HiDef: Early Morning CSX and Amtrak Action in Amsterdam, N.Y. 1-7-12.

Train 1 - 7:39 A.M.
L159 starts off the morning, cruising west under a beautiful winter sunrise. A quartet of aging Dash 8's are in chrarge, 3 of them being ex-Conrail units.

CSXT C40-8W #7325
CSXT C40-8W #7889
CSXT C40-8W #7322
CSXT C40-8W #7363

Port Newark, NJ - Syracuse, NY

Train 2 - 8:51 A.M.
After a long silence, Amtrak 280 comes east and stops at the platform on time, with a very friendly crew. P32AC-DM #716 leads it.

Train 3 - 9:40 A.M.
Almost another hour passes, and things suddenly pick up. Q163 heads west with a cool EMD duo going all out to keep this huge train moving.

CSXT SD70MAC #4578
HLCX SD40-2 #7177

Port Newark, NJ - Chicago, IL

Train 4 - 9:47 A.M.
Shortly after, loaded ethanol train K684 cruises east with a another friendly engineer.

CSXT ES40DC #5449
CSXT C40-8 #7578

Train 5 - 9:51 A.M.
Only a couple of minutes later is the K401, westbound unit ethanol empties.
CSXT C40-8W #7760
CSXT C40-8W #7855

Train 6 - 10:33 A.M.
K531, a loaded unit Bauxite train, heads west with another HLCX SD40-2 in the lashup.

CSXT AC4400CW #32
HLCX SD40-2 #8164
CSXT C40-8W #7896

Sparrow Point, MD - Massena, NY

Train 7 - 10:50 A.M.
X017 lite engines go west on track 2 having won the race against Amtrak 63 by about a half mile.

CSXT AC400CW #290
CSXT SD70MAC #4811
CSXT ES40DC #5390
CSXT ES40DC #5455
CSXT C40-8W #7844

Train 8 - 10:51 A.M.
Amtrak 63, the westbound Maple Leaf, arrives in Amsterdam only a few minutes late with P42DC #157 doing the honors.

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• C40-8W
• HLCX
• SD40-2
• SD70MAC
• Q163
• L159
• Amsterdam
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[FGLK1751]

Nice catch Joe! Them type of signals are coming to western new york which is my spot too. Nice Job!!!

[CPManJoe]

@FGLK1751: Thanks, Scott, it's pretty sad that the classic NYC signals are slowly fading away into railroad history. This spot just isn't the same without that signal bridge.

[AMTK510]

Awesome Sunrise shot. Nicely done...

[CPManJoe]

@AMTK510: Thanks Brian!

[RailfanAlek4829]

Great Video! Nice catch on the bauxite train, I caught one of them back in the summer and it had a bunch of fallen flag hoppers as well.

[CPManJoe]

@RailfanAlek4829: Thanks! I did too, and there were definitely some interesting hopper cars. Lots of C&O, Seaboard, and other cool stuff.

[FastFlyingVirginian]

Nice job, I'm liking that sunrise shot.

[MrWrawroacx]

The trains sure do bounce over on that section of track. When CSX X017 flies over that hump in the track, the last engine which is the C40-8W you can really see the how the axles and bearing really sprung.

[Trainlover4ever2006]

Nicely done.

[davidd320]

Nice video