Ashland VA 2.7.09: Q One-Thirty-Wait Just A Dang Minute...

Q139 is typically a single AC6000CW or ES44DC leading a relatively short train of containers. On Saturday however, CSX threw a curveball in a big way. ES44DC 5477, SD60I 8733 (ex-CR 5601), and AC4400CW 366 led 49 cars of container traffic - coupled to 95 cars of general merchandise.

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[csx7509]

yep..thats Q139...CSX2665 has some videos with a train like this one..that mixed freight was picked up from acca yard in richmond..while the train itself just origined at Portsmouth VA ..great video by the way

[FastFlyingVirginian]

@csx7509 Thank you sir!

[redsoxfan423]

yeah, Q139 now carries the abolished Q414's traffic from Acca to Cumberland

[FastFlyingVirginian]

When did they make the change? It was just back at the beginning of November when I last saw it handled by a single AC6000.

[redsoxfan423]

it's been in the past couple of months with the recession getting worse

[FastFlyingVirginian]

That's what I suspected it was; I had read about CSX looking for ways to consolidate trains. Kinda harkens back to the era when you could still see piggyback mixed in with general freight like that.

[csx7509]

@FastFlyingVirginian you're talking about conrail mixed freighters...the SEAL,ALSE were one of the many trains that carried piggyback in between the freight

[bubba2781]

an a onea an a towa, where are the bubbles!

[bubba2781]

Good video, I've caught this train myself several time lately with the mixed freight. Makes it worth catching now.

[WestKeystoneVideos]

Nah you arent old to me, but thats not what the CSX units are thinking... Lol!

[GaithersburgRail]

I caught a Q139 with freight behind it.