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P048 heads eastbound under a bridge in Fort Plain New York with phase 7 P42DC 87 on point

2024 was a great year for railfanning and B779 would be the train to bring in 2024 with Union Pacific 6717 an ex CNW AC44CW leading the train as it heads under a bridge on it's eastbound trip to New Jersey.

At Pine Junction, CSX train M565 had three CM44AH rebuilds trailing all brand new and ready to be put into revenue service. 7569, 7592, and 7578

Amtrak’s Day 1 50th Anniversary unit #301 leads Miami-bound Floridian 41 with newly painted Phase VII P42DC #79 trailing second through Brunswick, MD.

This unmissable building, painted somewhat recently to say "Welcome to Fredericksburg" on all 4 sides, was the perfect subject of the picture with Amtrak Floridian #41 serving as the secondary subject.

Amtraks Cardinal basks in the morning sunlight while taking on passengers at the Charleston, West Virginia Amtrak Station.

Amtraks Cardinal basks in the morning sunlight while taking on passengers at the Charleston, West Virginia Amtrak Station.

Amtrak 50 “The Cardinal” departs Charleston, West Virginia and prepares to pass the green signal.

Over the summer, Amtrak began testing the ALC-42 Chargers on the Auto Train, as seen in the picture. This was the last official run of the test train with the Pacific Bend sleeper car trailing behind the engines.

A CSX train powers its way through a snowy valley in Meyersdale, PA.

This coal train, which clocked in with 5 engines and 200 loaded coal hoppers, rumbled east on track 2 through the riverside town of Brunswick, MD.

2 BNSF ET44C4's, 3936 and 3904, lead CSX's Brunswick, MD Yard Job Y101 through the Maple Avenue road crossing. Just up the street from this train is the "BRUNSWICK" sign, which I simply had to include in the picture.

NS 288 (CSX Z369-28) with NS 8098 flying through Wildwood, GA as a slight drizzle falls from the sky.

After getting held up north for a bit, CSX B241-20 made its way into south Georgia with CN 3115, the BC Rail heritage unit, leading the loaded potash train south. This one sure drew out the crowd today, and for good reason. CN 3115 is painted in the same form that BC Rail used to paint their MLW M420 units after going to the red, white and blue paint scheme. This is also the first of the CN heritage units that has made it this far south. These loaded potash trains typically come from CN but will occasionally come off the CP as well. In this case, the train arrived in Chicago as CN B746

With the sun finally breaking through for last light after a day of storms, empty potash train CSX B240-11 rolls through the small community of Rebecca, GA with a trio of CN motors hustling the long string of empties back to Chicago. Also of interest was the rotary Bone Valley phosphate hopper on the head end of the cars.

B241 train in Richmond, KY. Leading locomotive 3089 (pictured)

CSX L134 passing the old RF&P tower at Doswell, VA.

Amtrak's US open special excursion pulls into Aberdeen, NC, while AR 5830 idles in the sun.

Csx M573 in the early morning works Memphis Jct with #541 leading (YN2). And after recrewing, he's getting back to track speed!

The power of CSX G058 comes back from dropping off its cars by the grain elevator track off the Illinois sub. All that runs on this line now is as needed grain trains ans a local