CSX Trains 01
Every day, CSX runs a train (727) from Greenville through Chocowinity to the phosphate mine in Aurora and back. It usually moves at night, but in early January, it took a spill on broken track near Blounts Creek. That sorta screwed up the schedules and equipment for a few days. I got to catch 727 with its usual two-loco consist and a helper from the Greenville Yard.
I chased it later after it was combined with some mixed freight in Greenville and continued on to Rocky Mount as F728. I ha been wanting to catch a train passing the old store at the NC 30 crossing near Stokes—finally got lucky…
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Molten sulfur derail, Blounts Creek NC 1
Molten sulfur derail, Blounts Creek NC 2
Molten sulfur derail, Blounts Creek NC 3
727 plus helper leaving Chocowinity NC
727 plus helper approaching Grimesland NC
727 plus helper passing Grimesland NC
CSX Yard, Greenville NC
CSX 727, Greenville Yard 1
CSX 727, Greenville Yard 2
CSX 727, Greenville Yard 3
CSX 727, Greenville Yard 4
CSX 727, Greenville Yard 5
CSX F728, Whitehurst Station, Stokes NC 1
CSX F728, Whitehurst Station, Stokes NC 2
