With a borrowed CSX SD40-2 in charge, westbound 31M splits the intermediate brackets at CD 309 on the former New York Central. These signals are not long for this world, and could be replaced by t... (more)

While a few stray clouds roll across the sky, the moon shines over the Santa Fe searchlights displaying a clear indication for an eastbound on track two at Ancona. The trail of a shooting star is ... (more)

A momentary break in the clouds allows a splash of evening sunlight to shine on BNSF's swing bridge across the Mississippi. In just a few moments, the BNSF stack train crossing the bridge will be ... (more)

With a pair of ex-BN executive Mac's up front and one more shoving on the rear, a loaded coal train charges through Gladstone on the former Burlington Northern mainline between Chicago and Burling... (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)

The crew of L76 has the "air-conditioning" on full blast as the train accelerates out of Fostoria. Up ahead at Arcadia, the train will swing onto the Lima District for the trip to Findlay.

The engineer of L76 prepares to kick a car back into the yard while traffic from I-75 rushes overhead. In just a few minutes, L76's counterpart from Lima will arrive to exchange cars and some smal... (more)

The late evening shadows grow as the summer sun begins to fade, while westbound L74 makes their return run to Lima after swapping trains with the L76 crew in Findlay. The ancient buildings in the ... (more)

After swapping their power and trains with the L76 crew in Findlay, L74 rolls west towards Lima on what was once the Nickel Plate Road's mainline from Sandusky, Ohio to Peoria, Illinois. Today, th... (more)

On their way to Bellevue, NKP 765 and NS 8100 look great together leading the deadhead move past an abandoned farmhouse near Miller City. I'm proud to say that even with the countless people out c... (more)

With a thin mist hanging in the air, Nickel Plate berkshire 765 assaults the senses as it charges across the Little Auglaize River in Melrose on it's deadhead run to Bellevue for employee excursio... (more)

As the village of Pettisville comes to life for Friday the 13th, eastbound 18M briefly breaks the small-town silence with an SD60 leading the charge.

Sailing above a sea of corn, eastbound 264 climbs one of the many small grades on the Detroit District. Between Detroit and Butler, the former Wabash mainline is quite the "roller coaster."

Almost as predictable as the sunrise, eastbound 206 makes it's usual early morning appearance in Bryan behind a former Conrail GE. The three-headed bracket mast on the left is one of only a handfu... (more)

Northbound Q134 makes it's usual early morning run on the Toledo Sub, knocking down the signals at XN just south of Leipsic. This location was once where the DT&I main crossed the B&O before paral... (more)