First Railfanning in 2025 on CSX Mohawk Subdivision - Selected Videos 5/11/2025

I call this railfanning day trip the "playing with camera angles and settings day"! Not too long before I added another action camera to my arsenal and hope to try out some simultaneous camera angles (first time I did that was during the Easter Long Weekend on the NS Pittsburgh Line at Gallitzin, PA) just for the fun of it. I also decided to try a custom setting on my main camcorder which I was optimistic about it looking at the small flip screen but didn't liked it when transferred to the computer after the trip. Still, I decided to put together something.

The train action started out slow and progressed steadily during the afternoon hours (it's a Sunday after all). I got to see a loaded coal train which I learned later that it was re-routed this way due the Howard Street Tunnel construction in Downtown Baltimore, Maryland. A few other trains were also re-routed either via this way or via NS especially those in and out of Philadelphia. The private car on Amtrak Lakeshore Limited was a surprise too.

Video timestamps (note: not related to time the train's head end passed me):
0:00 Title

Amsterdam, NY
0:20 Westbound mixed freight M561 (CSX 5354 lead)
3:00 Westbound intermodal I017 (CSX 715 lead)
4:32 Eastbound intermodal I158 (CSX 7267 lead)
6:00 Westbound intermodal I009 (CSX 5464 lead)
8:36 Eastbound empty trash hoppers M634 (CSX 858 solo)

Palatine Bridge, NY - MP 197
10:24 Eastbound Amtrak Empire Service P280 (AMTK 706 lead)
10:56 Westbound mixed freight M363 (CSX 995 lead)

St. Johnsville, NY
13:13 Eastbound re-routed coal load C726 (CSX 3424 lead, CSX SD70MAC rear DPU)
15:09 Westbound intermodal I159 (CSX 520 lead)

Palatine Bridge, NY - Lock 14
16:44 Westbound intermodal I003 (CSX 3157 lead)
18:17 Eastbound Amtrak Lakeshore Limited P048 (AMTK 96 lead, NYC 3 private car on rear)
19:01 Eastbound intermodal I104 (CSX 3009 lead)
21:24 Westbound autoracks M205 (CSX 5227 lead)
24:10 Eastbound mixed freight M566 (CSX 7310 lead)
26:21 Westbound autoracks M217 (CSX 765 lead)
28:21 Eastbound mixed freight M384 (CSX 3379 lead)

Fonda, NY
31:09 Westbound mixed freight M367 (CSX 4760 lead)
33:46 Eastbound mixed freight M406 (CSX 3326 lead)
35:49 Westbound mixed freight M405 (CSX 815 lead)

Tribes Hill, NY
38:34 Westbound intermodal I157 (CSX 5466 lead)

Amsterdam, NY
39:26 Westbound mixed freight M565 (CSX 408 lead, CSX GP38-3 3rd of 3)