Chasing Q398 Around Locust Point
I love catching trains “off the beaten path”. Sure, everyone (including me) has tons of photos from the common locations: St. Denis, Rockville Bridge, etc… but I really enjoy finding something somewhere that hasn’t been photographed to death.
In this case, I caught CSX Q398, which runs from Cumberland to Locust Point. When arriving in Riverside Yard, it runs the “loop” that surrounds the neighborhood of Locust Point before yarding its train.
That loop happens to run through some rather industrial looking trackage and past a Baltimore landmark.
![CSX Q398 Bush at St](http://railfanning.kapuscinski.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/20130615-CSX-Q398-BushSt.jpg)
When it crossed over to the Locust Point track, I knew we were in for something good.
![CSX Q398 at Curve Alongside Race St.](http://railfanning.kapuscinski.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/20130615-CSX-Q398-RaceSt-Curve.jpg)
![CSX Q398 at Race St](http://railfanning.kapuscinski.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/20130615-CSX-Q398-RaceSt.jpg)
![We spent some time in a parking garage waiting to get a sense of if the train was going to loop around or not. This isn't a great photo, but sure was helpful that day.](http://railfanning.kapuscinski.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/20130615-CSX-Q398-KeyHwy.jpg)
![CSX Q398 Passing Under Armour](http://railfanning.kapuscinski.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/20130615-CSX-Q398-UnderArmour.jpg)
![Having have negotiated the whole of the Locust Point loop, the train re-enters the actual yard area.](http://railfanning.kapuscinski.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/20130615-CSX-Q398-AndreSt.jpg)
![CSX Q398 Starting at Andre St](http://railfanning.kapuscinski.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/20130615-CSX-Q398-AndreSt-Starting.jpg)