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CSX 2475 near Oakdale Ave. Oregon, OH 12-16-07
CSX 1139 at Vickers Jct. Northwood, OH 4-15-03
GT cabooses at Lang Yard Toledo, OH 6-28-03
Ann Arbor 7791 at Ottawa Yard Toledo, OH 12-1-03
CSX train at Wapakoneta, OH 1-11-04 (the signal looked cool)
CSX caboose leading a switch move on the Toledo Terminal Oregon, OH 2-11-04
Toledo Terminal Semaphore at Hallett Tower Toledo, OH. Hands are no longer there due to CSX upgrades in signaling along this line. 2-12-04
Looking down the hump on the North-East side of Stanley Yard from 795 overpass Perrysburg, OH 2-12-04
South-West view of Stanley Yard (Engine Pad) from Ayers Road Perrysburg, OH 2-12-04
Stanley Yard Hump in operation from Ayers Road Perrysburg, OH 2-12-04
Unit 5835 gets in my way of The Hump at Stanley Yard Perrysburg, OH 2-12-04
More units at Stanley Yard from Ayers Road Perrysburg, OH 2-12-04
Reminance of Conrail at Stanley Yard. 2-12-04
2 Ann Arbor boxcars sit at Ottawa Yard. 2-13-04
A rare jewel, CS boxcar #492612 is humped at Stanley Yard. 2-13-04
CSX #2534 GP38-2, a RC unit, waiting for green at the Toledo Docks. 2-13-04
Still waiting...another angle #2534 2-13-04
Chessie System Caboose #900055 with all windows riveted closed w/steel. 2-17-04
WOW! 2 x-Conrail SD40-2's #8851, #8845 pull a autorack train on the Toledo Terminal in North Toledo. 2-17-04
A decent shot of #8845 they were definately at speed! 2-17-04
A good shot of #8851 blasting along. 2-17-04
CSX #9121(GP40) in almost full Chessie System paint, along with x-CR #4413(GP40-2) at Walbridge Yard. 2-25-04
This was a neat find CSX's RDMT #2289 at Stanley Yard's Engine Pad. 2-25-04
All 9100 series numbers are canac remote equipment and all 9400 are catron equipment.
FRA is very limited to ruling on these things. 33 GE B30s, C30s were built that had no traction motors just a unit to plug into another and the FRA was ruling it as a locomotive with 92 day inspections. This would cause the yard for which it is assigned to have run on their spare if there is one. So CSX is fixing this by stripping boxcars and using the chassis to install cabinets with radios, and controls.
Also the unit was originally designed to run in front, with the loco pushing it. It was later designed to follow, with a headlight circuit that had no MU headlight switch and the light would transfer from dim to bright in the direction of travel. These have a 2 outer yellow circling lights, and a set of horns near center. You can see the horns pretty good from this angle on car #9185. The flat cars were built because of the downtime of a power unit when it is in Q or has mech problems. This was designed to have less maintenance if the power unit broke down...just plug it into another and continue switching. From the initial reports the catron flatcar has been very beneficial, no maintenance. see other pictures below. 2-25-04
I don't like CSX's idea of these you put the operator in an uncontrollable environment, noise, blocked view (cabinet or locomotive and less height advantage than a locomotive), and weather. Just put the Remote Controller on the ground, or put the Engineer back in the locomotive and bring the Caboose back! This is Car #9176 2-25-04
The rear half of the "consist" in Stanley Yard. 2-25-04
The whole "consist" in Stanley Yard's Engine Pad. From front to rear all CSX #4286 GP39, #1024 SWMT, #9176 Flat Car, #6057 GP40-2, #9185 Flat Car, #9241 RCPHG4, #9243 RCPHG4. 2-25-04
Toledo Angola & Western S1 #101 Behind UT early 80's. Photo by Rick Kolhoff
Toledo Angola & Western S1 #101 Behind UT early 80's. Photo by Rick Kolhoff
Ann Arbor GP-39 #2368 northbound at Hallett Tower on 10/21/03. Photo by Rick Kolhoff
Ann Arbor GP-39 #2373 northbound at Hallett Tower on 10/21/03. Photo by Rick Kolhoff
Ann Arbor GP-39 #2373 leads #2368 northbound at Hallett Tower on 10/21/03. Photo by Rick Kolhoff
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