I’ve seen this done in Berea http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=301823&nseq=7 sometimes, but whats the reason why CSX is on NS?
Sometimes railroads just want to get the job done faster. They use the power that the train has on it in the first place. Switching locomotives is costly, and time consuming. Also I imagine that the train doesn’t have far to go.
I think UP, and NS have this thing called Power by the Hour Miles. NS loco’s spend so much time on the UP system, in exchange for UP units spending time on the NS system.
Maybe CSX and NS have some sort of system like that.
a mow delay(st joe diamond) or a derailment could cause csx to run on NS.especially q 110(hot ups train).a csx trainmaster told me you do not want to make that train late.($$$)
stay safe
Joe
I’ve seen just about every Class One on CSX tracks someplace. Sometimes you start to wonder which railroad you’re actually watching.
Sometimes it’s a regular thing - usually run-through power. Sometimes it’s power being borrowed, sometimes it’s power paying back.
If this was 50 years ago, you’d have something. Today, not so much.
Hello,
The train in this photo is NS 29E. At Collinwood, CSX train Q229 sets out and picks up some autoracks, and usually drops a unit off, and continues straight through the “Lakefront Sub” at Cleveland, onto NS trackage. This happens about three times per week, but is usually at an unreasonable hour for photography. I believe this train terminates at the Mixing Center in Fostoria. It is a CSX run-through - NS 29E (CSX Q229).