2:06am, Labor Day...

Northbound manifest on the B&O heads north through Deshler.

Eastbound grain train blasts through Deshler with BNSF power.

UP 7449 leads Q090, The Fruit Train, east through Deshler towards the east coast

CSXT local heads back south after running around their train at Deshler. Here the local comes out of the siding at South Deshler, and heads to their next stop at Leipsic. The control points along ... (more)

At 0400 on the dot, the dispatcher lines Q508 through the northwest connection in Deshler and all the way up to Perrysburg on the Toledo Subdivision.

Q507 is about to slam over the diamond with the CSXT Garrett Sub at Deshler. The CPL's here for the north/south route seem be untouched unlike other CSXT's route that are going under signal upgrad... (more)

As signal gangs on both eastern railroads work upgrading the signal system, signals like this one will someday be a thing of the past. One thing in the east I find cool is the story the signals te... (more)

A veteran SD40-2 stands guard at South Deshler as a southbound lights up the nighttime scene. Built in 1966 as C&O 7454, this SD40-2 has seen 46 years of service to the C&O, Chessie System, and no... (more)

A brand new CSX 'Boxcar Gevo' leads this intermodal train through Deshler heading toward Chicago.

A mixed train rolls past old B&O CPL's just south of Deshler Ohio.

A new "Boxcar" GEVO passes between the abandoned depot and tower at Deshler, Ohio.

Tied down in the siding at South Deshler, a Herzog ballast train led by SD40-2 No. 8405 catches the first light of the day. While the B&O CPL's are fading fast, they're a common sight along the To... (more)

A Herzog ballast train watches the stars in the sky while tied down in the west siding at South Deshler. Meanwhile, a southbound UP ethanol train lights up the scene after turning the corner off ... (more)

The Corn City Bar was gutted by a fire last December, seems it is the end of the road and the bar will never reopen. The great sign still remains as a coal train passes through in the distance.