Q212-01, led by CSXT 136 and CSXT 563, departs DeWitt Yard

Back in early October, I was over on the eastern end of DeWitt Yard, at CP282 of the Syracuse Terminal Subdivision. I was taking photographs from up on the "Green Bridge," a pedestrian bridge that crosses over the train tracks, between North Main Street and South Main Street.

Q212-01 departing DeWitt Yard

While up on the "Green Bridge" taking photographs of the Syracuse Terminal Subdivision (STS) at CP282, I saw an intermodal train snaking its way east out of the intermodal yard next to CP283. Below, you can see the intermodal train making its way east, to the right of CP283. CP283 are the block signals on the signal bridge in the far distance.

A westward view of the Syracuse Terminal Subdivision, from CP282 to CP283, at DeWitt Yard.
Only Track 1 (right track) is part of the CP. Track 2 (left) has an automatic block signal.

The train turned out to be Q212-01, led by CSXT 136 and CSXT 563. Q212 is a daily intermodal and automotive train that runs from Frontier Yard, in Buffalo, New York, to Oak Island Yard, in Newark, New Jersey. The train makes a stop to work DeWitt Yard.

Q212-01 is eastbound on the Departure Lead, nearing CP282 on the eastern side of DeWitt Yard.

CSXT 136 and CSXT 563 are both General Electric built AC44CWs. CSXT 136 was built in 1996, and CSXT 563 was built in 2002, per RRPicturesArchive.net.

At CP282, Q212-01 takes the switch to diverge from the Departure Lead to Track 1 of the STS.

Q212-01 came east on the Departure Yard Lead after picking up a block of intermodal cars to add to its existing autorack car consist. At CP282 it diverged to Track 1 and continued east. manifest train Q560-01 was coming out of the yard on the Local Yard Drill track to Track 4, while Q212 utilized Track 1.

CSXT 112 leads Q560-01 east at DeWitt Yard off the Local Yard Drill track and onto the North Runner.

The STS has three main tracks from DeWitt Yard and CP278 (to the east). The southern track is Track 2, the middle track is Track 1, and the northern track is Track 4. A lot of trains working on the eastern side of DeWitt Yard, like Q560-01, will pull down Track 4, before shoving back into the yard. 

Photographs taken on October 2, 2021, at Mino, New York.