CSX train X802 west 1/15/14 (Power balancing move?)

[lakeshoredave]

i saw this tonight in upstate ny:

X802 lite power west- CSX 7718, CSX 3127, CSX 5294, CSX 1215, CSX 608, CSX 2531, CSX 8817, CSX 7780, CSX 4545, CSX 7858, CSX 347, CSX 5416, CSX 876

[charlie6017]

i saw this tonight in upstate ny:

X802 lite power west- CSX 7718, CSX 3127, CSX 5294, CSX 1215, CSX 608, CSX 2531, CSX 8817, CSX 7780, CSX 4545, CSX 7858, CSX 347, CSX 5416, CSX 876

[lakeshoredave]

it was going to cleveland. i'm guessing to balance out power like you said.

[Noel Weaver]

My guess is much further than Cleveland. In my working days at Selkirk I ran Chicago Lites often on a Monday morning and usually it was a long string of locomotives, two working the rest in tow.
Noel Weaver

[9axle]

Probably Corbin, Selkirk is buried in bad power. Trains are being held daily for the lack of engines, and there are tracks filled with stuff waiting to get shopped.

[lakeshoredave]

thanks for the information. very useful!

[AMK0123]

Haven't seen a light engine move in quit a while on the river line, however today saw a X793 northbound into Newburgh around lunch. Had 3 Wide cab GE's and a GP38-2 in tow.... Like previously mentioned Selkirk must be low on engines. Todays Q008 also had a UP SD70ACe as the second unit. Just goes to show that any units that's available if fair game as the K trains are usually the only ones showing up with foreign power down this way.....