BONE VALLEY POWER
Mulberry, Fl CSX Valrico Sub; February 1998.
The ex-GP30 road slug is in the lead, encharged of an Eastbound wet
rock train.
Rockport Fl, July 1997.
CSX 2317, a slug built from a GP 35, is waiting for its next assignment.
In the Summer of 2000, the GP30 or GP35 slugs were nowhere to be found.
Mulberry, Fl, Valrico Sub; July 2000.
Out of the older engines, the GP39-2 such as 4318 are still pulling
their load in the Bone Valley.
Mulberry, Fl; February 1998.
Another second generation diesel to survive till today are the SD40-2.
Quite a bunch of these engines could still be spotted in July 2000 pulling
rock. Here, 8005 is leading a molten sulfur train into Mulberry Yard.
Welcome Junction, Fl; July 2000.
The new power was dominated by EMDX SD70M bought recently by CSX. Here,
a couple of these engines are heading for Rockport with a load of processed
rock.
Green Bay, Fl, Bone Valley Sub; July 2000.
EMDX SD70Ms came in 2 elegant paint schemes. Here, 7019 is leading
a load of wet rock to the Green Bay processing plant.
Mulberry, Fl; July 2000.
Little by little, the EMDXs received a number patch. 4689 was
probably one of the first ones to get it.
Mulberry, Fl; July 1997.
Foreign power shows up on a regular basis in the yard. SOO engines
are generally seen on molten sulfur trains to Canada. UP/SP/DRGW/CNW are
seen on molten sulfur and processed phosphate to Texas.
