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*RARE* CSX GP38-2 Makes a Set-Out and THROTTLES UP!!

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  👍FACEBOOK US!    / csxproductions     🟧OUR BLOGGER! https://csxman.blogspot.com/   🔵 TWEET US!    / csxproductions   =============================================================================== 💲RAILROAD INVESTMENTS💲 : 💰 https://get.stash.com/markd8uyn 💰    https://join.robinhood.com/marke833 💰   =============================================================================== In the early morning in Defiance, Ohio, I caught a real treat! An eastbound CSX local approaches on the ex-B&O Willard Sub led by an EMD GP38-2 running long hood forward! He stops before the signal bridge and sets out a gondola in the scrapyard. Then he re-couples the loco, performs the Class 3 Air Test, and throttles up to head for the yard in East Defiance. The diamond he is crossing the Napolean Defiance & Western RR. ================================================================================= 💺Tr...

Siemens Type 4 Light Rail Trainsets at Cascades Stop

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  👍FACEBOOK US! / hotrailproductions  🔵 TWEET US! / csxproductions  📙OUR BLOGGER! https://www.hotrailproductions.biz/ ============================================================================== 💲RAILROAD INVESTMENTS💲 : 💰 https://get.stash.com/markd8uyn 💰  💰 https://join.robinhood.com/marke833 💰 ============================================================================ 📱 🔦 Boresnake Light Camera For Phone! https://geni.us/hTQkDD   📱Phone Stabilizer and AI Tripod! https://geni.us/wteHC   📹 GoPro Hero 12 with Accessories https://amzn.to/4ewK4yt ========================================================================== At the Cascades stop on Portland's TRIMET MAX Light Rail System, a pair of Type 4 Trainsets meet on a warm afternoon. These sleek trainset were built by Siemens. ============================================================================ 📱➡️📸Turn Your Phone Into A Camera! https...

Monster CN Lashup and Algoma Central Caboose! 8/29/19

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  👍FACEBOOK US!    / csxproductions     📙OUR BLOGGER! https://csxman.blogspot.com/    🔵 TWEET US!    / csxproductions   ============================================================================== 💲RAILROAD INVESTMENTS💲 : 💰 https://get.stash.com/markd8uyn 💰  💰 https://join.robinhood.com/marke833 💰     📸DSLR Alternatives https://geni.us/DLSRAlternate   🌞Solar Charger! https://geni.us/nvGYL   🔋 Anker Portable Charger https://geni.us/UG42k   📱➡️📸Turn Your Phone Into A Camera! https://geni.us/PhoneCameraConver ============================================================================== A westbound Canadian National freight heads west in the former Illinois Central Iowa Division with 6 units and an Algoma Central caboose! This is Annie Glidden Road, just south of Belvidere, IL. =================================================================================...

Iowa Interstate RR (IAIS) GEVO LOCOS at Minooka, IL 5/4/23

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  👍FACEBOOK US!    / hotrailproductions     🔵 TWEET US!    / csxproductions     📙OUR BLOGGER! https://www.hotrailproductions.biz/ ============================================================================== 💲RAILROAD INVESTMENTS💲: 💰 https://get.stash.com/markd8uyn 💰 💰 https://join.robinhood.com/marke833 💰 ============================================================================== At Minooka, Illinois, an eastbound Iowa Interstate mixed freight crosses Ridge Road with a pair of GEVOS. This is the former Rock Island mainline to Council Bluffs, Iowa. Filmed on May 4, 2023, =============================================================================  📱➡️📸Turn Your Phone Into A Camera! https://geni.us/PhoneCameraConver   💺Trackside Chairs! https://geni.us/Campchair   🎤 Universal Microphone! https://geni.us/Unimike   🛩️Drone For Lofty Railfanning! https://geni.us/drone720   💡V...

2 Portland Light Rail Trains Meet At Mt. Hood Ave

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👍FACEBOOK US!    / hotrailproductions     🔵 TWEET US!    / csxproductions     📙OUR BLOGGER! https://csxman.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================== 💲RAILROAD INVESTMENTS💲:  💰 https://get.stash.com/markd8uyn 💰  💰 https://join.robinhood.com/marke833 💰 ==============================================================================   🌞  🔋   📱➡️📸Turn Your Phone Into A Camera! https://geni.us/PhoneCameraConver    A pair of MAX Light Rail Trains meet at Portland's Mt. Hood Ave. station. The first train consists of a pair of Type 3's, and the second train consists of a Type 3 and Type 1. =============================================================================== 00:00 Introduction 00:10 First Train 00:49 Second Train

CSX Intermodal At Deshler, OH 9/19

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UP-NS Merger Faces Issues

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  Union Pacific + Norfolk Southern: Big merger, same old problem: Analysis By Bill Stephens | September 18, 2025   The transcontinental railroad will produce a one-time surge in volume, but won’t fix the industry’s underlying growth struggle Email Newsletter Get the newest photos, videos, stories, and more from Trains.com brands. Sign-up for email today! The 1960 merger of the Erie and Delaware, Lackawanna & Western staved off the inevitable bankruptcy for more than a decade. At Mountain View, N.J., a tower guarded the crossing of Lackawanna’s double-track Boonton Line and Erie’s 32-mile Greenwood Lake Division. Hot DL&W freight NE-4 hits the diamond behind A-B-B-A Fs led by F7A 633. Jack Emerick Back in the day when railroads were squeezed under the thumb o...

CSX Western Maryland Herald ES44DC and B&O CPL Change at Deshler, OH

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  👍FACEBOOK US!    / hotrailproductions     🔵 TWEET US!    / csxproductions     🟧OUR BLOGGER! https://csxman.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================== 💲RAILROAD INVESTMENTS💲 : 💰 https://get.stash.com/markd8uyn 💰  💰 https://join.robinhood.com/marke833 💰  🌈COLOR DSLR FILTERS https://geni.us/colofilters   📸Canon EOS R5 https://geni.us/CanonEOR    📸DSLR Alternatives https://geni.us/DLSRAlternate   🌞Solar Charger! https://geni.us/nvGYL   📱➡️📸Turn Your Phone Into A Camera! https://geni.us/PhoneCameraConver    ================================================================================= In an iconic moment, a southbound CSX freight grinds around the southwest wye track at Deshler and enters the Toledo Sub. Power is an ES44DC with a Western Maryland herald, a Canadian Pacific AC4400CW, and a rare CSX GE C...