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<blockquote data-quote="Sandpatch" data-source="post: 620878" data-attributes="member: 10543">I am sad.&nbsp; CSX's new CEO has ended hump operations at Hamlet, NC, Atlanta (Tilford), Louisville (Osborn) and Toledo (Stanley) in an effort to boost consist blocking and cut costs.&nbsp; The idea is to build longer blocks of cars destined for the same place.&nbsp; The resulting changes have rerouted the two daily freight trains I've enjoyed watching for over two decades.&nbsp; The trains now run on a different and distant line.&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />&nbsp; My line now sees only one local weekday freight and nightly passage of Amtrak.I guess the lesson here is that even average shots may be worth saving for the memories.&nbsp; I've been wistfully looking at my pictures of these &quot;lost&quot; trains, many of which have been posted here.I'm hoping that the inevitable operational jumble at CSX yards might result in a revision and return of my trains .....Here's one from March that I may not have posted before because of the harsh setting and poor lighting, a quick snapshot taken behind the Home Depot while I was running an errand:[ATTACH]254379[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sandpatch, post: 620878, member: 10543"] I am sad. CSX's new CEO has ended hump operations at Hamlet, NC, Atlanta (Tilford), Louisville (Osborn) and Toledo (Stanley) in an effort to boost consist blocking and cut costs. The idea is to build longer blocks of cars destined for the same place. The resulting changes have rerouted the two daily freight trains I've enjoyed watching for over two decades. The trains now run on a different and distant line. :( My line now sees only one local weekday freight and nightly passage of Amtrak. I guess the lesson here is that even average shots may be worth saving for the memories. I've been wistfully looking at my pictures of these "lost" trains, many of which have been posted here. I'm hoping that the inevitable operational jumble at CSX yards might result in a revision and return of my trains ..... Here's one from March that I may not have posted before because of the harsh setting and poor lighting, a quick snapshot taken behind the Home Depot while I was running an errand: [ATTACH=CONFIG]254379._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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