T.G.'s Photography Blog

I007-28, led by CSXT 1982 and CSXT 877, is slowly passing under the westbound absolute signal at CP-286 in East Syracuse, NY.   Last week CSX's Seaboard System heritage unit, CSXT 1982, made an appearance in Syracuse. CSXT 1982, along with CSXT 877, led intermodal train I007-28. I007 is a daily train runs from North Bergen, NJ., to Rose Lake, IL., (just outside St. Louis, MO ). Along the way I007 stops to work DeWitt Yard in East Syracuse, NY. The train also stops to work at Avon, IN.  CSXT 1982 and CSXT 877 sit at CP-286 waiting to reverse and shove east toward DeWitt Yard. In the background are the steeples of St. Matthews Catholic Church.   CSXT 1982 was the third heritage unit to be painted at CSX's Waycross, GA., paint shop. The number 1982 signifies the year that the Seaboard System came to be, from a merger of the Seaboard Coast Line and the Louisville and Nashville railroads. According to CSX's website, "the Seaboard System was the first step under the CSX Corp...

SBD 3236 - Maplewood, MO Here we see Seaboard System (SBD) 3236 leading a freight west on the Union Pacific's Sedalia Subdivision through Maplewood, Missouri. The train is passing through Control Point (CP) D007 , which is just beyond the small bridge the train is crossing over under the engines. CP D007 is at milepost 6.9 on the subdivision. Sedalia and Jefferson City Subdivisions Today, the portion of the Sedalia Subdivision between St. Louis, Missouri, and Jefferson City, Missouri, has been renamed to the Jefferson City Subdivision. At the time this photograph was taken, the Sedalia Subdivision crossed the State of Missouri, between St. Louis and Kansas City. Now, only the portion of the line between Jefferson City and Kansas City is still named the Sedalia Subdivision. As of October 1995, this portion of the line was still named the Sedalia Subdivision, according to Union Pacific Timetable No. 2. About the photo This is an older photo I took on black and white nega...