One of the last few original Conrail painted units rolls through Sylvania, OH on a former Conrail branch to Michigan Elevator just north of Sylvania.

A pair of UP motors assemble their train at Ottawa Lake with a NS Toledo Yard crew. Once they have it all together, they'll bring it back down to Toledo yard where an outbound crew will take it f... (more)

The last ES40DC bought by NS before switching to AC leads the NS 1069 Virginian heritage unit on the point of a loaded grain train as it tiptoes through the University of Toledo's main campus.

The BT11 crew assembles their 50 car grain train.

Big train on campus at the University of Toledo.

This turned out to be the last train I ever saw polishing these now out of service rails.

A NS yard job with an ex-Oakway running backwards leading a BNSF C44-9W and a train of empty grain hoppers rolls on what once upon a time was the LS&MS mainline to Chicago - now a spur serving one... (more)

Ottawa Hills is the home of the #1 rated public school district in the state of Ohio and the occasional NS grain train. A yard job with some empty grain cars is heading up the Clinton for an elev... (more)

Do you have a permit to park that there? A yard crew has brought a loaded grain train down from Michigan Elevator and is holding out at the edge of the UT campus while Toledo yard decides what to... (more)

A NS local taking empty grain hoppers up the Clinton to Michigan Elevator.

A SD40-2, low nose GP38-2 & high nose GP38-2 make for a classic all-EMD combo on this yard job parked on the edge of the University of Toledo's campus waiting to drop down the Clinton to NS Toledo... (more)

A NS yard job with a single B32-8 is heading up to Ottawa Lake with a cut of empty grain hoppers. Here it's rolling along parallel to the UT bike trail and about to cross Richards Road.

Three units are running light up the Clinton at Richards road on their way to Michigan Elevator to pick up grain loads. My 4 year old is enjoying a perch on my shoulders while giving a wave to th... (more)

At the literal 'end of track' and probably figuratively also. Delray Connecting #62 has served at Michigan Elevator for years and was recently replaced by an ex-ICG SW14. The dead end track used... (more)

The chaser and the chased! My trusty Subaru waits patiently while my son and I check out the BNSF ACe that's younger than my 3 year old. This Powder River coal train power is sitting on the head... (more)