Photographer: Paolo Roffo
Location: Framingham, MA
Date: July 1999
Description: Paolo says this was the last time he shot active, unpatched Conrail units. Shortly after this, he went on vacation. When he got back, the B23-7s had been replaced with CSX 6200-series EMDs and the 80MACs were either patched or gone. This pair was waiting for their CSX numbers; 4100 became CSX 800, and 4122 became CSX 809. |
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Photographer: Roger Durfee
Location: Cumberland, MD
Date: September 12, 1999
Description: CSX 805 leads an eastbound freight into Cumberland yard. |
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Photographer: Kent Rengo
Location: Duluth, MN
Date: January 2000
Description: Two CSX 80MACs find themselves in Minnesota at the DM&IR Steelton Yard. |
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Photographer: Brad Morocco
Location: Cumberland, MD
Date: June 14, 2002
Description: CSX 803 is in the Cumberland Diesel Shop for work. |
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Photographer: L.R. Myers
Location: Cumberland, MD
Date: July 27, 2002
Description: CSX 811 takes a spin on the shop's turntable for some servicing. The roof has been painted white like many other CSX units but the rest of the unit remains in Conrail paint. |
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Photographer: L.R. Myers
Location: Cumberland, MD
Date: July 27, 2002
Description: Marker lights glow after the unit is parked on one of the many tracks at the shop. |
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Photographer: L.R. Myers
Location: Cumberland, MD
Date: July 29, 2002
Description: CSX 800 was on a westbound train when the crew was told to set her off on the yard for bad batteries. The power has uncoupled from the train and pushes the 80MAC into the yard. |
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Photographer: Paolo Roffo
Location: Worcester, MA
Date: November 30, 2002
Description: Q423 with a blue unit leading. |
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Photographer: Paolo Roffo
Location: Selkirk, NY
Date: April 19, 2003
Description: CSX 801, the only 80MAC to receive yn2 paint, is leading Q410 this day. |
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Photographer: Chris Starnes
Location: Unicoi, TN
Date: May 16, 2003
Description: CSX 801 is southbound at MP 128 and is starting the downgrade into Erwin. |
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Photographer: Unknown
Location: Hallett, OH
Date: June 2003
Description: CSX 808 teams up with an HLCX lease unit, a former SD45-2 rebuilt as an SD40-2, on a train of auracks. |
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Photographer: Chris Starnes
Location: Starnes, VA
Date: July 11, 2003
Description: N385 southbound at the north end of Starnes siding. |
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Photographer: L.R. Myers
Location: Cumberland, MD
Date: December 13, 2003
Description: CSX 806's yn3 paint is very fresh as it sits at the Cumberland Shop with markers glowing. |
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Photographer: Matthew Mitchin
Location: Akron, OH
Date: February 2004
Description: Two units of different eras, both with flared radiators. CSXT 802 leads a CEFX unit westbound at CP-BD in Akron, Ohio. |
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Photographer: Al Moran
Location: Grafton, WV
Date: January 17, 2005
Description: CSXT 805 is caught in a sudden snow squal on a West Virginia coal train parked at Grafton. |
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CSXT's 1/31/05 derailment at Croom, MD involving SD80MACs 806, 808 and 809
Photographer: Sean Hoyden
Location: Brunswick, MD
Date: February 2005
Description: #812 was moving around as lite power, but eventually came back as 3rd unit for an eastbound coal train. This photo shows it in the lead, and Sean's trigger finger missed the engine belch flame as he snapped the shot. |
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Photographer: Sean Hoyden
Location: Brunswick, MD
Date: February 2005
Description: #812 is passing some other units including a GP30 slug. |
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Photographer: Sean Hoyden
Location: La Plata, MD
Date: May 16, 2005
Description: An empty train heads back to Benning Yard in Washington DC. The train is currently stopped with marker lit. |
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Photographer: Sean Hoyden
Location: Bowie, MD
Date: May 22, 2005
Description: CSXT 801, plus 808 and 810, take a loaded train down the Popes Creek Secondary. |
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Photographer: Ed Mullan
Location: Cumberland, MD
