Throw in all the lease units on loan to these carriers, and things have gotten very colorful for the visiting photographer. A southbound CSX emptly hopper train at the Wales Road crossing headed by a pair of EMD SD50s. The train has just crossed Vickers Jct. This is location two. CSX operations do not feature much pool power, but the railroad does still run a variety of paint schemes.
Locomotives still painted in predecessor colors are a bonus.
Fallen flags such as Chessie System, Seaboard System, and Family Lines are still rolling, but are on borrowed time. This traffic is now handled on existing CSX trains. Norfolk Southern operates some coal trains, including those operated for Detroit Edison, which are handed over to CN for final delivery to the Trenton or Monroe plants. The exchange is made at Lang yard, just north of Toledo, near the Michigan - Ohio border. Getting to Vickers Junction is pretty easy.