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So, CSX fan, what is your railroad’s locale? Mine’s in Georgia.
Central Maryland, former B&O Old Main Line country
What type of transporting do you do besides steel mill stuff?
Auto racks, TOFC/COFC, coal
I do container cars and wood pulp things.
Are they still running the Tropicana unit train? If so, does it pass thru your area?
I haven’t seen it for about a year, but it ran right past my place of work.
Do you have a Walthers Paper Mill complex as a destination for those pulpwood loads?
No, but i plan to eventually get one.
I toured one in northwest PA with the RR Industries SIG back in 1998 - awsome! If I had the extra space I’d put one on my pike. (The steel mill uses up about 70% of my available real estate.)
Have you ever visited that short line that was using the 4 old Chessie GP-9’s?
No, i haven’t. I really restric my railfanning to local places, since i can’t drive yet. (I’m only 13) I do plan to get a paper mill, but i will scale it down quite a bit to make it fit on my line.
My layout is a freelance line. Somewhere in new england. Its called the Southcross & Western division. I have painted a lot of rolling stock for the freelance line (pictures in the link in my signature). But there is a lot of CSX action on my railroad as well. And dont forget the occasional amtrak.[:D] My main cargo is coal and the mine takes about 1/4 of the layout. There is also a pretty large coal dealership complex. I also run a lot of mixed frieghts between the two cities on my layout (my layout has lots of switching).
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Yeah, I think the symbol is K268 or something like that.
I caught these last weekend.
Are you talking about the Great Walton/Hartwell/Athens “empire.” I live near the Athens line and see the two ex Chessie’s often. One of them still in original paint. Between the four locations they operate many more than four GP9s. If you include all of the Geeps and the SD7 they represent Chessie, C&O, CNW, RF&P, South Carolina Railroad, B&LE with many still in original paint! I finally managed to photograph them all I think.
BTW, in addition to the coastal Tropicana Fruit Express they also run some north through Atlanta to Ohio(?). The go north in blocks, but it is not a dedicated train like the one on the coast.
I have always wanted to tour a steal mill. Especially with so many going under. I got to go in Atlantic Steel in Atlanta before it was torn down, but it was probably nothing compared to those up north or even some in Alabama.
As soon as i figure out how to post pictures here (if you know please tell me) i will post some pictures of motive power in my area.