A southbound grain train rolls through the interlocking at Ironville Tower led by a faded YN2 C40-8. Once upon a time, this was a busy junction between the N&W and C&O, as each railroad used the T... (more)

As Q163 races west across the former B&O Chicago mainline, a fiery sunset sets the sky ablaze on a bitterly cold evening in the farmlands of northwest Ohio.

After leading 11K into Elkhart just a few hours before, the Wabash heritage unit made a quick turn heading back east on 16N bound for Allentown. Here, the 1070 pilots the manifest between the NYC-... (more)

Splitting the NKP intermediates at MP 315.7, NKP 765 and NS 8100 (the NKP heritage unit) pilot five empty passenger cars towards Bellevue for employee excursions the following weekend. The famous ... (more)

Two run-thru CSX SD50's and 90 cars of corn through the sweeping curve north of Delta on the former DT&I mainline. The train loaded in Metamora the previous day and is now heading back south for i... (more)

Ambling along at a blistering 10 mph pace, PREX 3054 leads a 20 car train through downtown Napoleon on a chilly winter afternoon. Major trackwork is being done along the line between Defiance and ... (more)

In the sweet glow of a winter evening, the freshly repainted PREX 3054 leads 20 cars west through Jewell. There is potential for the siding here to be placed back in service and Jewell Grain will ... (more)

Despite mostly cloudy conditions, the bright sunshine comes out and brightens the scene as the ND&W crawls out of Jewell with PREX 3054 leading the way. The Napoleon, Defiance & Western is the new... (more)

Heading back to the yard in Defiance, the ND&W crosses County Road 17 and passes a very ironic sign a few miles east of Okolona. I guess that farmer got the message, eh?

Working west in the sweet evening light, one of the former N&W GP38AC's leased to the Napoleon, Defiance & Western pilots a 20+ car train through downtown Okolona.

Easing through downtown Napoleon with three boxcars, PREX 3054 starts into the Oakwood Avenue crossing on a cloudy afternoon. The PREX geep is the most recent company repaint, and also the first P... (more)

The Pioneer era has begun on the former Wabash Fifth District. Along with one of their own GP20's, Pioneer has brought in two NS GP38AC's to work the east end of the former Maumee & Western until ... (more)

Westbound Q389 highballs through North Baltimore, passing the cosmetically restored passenger depot downtown on New Years Eve 2012.

On a snowy New Years Eve, the final Q106 to run in 2012 swings back onto the single main at Crawford behind a pair of Kansas City Southern SD70-series engines. In less than a month, Q106 and Q107 ... (more)

In what will likely be my last look at the railroad that I grew up marveling over, Q167 crosses from main two to one at FC Tower and rolls by the three dead MAW engines that have served the east e... (more)