I thought this railfanning day trip to CSX's Mohawk Subdivision was quite interesting in terms of the amount of train activity during different parts of the day. The morning started out rather slowly and gradually as the day went on, the action picked up for the remainder of my stay. Also, there was report of a brush fire around the Utica, NY area that did stopped train traffic (I was a bit worried that it might prolong for a good part of the day, but it didn't, it only lasted a few hours) but the flood gates opened just in time for a wave of eastbounds and fortunately, I did have the time to wait for all of them.
Overall, I was pretty satisfied with the day!
Video timestamps (note: not related to time the train's head end passed me):
0:00 Title
Amsterdam, NY - Amtrak station
0:25 Eastbound intermodal I158 (CSX 889 lead)
1:48 Westbound intermodal I017 (CSX 3387 lead)
Palatine Bridge, NY - Milepost 197 (Across from the Budget Motel)
3:25 Westbound intermodal I009 (CSX 5243 lead)
5:41 Westbound mixed freight M363 (CSX 836 lead)
St. Johnsville, NY
7:30 Westbound mixed freight M367 (CSX 7217 lead)
Palatine Bridge, NY - Lock 14
9:42 Eastbound intermodal I004 (CSX 3333 lead)
12:01 Westbound intermodal I003 (CSX 67 lead)
14:00 Westbound mixed freight M561 (CSX 3143 lead)
15:50 Westbound intermodal I169 (CSX 3322 lead)
17:50 Eastbound mixed freight M368 (CSX 7012 lead)
19:54 Eastbound mixed freight M626 (CSX 3107 lead)
Fonda, NY
22:27 Eastbound intermodal I162 (CSX 790 lead)
24:14 Eastbound mixed freight M364 (CSX 574 lead)
27:06 Eastbound autoracks M264 (CSX 3356 solo)
Amsterdam, NY - CP173
29:12 Eastbound intermodal I020 (CSX 5329 lead)
31:50 Westbound mixed freight M620 (CSX 506 lead)
34:15 Eastbound mixed freight M634 (CSX 495 lead)
36:08 Westbound mixed freight M627 (CSX 724 lead)
28 июл 2024
