A plethora of stars twinkle in the night sky that backs this view of the intermediate C&O signal bridge at Longley.

A former Conrail GE and three other units lead the colorful stack train 234 into town, seen here strolling past the industrial west side.

Big industry, small power... An RTEX switcher is at rest in Maple Grove, OH. This engine's assignment is to shuffle cars around to be loaded with limestone.

The west end of the plant at Toluca witnesses an eastbound Q train for Chicago shortly after dusk. With scattered signal replacements on the TransCon reaching as far as Fort Madison, it's anybody... (more)

A colorful cast of characters fill the engine tracks at BNSF's Galesburg Yard. At first glance, one can easily make out warbonnets, bluebonnets and other schemes from NS, CSX and KCS.

A mix of ICE, DME and CITX power leads the B67 local from Savanna across the Sabula Drawbridge on the Mississippi River. This train is the incoming 589 from the previous day, will interchange car... (more)

The engineer throttles up to get his heavy southbound ore train on the move upon departing the P&C Docks in Conneaut.

A solo former Conrail SD38-2 works a Conway yard job as NS 227 departs westbound for Detroit.

CN M385, running as 184 after being handed off to NS at Toledo, blares through the small town of Oak Harbor on a beautiful late winter morning.

Coal drag 578 swings through the truss bridge in Massillon with six AC units on the point, the lead engine being the freshly released Conrail heritage unit on its first day of road service.

Norfolk Southern's Conrail heritage unit makes it's in-service debut on the point of a 578 loaded coal train bound for Portsmouth, OH and beyond. Here, the train pounds the diamond with the Wheel... (more)

Two CSX units slow a string of salt loads to a stop at McKees Rocks to wait for opposing traffic coming through Pittsburgh. This view is accomplished by venturing to the village of Esplen, high at... (more)

It's business as usual on 1st Avenue in Elizabeth as Rochester-Newell salt train K211 eases down the street running portion of trackage on the Mon Subdivision.

The nearly full moon shines down on the scene at "East End Alvordton" where the eastbound Wabash searchlight for the main displays a clear indication for the oncoming 36T.

K311 leaves downtown Akron behind as it makes the westbound trek across the old B&O.