Railpictures.ca - Geoff Elliott Photo: “Down the Tubes”…. CSX 6841 leads two of it’s Chessie sisters down the grade toward the Windsor/Detroit Railway Tunnel where they will pass under the Detroit River and emerge on U.S. soil. The train’s tail end is still at the top of the hill next to the old Windsor South Depot and the head end is passing under both the College Ave. and the Essex Terminal Railway bridges in this photo. | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

"Down the Tubes".... CSX 6841 leads two of it's Chessie sisters down the grade toward the Windsor/Detroit Railway Tunnel where they will pass under the Detroit River and emerge on U.S. soil. The train's tail end is still at the top of the hill next to the old Windsor South Depot and the head end is passing under both the College Ave. and the Essex Terminal Railway bridges in this photo.

Caption: "Down the Tubes".... CSX 6841 leads two of it's Chessie sisters down the grade toward the Windsor/Detroit Railway Tunnel where they will pass under the Detroit River and emerge on U.S. soil. The train's tail end is still at the top of the hill next to the old Windsor South Depot and the head end is passing under both the College Ave. and the Essex Terminal Railway bridges in this photo.

Photographer:	Geoff Elliott [766] (more) (contact)
Date:	04/26/1988 (search)
Railway:	CSX Transportation (search)
Reporting Marks:	CSX 6841 (search)
Train Symbol:	R321 (search)
Subdivision/SNS:	CN CASO Subdivision, Windsor South (search)
City/Town:	Windsor (search)
Province:	Ontario (search)
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awmooney

December 7, 2014 at 3:35 pm

I loved those old Chessie Cat schemes. Todays “Dark Future” paint looks awful.

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