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Late evening, fog and light snow give an air of tranquility to the otherwise busy and loud B&O, albeit CSX, crest of the Alleghenies.

BNSF 611 leads its westbound manifest towards Sand Point ID at East Hope,ID on the MRL 4th Sub.

The CN 314 runs off the North Line with more Crude Oil and Sand behind CN locomotives 2237 and 2443. He appears to have 8 Glycol tanks up front, aswell.

An ESSCO Sand Blaster, Model No. JT57A mounted on CR Truck No. SL 4002.

CSX added a third unit to this train which serves a snad plantjust north of CSX\'s Hamlet NC yard.

With the constellation Orion above, and fall colors down below, I set up the tripod for this image of an early morning eastward-moving freight on CSX's route over Sand Patch. The line was constructed by the Baltimore & Ohio in the 19th Century.