Eastern Railroad Discussion > Fast Intermodal

Yesterday's CSX Q032 (Jacksonville, FL to N. Bergen, NJ) speeds through Hilliard, Florida.  Minutes earlier it passed by a Defect Detector at 67 MPH.

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Love to see freight moving fast. Well done!

Yeah buddy! Great video!
Dan

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Love the Fast Freights!  Great Video.

Christi
 

SouthWest RailCams
CA, NM, CO, TX, AZ
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Very enjoyable to watch running at track speed.

CSX could almost double this business without adding a train start if they went ahead with the Howard Street Tunnel clearance project and a couple more minor clearance improvments north of there.

Very, very nice !!!!

Greg,

Great video!  It is reassuring to see priorty traffic being given priority handling.  

On the scanner yesterday, I heard the dispatcher insist that a track inspector stay clear of track 2 near Hilliard so that Q025 (Chicago-Jacksonville intermodal) could avoid the slow order on track 1.  This is only 25 miles from the termination point of a 1,000 mile trip.  Delaying UPS and other hot traffic was not an option.  

Also yesterday (Monday, 1-04-2021), Q032-04 (Jacksonville to New Jersey), 2 locomotives, 72 axles, 1,500 feet long:  68 mph at the MP 619 DD; 69 mph at the Boulogne DD, MP 610 DD;  70 mph at the Newell DD, MP 592.  Maybe this hotshot should be called the "Jersey Jackrabbit"?  

Jay Best
Raleigh, NC

A more refined moniker for Q032 could be the "Jersey Javelin", or to borrow from CSX predecessor B&O, the "New Jersey Trailer Jet".