CSX Portsmouth Sub#35

When I return to Suffolk around 10:45a.m. on Saturday, December 4th, 2010, I decide to wait by the westbound signal on the CSX Portsmouth Sub.. I waited maybe half an hour; at about 11:20, I notice the signal is bright green for a westbound move. I head west, outside of Suffolk for another shot in the countryside. I find a crossing about five or six miles west of the Kenyon Road crossing. After a little over two hours, I see the headlight coming. Enjoy, as this westbound empty grain train heads west at 2:34p.m.. I was a bit surprised, as I caught a westbound empty grain train around the same time just two Saturdays before this shot. Also, notice two CSX engines? They are the same two units that brought the loaded rock train into Portsmouth the night before (CSX Portsmouth Sub#33). Enjoy.

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[tdluvs]

Nice catch. On last Tuesday I caught the Empty Grain train headed back to Rockymount NC with 2 SD40-2s as the power. The lead engine was 8404

[tra1nman1]

@tdluvs Thanks, I woulda loved to see that-two standard cabs, nice. You don't see those leading a grain train very often.

[VArailfan89]

Good stuff, dude; gotta love the Portsmouth Sub grain trians. I gotta get out there one day. Maybe when the Thunderbird is fixed, I could follow you out there. Like the mechanical bells on the crossing.