AlabamaRailfan.com Photo Galleries: CSX Transportation
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This might have been a good shot but it ended up with too much clutter in the foreground. Sometimes you get the shot, sometimes you don't! :)

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CSX northbound Q502 rolls on to the Norfolk Southern interlocking in Decatur with a trio of widecab GEs.

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The daylight is fading as we watch S688-25 roll through the interlocking at Decatur. The GEVOs are becoming a common sight nowadays.

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Here is a close up of CSX 7531 C40-8 that looks like it might have had an engine fire.

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Nice weathering job on this standard cab GE pulling up the rear on S688.

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Our last train for Saturday was second shift CSX yard job Y201. They are using the same power as transfer job Y103 did earlier in the day.

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Our last train of the weekend is southbound Q647 in Hartselle, AL. He snuck up us and there wasn't time to get on the proper side. He was really booking when he blasted through Hartselle!

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CSX light engine move X074 makes a short and sweet trip through Hanceville, AL.

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Southbound CSX train Q575 heads through Cullman, AL past the nicely restored L&N depot.

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A CSX intermodal train with Union Pacific power on the point blasts by the NE Macon on the A&WP Subdivision between Montomery and Opelika, AL.

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A northbound CSX train rolls north on the double track at Middle Holmes Gap north of Cullman, AL.

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A northbound CSX grain train, G411, rolls through Hanceville, AL with a single ex-Conrail unit on the point.

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A northbound CSX train, Q580, rolls over the undulating grades on the CSX Chattanooga Sub. This is in Stevenson, AL.

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CSX ballast train W099 rolls though Oakworth Yard in Decatur, AL with these old ex-SCL ballast cars!

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Moving ballast to repair lines along the gulf coast during hurricane season 2008, CSX train W099 rolls though Oakworth Yard in Decatur, AL.

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A northbound CSX coal train, T101, blasts through "downtown" Hanceville, AL on the S&NA North Subdivision. It is seen here passing the signals at the north end of Hanceville siding.

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Our first photo of the day was CSX train Q127 near Midway between Stevenson and Widows Creek. The crew had their train stopped behind another southbound train waiting to enter Widows Creek yard.

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Here is a shot of southbound CSX intermodal train Q127 passing a colorful tree before they pull their train on to the long bridge over the Tennessee River at Bridgeport.

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Here is another shot of southbound CSX intermodal train Q127 as they pull their train on to the long bridge over the Tennessee River at Bridgeport.

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We spotted a string of these loaded AEX hoppers in the CSX yard in Bridgeport. I wonder if these are related to the operations at the US Gypsum plant in Bridgeport.

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The last train of the day for our trip was CSX Q581. It is shown here heading southbound across Nickajack Lake while a couple fishermen do their best to land that big catch!

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Southbound CSX coal train U466 heads through the yard after getting a fresh crew at Etowah, TN. It was getting dark so this photo is a bit grainy.

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With Lookout Mountain looming in the background, this CSX freight rolls through the Lookout interlocking towards Wauhatchie Yard in Chattanooga, TN.

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Southbound CSX train Q211-12 rolls back on to double track at James on it's way towards Chattanooga.

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Trying to get an angle with some decent lighting while facing the sun, I caught this side-on photo of northbound CSX Q576 as they pass our railfan caravan!

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