Date: October 8, 2005
Description: I'll bet someone had a hard time telling their boss about this accident. Not to mention whoever was at the controls of 806 probably had to change their pants. The front of CSXT 806 is over 5 feet off the ground as she rests on her fuel tank. |
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Photographer: Ed Mullan
Location: Cumberland, MD
Date: October 8, 2005
Description: 806 was in for brake work and apparently when they were moving her around, she got away and went for a dive. Thankfully, damage is superficial. |
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Photographer: Sean Hoyden
Location: Brunswick, MD
Date: April 2006
Description: CSXT 805 and 806 are westbound with an empty hopper train at WB tower. |
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Photographer: Wade Massie
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Date: May 1, 2006
Description: Q249 features nine units with the "Spirit of Benning" in the lead westbound at Pittsburgh. |
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Photographer: Matt Rivers
Location: Seabrook, MD
Date: June 16, 2006
Description: Three blue MACs, plus two repainted for a total of five, lead empty hoppers on the Northeast Corridor at the Seabrook passenger station. |
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Photographer: Sean Hoyden
Location: Hagerstown, MD
Date: November 16, 2006
Description: Detour R416 sits at Hagerstown during the Anacostia Bridge shutdown. |
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Photographer: Sean Hoyden
Location: Charlestown, WV
Date: November 19, 2006
Description: Eastbound at Bardane on the Cumberland Sub. |
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Photographer: Jim Johnston
Location: Harpers Ferry, WV
Date: March 3, 2007
Description: From high atop the cliff above Harpers Ferry Tunnel, Jim captures CSXT 812 and 805 rounding the curve at the station with a loaded coal train. |
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Photographer: Jim Johnston
Location: Harpers Ferry, WV
Date: March 3, 2007
Description: The heavy train continues across the Potomac River and is about to blast through the tunnel. |
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Photographer: L.R. Myers
Location: Cumberland, MD
Date: June 23, 2007
Description: Can you find CSXT 802 and 812 in this aerial photo of the turntable area of the Cumberland Shop? |
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Photographer: Al Moran
Location: Washington D.C.
Date: July 11, 2007
Description: Probably the last time the three Conrail-painted units will be together as 800's as the 805 and 807 are shops for Cumberland. |
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Photographer: Roger Durfee
Location: Newton Falls, OH
Date: October 7, 2007
Description: CSX Q359 has just made a 10 car pickup and is westbound passing the crossovers at Newton Falls. |
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Photographer: Bill Davis
Location: Doswell, VA
Date: March 22, 2008
Description: CSXT 4598 is westbound at the head end of empty hoppers. |
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Photographer: Dave Davies
Location: Brunswick, MD
Date: May 24, 2008
Description: In evening light, CSX 4595 leads the Q139 westbound at Brunswick, MD. |
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Photographer: Jim Johnston
Location: Brunswick, MD
Date: September 14, 2008
Description: CSX train Q398 is eastbound at Maple Ave. in Brunswick passing the B&O CPL signals. |
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Photographer: Michael Sullivan
Location: South Plainfield, NJ
Date: March 13, 2010
Description: On a horribly disgusting and stormy night, CSXT 4601 is in the lead of Q417. The train sites at Front Street/Metuchen Road on the Conrail Shared Assets Lehigh Line. The train is holding here due to the 65J ahead in emergency after hitting a car. |
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Photographer: Al Moran
Location: Hampstead, Md
Date: March 22, 2010
Description: Combining Al's favorite locomotive with his favorite railroad is a pretty rare occurance. But during the winter of 2010, the 4601 made an appearance on a work train cleaning switches between Hanover, Pa and Emory Grove, Md. Here she is leading the D020 west at Hampstead, Md. |
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Photographer: Al Moran
Location: Woodensburg, Md
Date: March 22, 2010
Description: CSXT 4601 was the trailing unit as the D020 heads east on the Hanover Subdivision at Woodensburg, Md. |
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CSXT's 4/21/09 derailment at Benning Yard, Washington DC involving SD80MAC 4594.
