CSX priority intermodal train I007 at Savannah, New York

CSX train I007 is a daily priority intermodal train that runs from North Bergen, New Jersey, to Rose Lake, Illinois. Rose Lake is part of the St. Louis, Missouri, metropolitan area. The train swaps intermodal cars at DeWitt Yard in Syracuse, New York, and CSX's Avon Yard in, Avon, Indiana.

I007-15 at CP323 of the Rochester Subdivision

CSXT 3106 & CSXT 513 lead I007-15 west at CP 323 of the Rochester Subdivision at Savannah, NY.

 I007-15 rolled through CP323 and the quite town of Savannah, New York, just after 6 PM. Above, I007-15 is passing under the cantilever bridge that holds the westward absolute signals (WAS). The signal bridge sits on the eastern edge of CP323. Today's I007 was shorter than normal, consisting of only 204 axles. Using data from the Fairport, NY., train log for April of this year, the average number of axles for I007, after departing Syracuse, was 311.

CP323

Control Point 323 (CP323) is at milepost (MP) QC 323.4 of CSX's busy Rochester Subdivision. It sits on the western edge of town. A controlled siding runs between CP323 and CP320, which is to the east at MP QC 320.5. The siding is 13,400 feet long according to a 2004 CSX timetable.

I007

North Bergen, NJ., is in Bergen County, and sits across the Hudson River from Manhattan Island. I007, departs CSX's North Bergen Yard intermodal facility early in the morning. The train usually passes through CP10 of the River Subdivision between 6 AM and 8 AM. The train typically departs DeWitt Yard between 3 PM and 8 PM.