Category Archives: Chuck Hinrichs
CSX Intermodal at Hopkinsville, Ky
CSX Q588 northbound
Chuck Hinrichs caught CSX Q588 northbound at South Latham on December 4, 2012 at about 2 PM.
ICG consists
A Long Run for Train Orders… submitted by Chuck Hinrichs
Can you believe it? Effective 12:03 AM, on Tues. Sept. 4, 2012, the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ended the use of train orders, the flimsies of fact and fiction. Since the LIRR was the LAST US road to use … Continue reading
CSX Q515 at Crofton, Ky
Caboose!
It’s not too often these days you see a caboose running down the rails at the end of a train. On June 24, 2012 in the afternoon an ex-Conrail Caboose CR 24012 sporting a brand new paint job rolled past … Continue reading
CSX Transportation Historical Society
Submitted by Chuck Hinrichs In 1986 the Seaboard System Railroad changed it name to CSX Transportation. Last summer a CSX Transportation Historical Society was formed. The society is just getting started and now is a good time to be in … Continue reading
Norfolk Southern Attitude Adjustment Submitted by Chuck Hinrichs
NORFOLK, VA. – Norfolk Southern is making it easier for communities, businesses, and informed observers such as rail fans to report issues relating to public safety and security to the railroad’s police force. The NS announcement is a significant expansion of the community-based … Continue reading
UP Challenger #3985 hauling Freight (1991)
From Chuck Hinrichs, Hopkisnville, KY. At least the UP recognized that the IC’s whistle was the best one ever built.
The Way Things Used to Be!
ICG engines (GP10, GP8 and a GP35)