Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
For several years CSX and KCS jointly ran a doublestack intermodal train consisting primarily of the iconic orange Schneider National containers between Schneider's facility Marion, Ohio (later CSX North Baltimore) and Kansas City, Missouri. It almost exclusively ran with KCS power. For area railfans the real draw was seeing engines in KCS's Southern Belle paint scheme, although its early evening departure meant that only during the longest days of the year was it shootable in Marion.
After its origination point moved to North Baltimore its call time was moved up to midday, which made it a reliable southbound on the lightly trafficked Toledo Branch.
In 2018, the dedicated Schneider trains became victims of "rationalization" during the short Hunter Harrison administration of CSX, with existing trains picking up and setting off the Schneider traffic enroute.
KCS power also sporadically appeared on trains Q131 and 132 for reasons I never could quite figure out, as that pair run by way of Salem, Illinois to the Laredo, Texas gateway via Union Pacific. Within Mexico they run over tracks owned by Ferromex.
For several years CSX and KCS jointly ran a doublestack intermodal train consisting primarily of the iconic orange Schneider National containers between Schneider's facility Marion, Ohio (later CSX North Baltimore) and Kansas City, Missouri. It almost exclusively ran with KCS power. For area railfans the real draw was seeing engines in KCS's Southern Belle paint scheme, although its early evening departure meant that only during the longest days of the year was it shootable in Marion.
After its origination point moved to North Baltimore its call time was moved up to midday, which made it a reliable southbound on the lightly trafficked Toledo Branch.
In 2018, the dedicated Schneider trains became victims of "rationalization" during the short Hunter Harrison administration of CSX, with existing trains picking up and setting off the Schneider traffic enroute.
KCS power also sporadically appeared on trains Q131 and 132 for reasons I never could quite figure out, as that pair run by way of Salem, Illinois to the Laredo, Texas gateway via Union Pacific. Within Mexico they run over tracks owned by Ferromex.
