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I wouldn’t swim in Powell’s Creek, but the body of water does make for some interesting pictures from Leesylvania State Park. M410 reflects off the dirty top of the water with the Family Lines heritage unit trailing second.

With one CSX after another coming over the Powell’s Creek Trestle in Woodbridge, VA, I figured I’d switch the shot up a bit and use some trees in Leesylvania State Park for my frame.

Southbound train M409 crosses the Occoquan River Bridge in Woodbridge, VA. Trailing 4th is a CW40-8 locomotive bound for storage.

Since M421/M422 have started working the CCX Intermodal Facility in North Carolina, they can be seen having long cuts of intermodal cars like M422 did in this picture. We added another new EMD leader to our collection as well as SD70AC #4525 was in charge of the train.

As wind creates ripples across the top of the water of Powell’s Creek, CSX Intermodal I135 crosses the Powell’s Creek Trestle with the Père Marquette Heritage Unit in the lead.

After the suspension of cab signals on the RF&P Subdivision, any engine with PTC can lead CSX trains. As seen here, SD70AC #4582 leads southbound manifest M301 towards the Rippon VRE Station with 48 cars of trash from the Northeast in tow. Since this engine does not have cab signal technology, it and many other old locomotives could not lead trains through this area before the official cab signal suspension on June 15th, 2024.