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Title: |
First Southbound Manifest |
Description: |
A southbound manifest, most likely Q433 or Q417, makes its way throguh Iona Island at 11:23 behind CSX 372, 7711, and 4404. |
Photo Date: |
11/3/2007 Upload Date: 5/25/2009 9:38:08 AM |
Location: |
Iona Island, NY |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CSX 372(AC44CW) CSX 7711(C40-8W) CSX 4404(GP40-2) |
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857 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Helpers |
Description: |
A pair of GP40-2s that assisted Q293 up Washngton Hill are now just along for the ride as the train picks up speed. |
Photo Date: |
7/14/2006 Upload Date: 8/26/2008 11:20:15 AM |
Location: |
Washington, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 6203(GP40-2) |
Views: |
528 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Helpers (2) |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
7/14/2006 Upload Date: 8/26/2008 11:20:16 AM |
Location: |
Washington, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 6203(GP40-2) CSX 6213(GP40-2) |
Views: |
720 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Q274 (1) |
Description: |
Q274 drifts past the Washington depot site at 2:26 with 3 engines and 5 cars. |
Photo Date: |
10/14/2006 Upload Date: 11/9/2008 8:27:25 AM |
Location: |
Washington, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 6205(GP40-2) |
Views: |
561 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Q274 (2) |
Description: |
Q274's all-EMD power makes up for its 5-car train. |
Photo Date: |
10/14/2006 Upload Date: 11/9/2008 8:27:25 AM |
Location: |
Washington, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 6205(GP40-2) CSX 8063(SD40-2) GCFX 3091(SD40-2) |
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951 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
GCFX 3091 |
Description: |
A gray ghost trails on Q274. |
Photo Date: |
10/14/2006 Upload Date: 11/9/2008 8:27:26 AM |
Location: |
Washington, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
GCFX 3091(SD40-2) CSX 8063(SD40-2) CSX 6205(GP40-2) |
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873 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Entering Single Iron |
Description: |
The short westbound (Q421?) has plenty of power on the head end as it enters single track at CP-109. |
Photo Date: |
9/23/2006 Upload Date: 11/8/2008 1:21:31 PM |
Location: |
Westfield, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 6209(GP40-2) CSX 6227(GP40-2) CSX 6215(GP40-2) |
Views: |
985 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
End of the Day |
Description: |
W064's power, having run around its train and dropped it at Trap Rock, returns to the yard to tie down for the day. |
Photo Date: |
4/21/2007 Upload Date: 11/16/2008 12:07:34 PM |
Location: |
West Springfield, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 5836(B36-7) CSX 5859(B36-7) CSX 4621(SD40) CSX 8643(SD50) CSX 6209(GP40-2) |
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1105 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Taking Out the Trash (2) |
Description: |
Q421 making good time westward at CP-109. |
Photo Date: |
2/16/2008 Upload Date: 8/16/2009 10:44:43 AM |
Location: |
Westfield, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
Locomotives: |
CSX 5341(ES44DC) CSX 6210(GP40-2) |
Views: |
498 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
B730-17 (1) |
Description: |
B730 heads west to Pittsfield. |
Photo Date: |
8/17/2005 Upload Date: 5/10/2008 4:45:01 PM |
Location: |
Huntington, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 6229(GP40-2) CSX 6212(GP40-2) |
Views: |
794 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
B730-17 (2) |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/17/2005 Upload Date: 5/10/2008 4:45:02 PM |
Location: |
Huntington, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 6229(GP40-2) CSX 6212(GP40-2) |
Views: |
764 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Q436 |
Description: |
Q436 roars east through West Springfield Yard at 3:53 with an increasingly rare pure-YN2 consist. |
Photo Date: |
1/26/2008 Upload Date: 7/2/2009 4:57:49 PM |
Location: |
West Springfield, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
Winter,Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
CSX 683(AC60CW) CSX 657(AC60CW) CSX 6212(GP40-2) CSX 6217(GP40-2) |
Views: |
841 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Q436 (2) |
Description: |
Railfans young and old on their way home from the Amherst Railway Society Train Show look on as Q436 rolls east through West Springfield Yard. |
Photo Date: |
1/26/2008 Upload Date: 7/2/2009 4:57:42 PM |
Location: |
