Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
It had been six days since 14" of snow fell on Hamilton, and the roads still were not clear. But they were clear enough to get into town (carefully), park, and wait for trains, and Butler Street did not disappoint.
00:34 Train 1 was a northbound NS intermodal with a Dash 9 and an ex-Chicago And Northwestern, ex-Union Pacific, soon to be NS SD-60.
01:29 The Union Pacific theme continued with Train 2, CSX K514, a steel train led by a pair of freshly-minted AC4400CW's - and sequentially numbered!
02:51 Train 3 was CSX intermodal Q243, led by an SD70MAC and an ex-Penn Central "rent-a-wreck" SD-40M-3 (SD-45 rebuild).
04:20 Train 4 was a southbound NS intermodal led by two locomotives that would later be upgraded: D9-40CW 9730 (later D9-44CW) and SD-60 6575 (later SD60E 7031).
05:12 Train 5 was CSX train Q558, led by SD-50 #8600 and ex-Conrail B-40-8 #5961.
07:13 Train 6 was a northbound NS auto rack train led by D9-40CW #9852 and BNSF (ex-Burlington Northern) SD-60M #9289.
Not a bad afternoon!
**Originally recorded on VHS-C tape**
It had been six days since 14" of snow fell on Hamilton, and the roads still were not clear. But they were clear enough to get into town (carefully), park, and wait for trains, and Butler Street did not disappoint.
00:34 Train 1 was a northbound NS intermodal with a Dash 9 and an ex-Chicago And Northwestern, ex-Union Pacific, soon to be NS SD-60.
01:29 The Union Pacific theme continued with Train 2, CSX K514, a steel train led by a pair of freshly-minted AC4400CW's - and sequentially numbered!
02:51 Train 3 was CSX intermodal Q243, led by an SD70MAC and an ex-Penn Central "rent-a-wreck" SD-40M-3 (SD-45 rebuild).
04:20 Train 4 was a southbound NS intermodal led by two locomotives that would later be upgraded: D9-40CW 9730 (later D9-44CW) and SD-60 6575 (later SD60E 7031).
05:12 Train 5 was CSX train Q558, led by SD-50 #8600 and ex-Conrail B-40-8 #5961.
07:13 Train 6 was a northbound NS auto rack train led by D9-40CW #9852 and BNSF (ex-Burlington Northern) SD-60M #9289.
Not a bad afternoon!
**Originally recorded on VHS-C tape**
![Conrail CW40-8 / NS SD70M and Lots Of Flatcars - [Butler Street] 3/10/2010](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jEFjkYBWSHQ/mqdefault.jpg "Conrail CW40-8 / NS SD70M and Lots Of Flatcars - [Butler Street] 3/10/2010
Ex-Conrail CW40-8 (D8-40CW is NS lingo)# 8349 and SD70M #2589 lead a northbound freight with mostly empty intermodal flatcars at Butler Street Interlocking in Hamilton, Ohio on March 10, 2010.")
![CSX ES44AH / ES44DC Rev Up @ Laurel Avenue - Hamilton, OH [10/26/2020]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/js72T6RO9tc/mqdefault.jpg "CSX ES44AH / ES44DC Rev Up @ Laurel Avenue - Hamilton, OH [10/26/2020]
CSX ES44AH #761 and ES44DC #5344 accelerate their train northbound at Laurel Avenue in Hamilton, Ohio on a dreary, drizzly October 26, 2020.")
![GP38-2 Leads Rail Train Past Hamilton Depot {7/8/2004]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/k_FtMqojOVY/mqdefault.jpg "GP38-2 Leads Rail Train Past Hamilton Depot {7/8/2004]
After previously catching trains at HM Junction and Butler Street, I pulled away to grab some lunch just in time to miss a southbound CSX rail train at the interlocking.
Quickly recovering, I drove south and caught the train as it passed Hamilton Depot, led by GP38-2 #2809 (Ex-Conrail #8273).
Hamilton Depot sits at the junction of the CSX (Chessie System/B&O/ Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton) Toledo Subdivision and the CSX (Chessie System/B&O/Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton/Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western) Indianapolis Subdivision, about 1/4 mile south of Butler Street Interlocking. The depot was an active B&O passenger station until Amtrak began operations on May 1, 1971. Under Amtrak, the depot was an on-again, off-again (currently off again) stop for the Cardinal.
As of 2020, CSX wants to tear down the depot after years of neglect. The City of Hamilton and local preservation groups are fighting to save it.
**Originally recorded on VHS-C videotape")
