| 2.1.2023 Afton, VA. CSX 735 ES44AC-H beneath the Highway 6 overpass leading a 180 car empty grain train on a chilly, wet day. The consist will travel about 100 yards further to stop at a red signal and wait for Amtrak's eastbound Cardinal to take the passing track. A few minutes later 735 restarted with 180 cars on the grade to head through the Blue Ridge Tunnel and points further west. |