Williams, Jr. WAYCROSS, Ga. – CSX Transportation has unveiled its latest predecessor railroad emblem on a recent repaint at its Waycross, Ga., Locomotive Shops.  CSX GE CW40-8 No. 7376 emerged from Waycross late last […]

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First CSX Tier 4 ET44AC starts mainline testing NEWSWIRE

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No. 3251 in transit on Monday. James D. Moore ERWIN, Tenn. – After leaving General Electric’s production plant in Erie, Pa., last week, CSX Transportation’s first Tier 4 compliant ET44AC is now en route to the railroad’s Erwin yard. CSX ET44AH No. 3251 was trailing on mixed freight CSX Q696 near Johnson City, Tenn., on […]

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3D Track Plan: The HO scale Conrail Bald Eagle Branch

HO scale Conrail Bald Eagle Branch 3d track plan

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this 3D rendering by MRVP’s Ben Lake, he tackles a little-known former Pennsy line originally drafted by MR contributor Bob Sprague. Take a virtual tour of the 11 x 27-foot walk-in track plan that features 60 feet of mainline run and a […]

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3D Track Plan: The HO scale Conrail Bald Eagle Branch

HO scale Conrail Bald Eagle Branch 3d track plan

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this 3D rendering by MRVP’s Ben Lake, he tackles a little-known former Pennsy line originally drafted by MR contributor Bob Sprague. Take a virtual tour of the 11 x 27-foot walk-in track plan that features 60 feet of mainline run and a […]

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CSX closes out the tower era in Fostoria NEWSWIRE

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CSX Transportation train R348, left, was the last train to pass under the control of F Tower in Fostoria, Ohio. R348 departed once train S264, right, cleared the plant. Brian Schmidt Toledo, Ohio-bound train Q253 passes CSX Transportation’s F Tower in Fostoria, Ohio, just before the tower closed for good on Monday morning. Brian Schmidt […]

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Poof!

  CSX train Q257 with C40-8W No. 7893 rolls past the signal at MP 51 on the former Toledo & Ohio Central main line three miles north of Arlington, Ohio, on Jan. 19, 2014. Photo by Dale A. DeVene Jr. […]

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Farewell

CSX train Q389 crests “Hicksville Hill” near the Ohio-Indiana line on Track 2 as an empty BNSF-powered coal train waits for a crew on Track 1 in March 2014. The bridge has since been removed. Photo by Joe Kohnen […]

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Close-up

Eastbound CSX train Q382 arrives in Fostoria, Ohio, under the West Tiffin Street overpass on May 6, 2014. The bridge fence is equipped with camera holes for railfans visiting the well-known hot spot. Photo by Dale A. DeVene Jr. […]

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Urban jungle

Eastbound CSX train Q216 rolls over the state Route 12 underpass on the east side of Fostoria, Ohio, on May 6, 2014. The track is former Chesapeake & Ohio. Photo by Dale A. DeVene Jr. […]

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