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This train, though it was agonizingly slow, made for an awesome catch from the Franconia Road overpass as the W053 crew used their special weed spray to keep the encroaching plants under control.

Southbound weed sprayer train W053 doing it's job, which I'll admit looks really cool.

Newly rebuilt engine 1714, part of the new SD23T4 series for CSX, leads southbound weed sprayer train W053. These engines were meant to be used for locals and yard jobs as a modern answer to those needs, however so far they're almost always seen on non-revenue trains.

CSX's Geometry Train, W003, makes a trip from Richmond, VA to Baltimore, MD on the RF&P Subdivision with a relatively new locomotive in the lead. SD23T4 #1713, rebuilt from SD40-2 #8055, had been operating this train for a few months after it replaced GP40-2 #6025, which had been running the train for years prior.

CSX W03617 rounds the corner in Waycross, VA on former Clinchfield trackage.

CSXT 1713 leads W036-17 through the community of Ashford, NC around 730pm, with his train of MoW trailing behind.

CSXT sd23T4s #1713 and #1715 lead W036-17 through the control point Rock Creek in Erwin, TN.