Comments on: The daily CSX interchange train seen here about to enter the “south” interchange tracks on CSX’s Sarnia Subdivision, the power will run around its cars before making the connection to CN’s St. Clair River Industrial spur and into CN’s large yard at Sarnia, cars are dropped in the CN yard, new ones picked up and return back to CSX rails, this is the only way for CSX to get it’s traffic to and from Sarnia as it’s Canadian operations are isolated from the rest of the network. Power is locally assigned GP38-2′s 2672 and 2690 and ex Chessie caboose 900032. The GP38′s and caboose are no longer used in Sarnia.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 22:47:39 +0000

That light appears to be still there as of 2023.

By: mercer

mercer — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 14:52:21 +0000

Anything to save a few dollars on maintaining those old vans ( air brakes, shoes, wheels…).
About 12 cars back is an old wooden pole with an oscillating light on it, very surprised to see that still standing. If it still functions, it was used to warn northbound movements of any plant emergency and they would hold up short of the highway 40 crossing ( now an overpass).
Of course we all know the chlorine won’t leak through the chain link fencing….

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 14:33:46 +0000

Very nice – love that Chessie caboose.

It’s strange they just got rid of and sold the Cabooses to Lake State a few years ago – shoving platforms were most cerainly used for the long shoving move from the Interchange to the yard. So much for safety first!