CSX & NS Coal Trains In Brownsville, PA Spring 2022

NS Loaded Coal 778
The largest loaded coal train I have ever seen in my life
Rolls slowly down the street through West Brownsville
On 4/14/22
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A 30,000 Ton train!
Engines:
NS 8072 ES44AC
NS 4307 AC44C6M
Mid DPUs:
NS 3619 ET44AC
NS 1060 SD70ACe
NS 4412 AC44C6M
After that coal train cleared I was starting to drive back home when the signal for a southbound went green on me
So I had to wait
Down The street came CSX in YN2 Paint
On 4/14/22
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Engines:
CSX 387 AC4400CW (YN2)
CSX 3166 ES44AH
I stopped to see my family in Brownsville
During the down time I had I figured a stop by the tracks wouldn’t be a bad idea
I saw an approach medium signal
& knew something was on the way
On 4/22/22
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Engines:
NS 9630 C44-9W (THB)
NS 9942 C44-9W
An Empty NS coal rolls down the other side of the Monongahela River
On 4/22/22
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Engines:
NS 7589 ES44DC
NS 7607 ES40DC
The NS train stops so I decided to go have another look at it
When I was driving north I saw another set of coal hoppers
It was CSX R126-22
Out of Grafton West Virginia
Both trains were in the same track only about 300 feet apart from eachother
126 crossed over in front of the NS
Very neat to see
On 4/22/22
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Engines:
CSX 742 ES44AH
CSX 771 ES44AH
“Friendly wave”
A loaded NS coal train
Slowly rolls down the middle of the street here in west Brownsville
Giving a small horn show to a child & her mother as the train passes by
On 4/22/22
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Engines:
NS 9913 C44-9W
NS 9493 C40-9W (THB)
An NS loaded coal train
Comes down the road in West Brownsville PA on 4/29/22
With the leader having a beautiful P5 horn
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Engines:
NS 4116 AC44C6M
NS 8008 ES44AC
Right as soon as the NS clears CSX comes off the bridge & down through West Brownsville PA
On 4/29/22
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Engines:
CSX 3414 ET44AH
CSX 3287 ET44AH
An NS Loaded Coal Train
Rolls through West Brownsville Northbound
On 5/29/22
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Engines:
NS 9563 C44-9W (THB)
NS 7621 ES40DC
An Unknown Mpty coal train
Rolls through West Brownsville
On 5/31/22
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Engines:
NS 3643 ET44AC
NS 9551 C44-9W (THB)
An Unknown CSX Southbound Coal train
Rolls through West Brownsville
On 6/4/22
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With the Georgia RR Emblem Unit in the lead!
Engines:
CSX 3415 ET44AH (GRR)
CSX 414 AC4400CW
CSX 3024 ES44AH
An Unknown loaded CSX coal train
Comes street runnin’
Down West Brownsville
On 6/16/22
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Engines:
CSX 959 ES44AH
CSX 7023 AC4400CM
CSX 810 ES44AH
An NS Loaded Coal Train
Comes through West Brownsville
On 6/17/22
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Engines:
NS 9457 C40-9W (THB)
NS 4241 AC44C6M