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CSX - Maintenance of Way Are Us - Part 3

Rail Fan Adventure --


1. CSX 4566 arrives Shelby on 08-02-2020 with a loaded rail train. Shelby KY.
CSX 4566 arrives Shelby on 08-02-2020 with a loaded rail train. Shelby KY.

2. CSX 4566 SD70MAC vintage 1999-2000. View 2. Shelby KY.
CSX 4566 SD70MAC vintage 1999-2000. View 2. Shelby KY.

3. CSX modified gon 920551 is ex-C&O. Look at that bulkhead at the end. Shelby KY.
CSX modified gon 920551 is ex-C&O. Look at that bulkhead at the end. Shelby KY.

4. CSX MW gon 920572 is also ex-C&O. Shelby KY.
CSX MW gon 920572 is also ex-C&O. Shelby KY.

5. CSX MW gon 920054 is also ex-C&O. Shelby KY.
CSX MW gon 920054 is also ex-C&O. Shelby KY.

6. CSX MW modified flat 920517. Shelby KY.
CSX MW modified flat 920517. Shelby KY.

7. CSX MW gon 920552 is also ex-C&O. Shelby KY.
CSX MW gon 920552 is also ex-C&O. Shelby KY.

8. CSX MW flat 988884. I’d like to see some of this equipment “on the job”. Shelby KY.
CSX MW flat 988884. I’d like to see some of this equipment “on the job”. Shelby KY.

9. CSX MW flat 988886 appears to support equipment that pulls the ribbon rail for placement. Shelby KY.
CSX MW flat 988886 appears to support equipment that pulls the ribbon rail for placement. Shelby KY.

10. CSX MW flat 988885 maybe is where the gang takes lunch!! Shelby KY.
CSX MW flat 988885 maybe is where the gang takes lunch!! Shelby KY.

11. CSX MW box tool car 910183 is ex-CSX 124475, nee-SCL. Shelby KY.
CSX MW box tool car 910183 is ex-CSX 124475, nee-SCL. Shelby KY.

12. CSX MW cab 904094 is ex-C&O. It was built by Fruit Growers Express in 1980. Shelby KY.
CSX MW cab 904094 is ex-C&O. It was built by Fruit Growers Express in 1980. Shelby KY.

13. CSX 4566. Shelby KY.
CSX 4566. Shelby KY.

14. The train is tied down in #1 and the crew will get transport to the motel in Pikeville. CSX 4566. View 2. Shelby KY. 08-02-2020.
The train is tied down in #1 and the crew will get transport to the motel in Pikeville. CSX 4566. View 2. Shelby KY. 08-02-2020.

15. CSX ex-CR SD40-2 8839 on the W012 rail train parked at Shelby on 03-06-2021. Shelby KY.
CSX ex-CR SD40-2 8839 on the W012 rail train parked at Shelby on 03-06-2021. Shelby KY.

16. CSX 8839. View 2. Shelby KY.
CSX 8839. View 2. Shelby KY.

17. A classic! CSX 8839 SD40-2. View 3. Shelby KY.
A classic! CSX 8839 SD40-2. View 3. Shelby KY.

18. CSX 8839 SD40-2. View 4. Shelby KY.
CSX 8839 SD40-2. View 4. Shelby KY.

19. CSX MW flat 912407 with rail unloader RAUN #6. In the background is the only steam-era support structure left at Shelby...the water tank. Shelby KY.
CSX MW flat 912407 with rail unloader RAUN #6. In the background is the only steam-era support structure left at Shelby...the water tank. Shelby KY.

20. CSX MW 912407. View 2. Shelby KY.
CSX MW 912407. View 2. Shelby KY.

21. CSX MW 912407. View 3. Shelby KY.
CSX MW 912407. View 3. Shelby KY.

22. CSX MW flat car 973912 “C”. Shelby KY.
CSX MW flat car 973912 “C”. Shelby KY.

23. CSX MW 973912 “B”. Shelby KY.
CSX MW 973912 “B”. Shelby KY.

24. CSX MW 973912 “B” bulkhead. Shelby KY.
CSX MW 973912 “B” bulkhead. Shelby KY.

25. CSX MW 973912 “C” and “B” are semi-permantly connected by a drawbar of sorts. “SDI” is Steel Dynamics, the rail plant featured recently in Trains that is near Fort Wayne. Good ol’ American rail! Buy American! Shelby KY.
CSX MW 973912 “C” and “B” are semi-permantly connected by a drawbar of sorts. “SDI” is Steel Dynamics, the rail plant featured recently in Trains that is near Fort Wayne. Good ol’ American rail! Buy American! Shelby KY.

26. CSX MW flat 912406 looks like its function is to guild the rail being laid. Shelby KY.
CSX MW flat 912406 looks like its function is to guild the rail being laid. Shelby KY.

27. CSX MW 973911 “B” coupled to 973911.
CSX MW 973911 “B” coupled to 973911.

28. Some of these cars were stenciled “W012” which is the designation of a work train. CSX 8839. Shelby KY. 03-06-2021.
Some of these cars were stenciled “W012” which is the designation of a work train. CSX 8839. Shelby KY. 03-06-2021.

All for now.

Train images used by permission of Everett N Young