Tolga's Railroad Repository

  CSX Y22022 took an unusual tour down the CSX Downtown Spur, which is usually reserved for red eye yard jobs such as Y322 or Y350. Ever since I started aggressively chasing trains on the CSX Downtown Spur at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been good not to see the line, a barometer for the for-better-or-for-worse evolution of the rail industry, to lose any business, much like its sister lead, CSX's East Rail.  Unfortunately Cliff Berry has been inactive at best, with three tankers on site collecting rust on the wheels and the usual litter on the lead growing to the point that heavy equipment may need to clear that if and when they get a switch. There are four very active customers still comfortably receiving freight cars, FP&T, Miami Iron and Metal, Family and Son, and Sun Gas. Two of those customers would be getting loads on the early evening of Sunday May 22, 2022.  My flight to Norfolk had been delayed nearly two hours, so I kept having an ear out for y...

Just like the old days, a heavy duty CSX rock train with big six axle power comes off the Homestead Sub, passing the Hialeah Market Tri-Rail Station. After documenting mostly YN3(b) power lately, it was nice to find a YN2-painted original CW44AC on the point. Take away the sliver of Metrorail extension, and the YN3s, and this would be little different than a vantage from the new millennium, the heart of the Anything and Everything era. This is the mainline portion of the inspiration for Lance Mindheim's layouts, and I can never get enough of documenting trains in the Hialeah area despite it being my backyard for all intents and purposes. I have a couple treats for the area coming soon so as 99 Jamz would say, "Keep it locked!" CSX O92109 w/ 19, 5305, 476 hustles by Tri-Rail's Hialeah Market station northward to Hialeah Yard.