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GREAT SPOTS!

These are the best spots to witness Railroad activity!

Delaware

Newark- Newark is an awsome place to witness some good CSX activity. Especially near the University of Delawares Campus. The CSX Philadelphia Subdivision is the main railroad. Most trains come in the morning, but what you can expct to see is mostly intermodel, garbage, and Mainfest's. Also you can expect to see many of CSX's fleet of GEVO's pulling those trains.

Elsmere- Elsmere is an awsome place to spot some trains also. In Elsmere is the Wilsmere Yard for CSX. Yard Activity is usually hit and miss here. But some awsome seens can be seen on both the east and West Sides of the yard. On the West side, you can see trains entering the Yard from Baltimore. And on the East side of the yard, you can see trains departing for Philadelphia. Again most activity happens in the morning.

Marshallton- Marshallton also has a good deal of activity. On the outskirt of the CSX Wilsmere Yard, is The home for the Wilmington and Western. The Wilmington and Western is constantly a place of buzzing activity. Even if it just Bringing out ol 98 for a tune up.

New Jersey

Deepwater - Deepwater is a great place catch some Conrail Shared Asset Operation (CSAO) action. CSAO Train CA-11 can be seen entering and exiting the Dupont Chambers Yard in Deepwater. CA-11 enter Deepwater between 9:00am and 11:00am and departs from Deepwater within 1 1/2 hours - 2 hours from when it arrived. Deepwater also has Norfolk Southern and CSX coal trains thathang around the chambers Yard. CSX supplies coal to the Atlantic Power Station while Norfolk Southern supplies coal to the Dupont Chambers Plant. Both trains tend to leave their units in the Deepwater yard in plan sight. Sometimes if your lucky, You'll see one of Deepwaters 2 switchers moving cars into or out of the plant.

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