T.G.'s Photography Blog

  CSXT 2502, CSXT 2349, and CSXT 6113 lead local train L024-20 east on the North Runner at Control Point (CP) 286. The train is heading east towards DeWitt Yard . The yard is just around the curve ahead of the train. CSXT 2502, CSXT 2349, and CSXT 6113 lead L024-20 at CP 286. DeWitt Yard is just around the curve.   L024 runs on CSX's Fairgrounds Subdivision (FGS) and Baldwinsville Subdivision (BS). The Fairgrounds Subdivision starts at CP293 of the Syracuse Terminal Subdivision at Solvay, New York. From CP293 the FGS runs north past the New York State Fairgrounds to CP SALT, milepost (MP) QCB 1.9. At CP SALT, the FGS ends, and the BS starts. The BS runs north to Radis, MP QCB 11.0. The subdivision used to run north to Oswego, New York , but no longer does. Photograph taken on June 20, 2022, at East Syracuse, New York.

CSXT 3461 leads I017-21 west on Track 2 at Auto 280. Auto 280 sits along Saintsville Rd. in Kirkville, NY. I017 is a priority intermodal train that passes through the Syracuse, New York, area on its journey from Worcester, Massachusetts, to Bedford Park, Illinois. The train doesn't stop to work at DeWitt Yard in Syracuse, and often uses Track 2 of the Syracuse Terminal Subdivision to bypass the congestion of trains entering or leaving DeWitt Yard via Track 1. DeWitt Yard is two miles to the west (to the left) of Auto 280 and CP 280 . 

  SRS 131 sits on the team track off of the North Runner at DeWitt Yard .   Sperry Rail Services (SRS) 131 is a track inspection vehicle with ties to St. Louis, Missouri. SRS 131 was built in 1925, by Electro-Motive Company (EMC), in partnership with St. Louis Car Company. Built for the Leigh Valley Railroad, SRS acquired 131 in 1941. SRS then converted it into a maintenance-of-way track inspection vehicle. Originally, SRS 131 was gas-powered but today is diesel-powered. A straight-on view of SRS 131 at DeWitt Yard.   The styling of these vehicles earned them the nickname, Doodlebugs. Doodlebugs are self-propelled rail cars that hauled passengers and freight on lightly used rail lines in the early to mid-1900s. Today, some are on display in museums across the country, while others, like SRS 131, have gone on to still be used on today's railroads. Photographs taken on June 25, 2022, at East Syracuse, New York.

In this view from Boulder Road, BNSF 9981 is the DP on a northbound empty coal train rolling onto the causeway at Boulder, IL.   BNSF's Beardstown Subdivision, which runs between West Bushnell, Illinois, and Paducah, Kentucky, crosses Carlyle Lake in Southern Illinois on a causeway. The causeway runs between the towns of Boulder, Illinois, and Keyesport, Illinois. Boulder is at the southeastern end of the causeway, and Keyesport is at the northwestern end. Keyesport is at milepost (MP) 104.5, and Boulder is at MP 108.6, approximately. The causeway is about four miles in length. Four bridges along the causeway allow boats to pass under the tracks. BNSF 9731 is the DP on an empty coal train heading north over the southernmost bridge of the causeway. Photograph taken on April 14, 2005, at Boulder, Illinois.