West Springfield, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
Winter,Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
CSX 657(AC60CW) CSX 6212(GP40-2) CSX 6217(GP40-2) |
Views: |
776 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
B730-01 (1) |
Description: |
B730-01 comes west past Salt City heading for a pickup at the Pioneer Valley interchange in downtown Westfield. |
Photo Date: |
10/1/2005 Upload Date: 5/11/2008 9:06:01 AM |
Location: |
Westfield, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 6217(GP40-2) CSX 6219(GP40-2) |
Views: |
725 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
B730-01 (2) |
Description: |
B730 roaring up the mountain at Ballou's headed for Pittsfield. |
Photo Date: |
10/1/2005 Upload Date: 5/11/2008 9:06:01 AM |
Location: |
Washington, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 6217(GP40-2) |
Views: |
472 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
B730-01 (3) |
Description: |
B730 over Ballou's Crossing at about 10:50. |
Photo Date: |
10/1/2005 Upload Date: 5/11/2008 9:06:02 AM |
Location: |
Washington, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 6217(GP40-2) CSX 6219(GP40-2) |
Views: |
691 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
CSX 6217 |
Description: |
Q421 was apparently in emergency as the conductor had to walk the train. The yard power gives him a ride back to the head end. |
Photo Date: |
11/12/2005 Upload Date: 6/8/2008 11:44:28 AM |
Location: |
West Springfield, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 6225(GP40-2) CSX 6217(GP40-2) |
Views: |
734 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CSX 6225 |
Description: |
Q421 heads west while the GP40s prepare to return to the yard. They would take B730 west to Pittsfield later in the day. |
Photo Date: |
11/12/2005 Upload Date: 6/8/2008 11:44:29 AM |
Location: |
West Springfield, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 6225(GP40-2) CSX 6217(GP40-2) |
Views: |
685 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Q425 (4) |
Description: |
CSX 4782, 4773, and 6217 leading Q425 west at the site of the Washington depot. Note the MCVX "Safety Train" car tucked in behind the engines. |
Photo Date: |
7/14/2006 Upload Date: 8/26/2008 11:20:13 AM |
Location: |
Washington, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 4773(SD70MAC) CSX 6217(GP40-2) |
Views: |
752 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
B730-01 (4) |
Description: |
B730 has finished in Pittsfield and comes flying back down the mountain by Ballou's at 14:10. |
Photo Date: |
10/1/2005 Upload Date: 5/11/2008 9:06:05 AM |
Location: |
Washington, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 6219(GP40-2) |
Views: |
402 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Q425-20 (5) |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/20/2005 Upload Date: 5/10/2008 4:45:07 PM |
Location: |
Westfield, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
HLCX 7182(SD40-2) CSX 6222(GP40-2) |
Views: |
766 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Q425-20 (7) |
Description: |
Five EMDs are pouring out exhaust as they make track speed for CP-123 and Washington Hill. |
Photo Date: |
8/20/2005 Upload Date: 5/10/2008 4:45:08 PM |
Location: |
Chester, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 6222(GP40-2) CSX 6247(GP40-2) CSX 6236(GP40-2) |
Views: |
1036 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Switching |
Description: |
A pair of GP40-2s works the west end of the yard on a dreary morning...That orange barricade certainly doesn't help the shot either. |
Photo Date: |
9/23/2006 Upload Date: 11/8/2008 1:21:30 PM |
Location: |
West Springfield, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 6247(GP40-2) CSX 6225(GP40-2) |
Views: |
693 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Colorful Consist |
Description: |
CSO-1 rolls north along Norton Lane and Silver Lake. |
Photo Date: |
2/21/2008 Upload Date: 6/10/2009 4:12:41 PM |
Location: |
Berlin, CT |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
Locomotives: |
CEFX 3398(SD40-2) CSOR 8554(B39-8E) CSX 6228(GP40-2) |
Views: |
689 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
B730/Q424 (1) |
Description: |
Q424 had outlawed in Pittsfield and B730 had been sent from West Springfield to rescue him. He finally makes way down through Chester after meeting P449 and Q421 at about 15:50. |
Photo Date: |
3/26/2005 Upload Date: 5/5/2008 7:03:17 PM |
Location: |
Chester, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 6230(GP40-2) |
Views: |
575 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
B730/Q42; (2) |
Description: |
B730 under the Old State Rd. overhead with about 105 cars in tow. |
Photo Date: |
