CSX Transportation train R348, left, was the last train to pass under the control of F Tower in Fostoria, Ohio. R348 departed once train S264, right, cleared the plant. Brian Schmidt Toledo, Ohio-bound train Q253 passes CSX Transportation’s F Tower in Fostoria, Ohio, just before the tower closed for good on Monday morning. Brian Schmidt […]
Name: CSX Indianapolis Sub Layout designer: Robert W. Sprague Scale: N (1:160) Size: 9′-6″ x 13′-0″ Prototype: CSX Indianapolis Subdivision Locale: Indiana Era: present day (could be backdated to pre-2000) Style: walk-in Mainline run: 62 feet Minimum radius: 15″ (main), 12″ (branch) Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: none (main line), 2 to 3 percent […]
Name: CSX Indianapolis Sub Layout designer: Robert W. Sprague Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 21 x 21 feet Prototype: CSX Indianapolis Subdivision Locale: Indiana Era: present day (could be backdated to pre-2000) Style: walk-in Mainline run: 142 feet Minimum radius: 30″ (main), 20″ (branch) Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 1 percent (main), 2 percent (to […]
GP38-3 No. 2000 and GP40-3 No. 6500 lead a coal train after release from the Huntington shop earlier this month. Chase Gunnoe HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — CSX has released the first rebuilt GP38-3 and GP40-3 locomotives constructed at its Huntington locomotive shop. The four-axle locomotives, similar to the Huntington-designed SD40-3 project, include upgraded cabs, electronic handbrakes, […]
Name: CSX Miami Downtown Spur Layout designer: Lance Mindheim Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 17 x 21 feet Prototype: CSX Locale: Miami Era: 2007 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 89 feet Minimum radius: 24 inches Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the December 2013 Model Railroader. Click on the link to download the […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – An incident in CSX’s Moncrief Yard in Jacksonville has resulted in damage to two of the railroad’s executive train F40PHs and a switcher. Details of the Sept. 14 incident come from an unnamed source close to the railroad. A remote controlled yard job with the CSX MP15AC No. 1162 went out of its […]
CINCINNATI – CSX SD40-2 No. 8888, made famous by a runaway train incident was en route to Huntington, W. Va., rumored to be dismantled. Last week, the locomotive was dead-in-tow on train Q900 between Corbin, Ky., and Cincinnati. CSX spokesman Gary Sease tells Trains News Wire that the company has no comment on the matter. […]
Name: CSX Plymouth Subdivision Layout designer: Chip Cole Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 30 x 60 feet Locale: southeast Michigan Era: 2009 to present Style: linear, around the walls Mainline run: 188 feet Mininimum radius: 30″ (18″ in Livonia Industrial Park) Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the Great Model Railroads […]
Geographic growth by acquisition or merger, and the elimination of redundant routes by sale or abandonment, are two factors that have been with American railroading from the outset…and are not about to go away. Consider this map of CSX Transportation’s principal ancestors. Shown here are 22 former Class I railroads — in post-World War II […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Watch this video showing trains running through scenes on this freelanced HO scale model railroad based on a modern-era CSX coal country branch line. Rick Van Laar built this 4 x 8-foot model train layout. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Watch this video showing trains running through scenes on this freelanced HO scale model railroad based on a modern-era CSX coal country branch line. Rick Van Laar built this 4 x 8-foot model train layout. […]
