Ann Arbor 7802, the only remaining orange Geep on the roster, shoves a cut of empty racks into the south end of Ottawa Yard. This location is rather unique, as Manhattan Junction is protected by s... (more)

A thin layer of clouds quickly moves across the night sky while the Nickel Plate bracket mast keeps watch over the sleepy village of Miller City. The days are numbered for this sentinel and it's c... (more)

Short on time and making a mad dash for Walbridge, the crew of G259 has their empty grain train doing every bit of track speed with a classic SD40-2 in the lead on a breezy evening in the small to... (more)

For the first time this season, NKP 765 stretches her legs on home turf, heading east on the Nickel Plate's Buffalo-Chicago mainline with a Cleveland bound deadhead move. A beautiful spring mornin... (more)

Our chase of 178 with a rare set of SD80MAC's began at Vickers Junction, as the pair passes under the New York Central style signal bridge at CP 285.

At this point, these three big AC motors are still notched up and working hard to get back up to track speed... But in just a few moments, the train will go into emergency after being stabbed by t... (more)

A former N&W veteran drags L7N's train of coil cars west on the Fostoria District. The towns of Edgerton and Payne can be seen in the background.

Westbound Q393 passes a former Santa Fe GP7U, which is being returned to work on the Maumee & Western after being sent away for maintenance nearly 4 years ago.

Making a desperate charge towards a crew change in New Haven, westbound 145 thunders out of Continental shortly after sunrise. A classic pair of SD60's provide the power for the late-running manif... (more)

Sunset is fast approaching as eastbound Q158 grinds through the S-curve at Blue Grass Cut.

A foggy sunrise greets the C&O cantilever at the East End of Vauces center siding outside of Chillicothe. This photo is dedicated to my good friend and fellow railfan Seth Harsch, who took his own... (more)

One of the only times I ever managed to catch a former Conrail unit leading in good light was a chilly winter morning in late 2010. Here, a solo ex-Con SD50 leads a lengthy L75 between the NKP sig... (more)

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.

Reminiscent of the days of the New York Central's "Flexi-Van" service, eastbound van train 20E thunders into Pettisville during a midday downpour. Solid consists of trailers are hard to come by th... (more)

A full moon is rising and the green lights of a classic B&O CPL are flashing as northbound Q236 approaches the signal at Deshler Reservoir. This indication is a slow clear, and the IP Dispatcher h... (more)