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NS 73R |
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NS hopper train 73R is crossing over the Clinchfield Railroad route at Clinchcross, NC. A spring storm had just dumped heavy rain on the area, causing some delays for 73R and 135. |
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5/14/2005 Upload Date: 5/15/2005 10:14:10 AM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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NS 8602(C39-8) |
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NS 66E |
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A unique train on the Asheville District is unit chip train 66E, shown here about to pass under downtown Marion. These chips are destined for the paper mill at Canton, NC, on the Murphy Branch |
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7/9/2005 Upload Date: 7/10/2005 9:32:25 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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NS 9969(C40-9W) |
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| Title: |
CSXT 6783 |
| Description: |
A former SCL GP40 is looking pretty bad in YN1 paint. Notice the Seaboard Coast Line lettering showing through on the long hood. |
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7/9/2005 Upload Date: 7/10/2005 9:20:36 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 6783(GP40) |
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| Title: |
Remnants of the SCL |
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CSXT 6783's long hood shows evidence of its heritage. Seaboard Coast Line lettering in clearly showing through the deteriorating CSX paint. |
| Photo Date: |
7/9/2005 Upload Date: 7/10/2005 9:20:56 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 6783(GP40) |
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1102 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CSXT SD40's |
| Description: |
Two SD40-2's sandwich an unrebuilt SD40 at Marion, NC. These units offer a reminder of what coal train power looked like before the GE and AC invasion on the former Clinchfield. |
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7/9/2005 Upload Date: 7/10/2005 9:14:42 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 8103(SD40-2) CSX 4606(SD40) CSX 8812(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
SD40's at Marion |
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Three EMD's await an assignment in the small yard at Marion, NC. The NS connection track to the right feeds into the NS passing siding at Clinchcross. CSX ballast trains loading at Enka, NC, on NS now use this connection track. |
| Photo Date: |
7/9/2005 Upload Date: 7/10/2005 9:15:05 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 8812(SD40-2) CSX 4606(SD40) CSX 8103(SD40-2) |
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1676 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
CSX U302 |
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CSX coal train U302 heads south on the mainline at Marion, NC, behind a pair of YN3 AC's. In the siding at Marion is work train W047, which is tying down and preparing for the next day's unloading. Three SD40's are tied down in the small yard here. |
| Photo Date: |
7/9/2005 Upload Date: 7/10/2005 9:21:52 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 595(AC44CW) CSX 8812(SD40-2) CSX 4606(SD40) |
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2015 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CSX W047 |
| Description: |
The CSX Blue Ridge Subdivision maintenance jamboree is about to begin as B36-7 5853 pulls work train W047 into the siding at Marion. The machinery would be unloaded the next day. |
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7/9/2005 Upload Date: 7/10/2005 9:31:40 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 5853(B36-7) CSX 8812(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
NS 166 |
| Description: |
Eastbound 166 passes the junk yard near the west end of Clinchcross. BNSF (ex-Santa Fe) 689 is sandwiched between two NS Dash-9's. |
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12/26/2005 Upload Date: 12/26/2005 10:30:40 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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NS 8890(C40-9W) BNSF 689(C44-9W) |
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1490 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CSXT 5119 South |
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Some occasional snow flurries weren't enough to cover the ground at Marion, but looking at the ridge behind this waiting southbound tells another story up in the hills. |
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2/12/2006 Upload Date: 2/13/2006 10:28:13 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 5119(AC44CW) |
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995 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CSXT Q697 |
| Description: |
Northbound Q697 from Hamlet, NC, meets an Extra South at Marion, NC. It's not uncommon for a train to meet another at every siding on the south end of the Clinchfield. |
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9/10/2006 Upload Date: 9/11/2006 7:44:40 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 4753(SD70MAC) CSX 460(AC44CW) |
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1342 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NS 66E at Clinchcross |
| Description: |
Westbound chip train 66E is just about to cross the Clinchfield at Marion, NC. |
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3/31/2007 Upload Date: 4/11/2007 11:04:04 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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| Title: |
CSXT 417 South |
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A train consisting of 1980's era rotary aluminum SCWX cars, perhaps the strangest looking coal hauling equipment on the system, rolls through Marion on its way south. The conductor of a ballast train about to shove off of the NS connection waves to the southbound crew. |
| Photo Date: |
5/20/2007 Upload Date: 5/21/2007 8:02:06 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 417(AC44CW) CSX 340(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
CSXT 4788 South |
| Description: |
An extra south eases up to the south end of Marion to wait on ballast train W081 to clear the mainline. |
| Photo Date: |
5/20/2007 Upload Date: 5/21/2007 8:02:07 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 4788(SD70MAC) CSX 696(AC60CW) |
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| Title: |
Extra South meets W081 |
| Description: |
The conductors of an Extra South and the W081 ballast train exchange greetings at the south end of Marion. |
| Photo Date: |
5/20/2007 Upload Date: 5/21/2007 8:02:08 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 4788(SD70MAC) CSX 471(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
Extra South meets W081 |
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An old Conrail ballast hopper and a CSXT gon bring up the rear of ballast train W081. These two cars were in the way when the W081 backed off the NS connection, so the crew was instructed to take them north. Engine 4788 waits with southbound loads. |
| Photo Date: |
5/20/2007 Upload Date: 5/21/2007 8:02:09 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 4788(SD70MAC) |
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| Title: |
Extra South gets moving |
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After waiting on W081 to clear the mainline ahead, SD70MAC 4788 gets down to business and puts the wheels in motion on a southbound coal train. The NS bridge crossing the Clinchfield at Clinchcross can be seen in the background. |
| Photo Date: |
5/20/2007 Upload Date: 5/21/2007 8:02:10 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 4788(SD70MAC) |
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| Title: |
CSX W081 |
| Description: |
A CSX crew backs a loaded ballast train out of the NS siding at Clinchcross and down to the connection with the former Clinchfield. In the distance, NS 134 rounds the curve at the west end of Clinchcross. |
| Photo Date: |
5/20/2007 Upload Date: 5/21/2007 8:02:24 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 471(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
CSX W081 |
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A ballast train interchanged fromt the NS at Clinchcross has entered the CSX siding at Marion and will soon head north to Erwin. |
| Photo Date: |
5/20/2007 Upload Date: 5/21/2007 8:02:25 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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| Locomotives: |
CSX 471(AC44CW) CSX 519(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
CSX W081 |
| Description: |
The conductor on W081 lines the NS connection switch back for the Marion passing siding as W081 prepares to head north up the former Clinchfield. |
| Photo Date: |
5/20/2007 Upload Date: 5/21/2007 8:02:26 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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| Locomotives: |
CSX 471(AC44CW) CSX 519(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
NS 134 passing CSX W081 |
| Description: |
While a CSX ballast train backs around the CSX connection at Marion, NS 134 blasts by on the S-Line. The ballast was loaded on the NS Murphy Branch at Enka and delivered to CSX here. |
| Photo Date: |
5/20/2007 Upload Date: 5/21/2007 8:02:20 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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| Locomotives: |
NS 9263(C40-9W) NS 9957(C40-9W) CSX 471(AC44CW) |
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