MOW = MAINTENACE OF WAY

JANUARY 18, 2008
MARION, OHIO

The two diamonds at Marion take a heavy beating, especially from the coal trains on both NS and CSX so they are in constant need of maintenance. On a cold but sunny January 18 MOW forces from both railroads were working on their respective diamonds.

THE C&O - ERIE/BIG 4 DIAMONDS

NORFOLK SOUTHERN DIAMONDS
FORMER PENNSYLVANIA/N&W
CROSSING
FORMER ERIE/BIG 4, NOW CSX

JANUARY 25, 2008
NS Backhoes in Marion, Ohio

Since I spent the afternoon sitting across the tracks from two NS backhoes I decided to take a few photos of them when the action slowed down. So, behold, a roster shot of a NS backhoe.
Towards the end of the afternoon two NS MOW workers load a backhoe onto a trailer in preparation for their assigned work tomorrow. The trailer was kind of neat in that it worked on a see-saw basis and once the backhoe crossed the center of gravity the trailer moved back into its travel position.


The backhoe has been tied down to the trailer and the trailer hitched to the dump truck and will be ready to go in the morning.