Photographer: Al Moran
Location: Fairhope, PA
Date: July 25, 2010
Description: A very long and heavy Q394 drops down Sand Patch grade at Fairhope with 4601 doing the honors. |
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Photographer: Al Moran
Location: Alexandria, VA
Date: July 27, 2010
Description: 4597 as the rare leader on the RF&P with train Q174 at AF interlocking. |
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Photographer: Al Moran
Location: Riverdale, MD
Date: July 27, 2010
Description: Q174 comes off the Alexandria Extentionn into the B&O east-west mainline at JD Tower. |
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Photographer: Paolo Roffo
Location: Cumberland, MD
Date: October 4, 2010
Description: As the sun sets over CSX's Cumberland Terminal on an October evening, empty coal drag E729 sits at Mexico Tower as Q226 heads east behind an SD80MAC while a B&O Color Position Light signal guards the scene. Fast forward to 2022 (when we added this to the page); the CPL and SD80MAC, both longtime fan favorites, are long gone, and even the coal drag has become an endangered species. |
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Photographer: Al Moran
Location: College Park, Md
Date: October 10, 2010
Description: CSXT 4597 brings the Q409 west on CSX's Capital Subdivision at College Park, Md. |
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Photographer: Al Moran
Location: Wilmington, DE
Date: February 23, 2011
Description: Q439 makes a set off at Wilsmere Yard in Wilmington, DE. |
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Photographer: Al Moran
Location: Washingtonn DC
Date: March 13, 2012
Description: SD80MAC 4590/Spirit of Benning passes the soon to be gone CPLs at F Interlocking in Washingtonn, DC. The 80MAC is headed south for a new assignment in the Bone Valley region of Florida. |
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Photographer: Al Moran
Location: Mulberry, FL
Date: April 12, 2012
Description: CSXT 4602 leading O829 at Achan Jct in the Bone Valley. |
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Photographer: Al Moran
Location: Baltimore, MD
Date: February 12, 2013
Description: While Al was up chasing the Q763, the Q370 also had a rare SD80MAC leader. Here it is leaving Baltimore, Md at the east end of Bayview Yard. |
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Photographer: Al Moran
Location: Baltimore, MD
Date: February 13, 2013
Description: The weather wasn't any good but having SD80MAC 4600 as a leader on the Hanover Sub was reason enough for Al to head out. Here it is at Westport in Baltimore, Md. Unfortunately, the 80MAC shut down and was being pushed. |
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Photographer: Rick Smearcheck
Location: Huntington, WV
Date: June 28, 2013
Description: CSXT 4594 lives out her last days as a parts source at the Huntington shop. |
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Photographer: L.R. Myers
Location: Huntington, WV
Date: November 11, 2013
Description: It's tough to see due to the gopro camera's resolution, but at center is the wrecked SD80MAC and a Conrail painted GP38-2 getting parted out. The 80MAC was finally scrapped a couple months later in January 2014. |
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Photographer: Al Moran
Location: Lime Kiln, MD
Date: November 14, 2013
Description: CSX SD80MAC 4597 is back in service and is seen on train Q373-13 on 11/14/13 passing through Lime Kiln, Md south of Frederick on the Old Main Line Sub. The 4597 was one of four 80MACs back in service at the time of this photo. |
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Photographer: Al Moran
Location: Jessup, MD
Date: June 3, 2014
Description: Q249-03 ran out of time at Jessup, MD due to a minor switching derailment followed by its commuter train window vanishing. SD80MAC 4593 was just recently placed back in service after a stint in storage. Now six of the 12 left on CSX are back in service due to business being up and power short at the time of this photo. |
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Photographer: Jake Nelson
Location: Howard Lake, MN
Date: June 18, 2014
Description: At this time it was rare to catch one of the CSX 80MACs in service, let alone leading. |
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Photographer: Al Moran
Location: Gaithersburg, MD
Date: November 19, 2014
Description: Empty hopper train E719-24 blasts through Gaithersburg, Md on 08/25/14. The 4599 was recently placed back in service as CSX is power short at the time of this photo. |
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Photographer: Al Moran
Location: Muirkirk, MD
Date: November 19, 2014
Description: Since the CSX SD80MACs are going to NS at the end of the year, the chances of seeing one lead a train are getting slimmer and slimmer. Even though the clouds rolled in, Al couldn't pass it up. Q249-19 west at Muirkirk, Md. |
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Photographer: Al Moran
Location: Gaithersburg, MD
Date: November 19, 2014
Description: Chasing a westbound from the Laurel, Md area to the Rockville/Gaithersburg area is a breeze these days with the new ICC open all the way. Because Al knew it was probably the last time seeing an SD80MAC while owned by CSX, he went west to Gaithersburg for another shot of the Q249. |
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Photographer: Unknown
Location: Russell, KY
Date: Unknown
Description: As it turns out, CSX 806 wasn't the only 80MACs to end up in a turntable pit. The 4593 somehow ended up in the turntable pit at the Russell, KY yard. As far as I know, NS never dumped an 80MAC into any turntable pits.
Is this your photo? We'd love to credit you and add the correct date. |
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Description: This chart dated April 2015 shows the status of the CSX SD80MACs as they were being added to the NS roster. Only four of the 12 were in 100% running condition at that time. |
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