CSX train X802 west 1/15/14 (Power balancing move?)

i saw this tonight in upstate ny:

X802 lite power west- CSX 7718, CSX 3127, CSX 5294, CSX 1215, CSX 608, CSX 2531, CSX 8817, CSX 7780, CSX 4545, CSX 7858, CSX 347, CSX 5416, CSX 876

it was going to cleveland. i'm guessing to balance out power like you said.

My guess is much further than Cleveland. In my working days at Selkirk I ran Chicago Lites often on a Monday morning and usually it was a long string of locomotives, two working the rest in tow.
Noel Weaver

Probably Corbin, Selkirk is buried in bad power. Trains are being held daily for the lack of engines, and there are tracks filled with stuff waiting to get shopped.

thanks for the information. very useful!

Haven't seen a light engine move in quit a while on the river line, however today saw a X793 northbound into Newburgh around lunch. Had 3 Wide cab GE's and a GP38-2 in tow.... Like previously mentioned Selkirk must be low on engines. Todays Q008 also had a UP SD70ACe as the second unit. Just goes to show that any units that's available if fair game as the K trains are usually the only ones showing up with foreign power down this way.....