brfriedm
This YouTube channel is based on my CSX Modern HO layout. The layout is always based on current CSX operations on the Philadelphia subdivision. So change is constant. I am always adding and removing engines and freight cars based on current operations. So if CSX retires a engine type, I do the same. I also maintain the same group of trains that they run on the Philly sub. The layout has 2 helixes and 4 levels. Level 1 and 2 are the main levels. Level 3 is all the staging yards and Level 4 is the shortline that interchanges with CSX at Wilsmere yard in Wilmington, Delaware which is the ESPN. There are 3 total staging yards and they hold over 600 cars combined. The layout has 800 active freight cars and needs about 70 engines to run. Train count is about 24 trains at this time but it fluctuates. The main line is 980 feet and there are 3 major yards. Bayview yard in Baltimore, Wilsmere yard in Wilmington, DE and Eastside Yard in Philadelphia. It uses Digitrax DCC and is fully signaled.
Openhouse 2025 on the CSX Philly Sub
CSX M301 at RG tower Philadelphia
CSX Eastbounds at RG Tower Philly
Close up of CSX S590 loaded military train on the Philly sub
Modern Chessie power visits the Philly sub
November 2024 Openhouse
CSX M421
CSX I031
CSX M301
CSX B603 empty ethanol
Updated S590 Military train
Operating session cuts 12 2 2023 Individual trains
Operating session cuts 12 2 2023 GoPro
4/22/2023 Operating Session Cuts on the CSX Philly sub
CSX M422 by Landenberg Junction. 2nd Eastbound.
CSX M410 by Landenberg Junction
BCR units on CSX's Philly Sub
Cleaning Bayview Yard tracks on my CSX Philly sub layout
CSX W862 loaded military train runs my CSX layout
The introduction of CSX W862 loaded military train
My Burlington Northern modeling past
CSX Philly Sub Layout Tour - Staging, ESPN Shortline and Operations
CSX Q372 and S409 are put away into staging
CSX Philly Sub Layout Tour - Upper Level
CSX Philly Sub Layout Tour - Lower Level
An afternoon at CSX's RG tower on the Philly sub
CSX Q410 waits on the main for CSX Q217 at East Van Bibber
CSX Q409-12 - Last run of the CSX C44-9 and C40-8W's on my layout
CSX Q409 picks up at Eastside Yard Philadelphia and then meets a grain train at East Singerly.
ESPN shortline overview