3/26/2005 Upload Date: 5/5/2008 7:03:17 PM |
Location: |
Chester, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 6230(GP40-2) CSX 6245(GP40-2) |
Views: |
787 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
B730/Q424 (3) |
Description: |
B730/Q424 finally gets going again and soars over Union Ave. at about 16:35. Kudos to the frbendly crew. |
Photo Date: |
3/26/2005 Upload Date: 5/5/2008 7:03:18 PM |
Location: |
Westfield, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 6230(GP40-2) CSX 6245(GP40-2) |
Views: |
841 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
B730/Q424 (5) |
Description: |
We catch up with B730/Q424 one last time as he arrives at West Springfield at 16:50. |
Photo Date: |
3/26/2005 Upload Date: 5/5/2008 7:03:20 PM |
Location: |
West Springfield, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 6230(GP40-2) CSX 6245(GP40-2) CSX 4722(SD70MAC) |
Views: |
952 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Q425 |
Description: |
Q425 prepares to head west with a pair of CW44ACs leading a pair of GP40-2s. |
Photo Date: |
1/26/2008 Upload Date: 7/2/2009 4:57:45 PM |
Location: |
West Springfield, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
Winter,Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
CSX 5114(AC44CW) CSX 5120(AC44CW) CSX 6245(GP40-2) CSX 6232(GP40-2) |
Views: |
1030 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Q424 (2) |
Description: |
Q424 moves through Bridge Street.at a snail's pace, stopping several times while fouling the crossings. Following its passge it took a good five minutes for traffic to clear. |
Photo Date: |
8/20/2005 Upload Date: 5/10/2008 4:45:04 PM |
Location: |
West Springfield, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 616(AC60CW) CSX 651(AC60CW) CSX 6245(GP40-2) CSX 6233(GP40-2) |
Views: |
1268 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Q425 (3) |
Description: |
Q425 over Ballou's Crossing with CSX 583, 4804, and 6234 leading. |
Photo Date: |
2/24/2007 Upload Date: 11/14/2008 8:52:07 PM |
Location: |
Washington, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 583(AC44CW) CSX 4804(SD70MAC) CSX 6234(GP40-2) |
Views: |
874 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
B743 |
Description: |
A local, likely B743, is on the move through Washington cut at noon with two GP40-2s and several empty gondolas from Chester. |
Photo Date: |
5/28/2005 Upload Date: 5/7/2008 4:39:40 PM |
Location: |
Washington, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 6235(GP40-2) |
Views: |
586 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
A Rare Find |
Description: |
GP40-2's rarely show up on Q426, so finding CSX 6237 trailing on Q426-13 is a bit of a rare find. |
Photo Date: |
10/13/2007 Upload Date: 5/10/2009 12:40:19 PM |
Location: |
Hinsdale, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CSX 6237(GP40-2) CSX 671(AC60CW) |
Views: |
799 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Q119 (1) |
Description: |
Running over an hour late, Q119 races west in Westfield with a GP40-2 leading three big GEs and an SD40-2. In just a few months, this shot would cease to exist as work begun to replace the bridge over which the train is traveling. |
Photo Date: |
10/13/2007 Upload Date: 5/10/2009 12:40:10 PM |
Location: |
Westfield, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CSX 6240(GP40-2) |
Views: |
460 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Soaring over the Westfield River (1) |
Description: |
Q119 enters the four-degree horseshoe curve west of Chester as it crosses the 1841 double arch bridge over the Westfield River. |
Photo Date: |
10/13/2007 Upload Date: 5/10/2009 12:40:13 PM |
Location: |
Chester, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CSX 6240(GP40-2) |
Views: |
457 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Almost to the Top |
Description: |
Q119 is about to crest the false summit at MP 137.6 as CSX 6240, 9002, 7317, 7325, and 8805 pilot their train west. |
Photo Date: |
10/13/2007 Upload Date: 5/10/2009 12:40:14 PM |
Location: |
Washington, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CSX 6240(GP40-2) |
Views: |
508 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Almost to the Top |
Description: |
Q436 crests the eastbound grade at Hinsdale behind a pair of dumptrucks and a GP40-2. Ahead are two miles of flat track before a short hill to the official summit and the long descent to Chester. |
Photo Date: |
2/16/2008 Upload Date: 8/16/2009 10:44:45 AM |
Location: |
Hinsdale, MA |
Author: |
Ian Martin |
Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
Locomotives: |
CSX 615(AC60CW) CSX 5014(AC60CW) CSX 6247(GP40-2) |
Views: |
737 Comments: 0 |
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