Eastern Railroad Discussion > CSX Mountain Sub - 23 April 2017

A late running Q317-23 due to mechanical issues gets a shove from B236-23, the MK Helpers photographed here at the Swanton, MD road crossing - 23 April 2017

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Empty Hoppers E782-22 westbound at 21st. Bridge Road, MD - 23 April 2017

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W263-24 westbound 21st. Bridge Road, Md and again at Bloomington, MD - 23 April 2017

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CSX Scale Test spotted in W263-24 at Bloomington, MD - 23 April 2017

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Freight S316-23 eastbound passing thru Keyser, WV and again at Dawson, MD - 23 April 2017

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Last train before nightfall...... Q315-23 westbound at 21st. Bridge Road, MD and again at Bloomington, MD - 23 April 2017

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Nice photos as usual. How often is that Q315 running? Do you know if it is also a Russell train?

Posted from iPhone

Sunday's Q315 was all Frac. Sand, so I figure it only went as far as Grafton. W263 had mainly LPG tanks and Center Beam Flats so I also figure it only went as far as Grafton also. I always believe the Q315 and Q314 along with the "S" versions were just trains between Grafton and Cumberland handling the tonnage over what the regular 317 / 316 could handle over the mountain. I'm sure somewhere, sometime 314 or 315 has been to Russell...

Interesting. Where do those loads or empties of frac sand, LPGA, and lumber head to from around Grafton?

Posted from Android

Frac sand going to Fairmont,WV ,i think. The old Fourco glass plant also gets frac sand ,but those have been running as 80 car unit trains from illinois. They have been coming down from McKeesport,Pa to Newell,Pa to Grafton,WV. they are also unloading frac sand at Benwood,WV but that too has been running as a unit train from Illinois via Columbus,Oh to Russell,Ky and up the Ohio River sub.

Randy

Great shots Tim. We shot the same trains further west.sans the Q315.That 1st loaded centerbeam on Q317 they set out at Mountain Lake Park,Md

Randy



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/26/17 10:24 by bridgeportsub.

bridgeportsub Wrote:
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> Frac sand going to Fairmont,WV ,i think. The old
> Fourco glass plant also gets frac sand ,but those
> have been running as 80 car unit trains from
> illinois. They have been coming down from
> McKeesport,Pa to Newell,Pa to Grafton,WV. they are
> also unloading frac sand at Benwood,WV but that
> too has been running as a unit train from Illinois
> via Columbus,Oh to Russell,Ky and up the Ohio
> River sub.
>
> Randy

Thanks! I was wondering if any of that traffic went south of Grafton on the A&O, but interesting to hear of that much existing elsewhere as well.

Nice shots!!