Having just crossed US 23, a very short Q150 heads under the C&O signal bridge at MP 92.5 and passes a bright red barn north of Fostoria.

Running over trackage rights on the CF&E, eastbound NS 25A passes the nicely restored Pennsylvania RR depot in Pierceton. Plans are to utilize the depot and ex-ACL passenger car for a restaurant... (more)

Ahh, Townwood. One of my favorite places to just "sit and watch." Even though nearby Leipsic has the added bonus of CSX's Toledo Subdivision, I find this middle-of-nowhere spot to be much more ... (more)

Southbound rack train Q231 passes the south end of "AK" siding on a warm late summer morning.

Leaving Hamler in a cloud of blue diesel exhaust, 4082 heads north with an empty unit train for the elevator at Metamora. The track to the right is the spur for Crop Production Services, whose sn... (more)

The sun continues its slow trek towards the horizon as a short eastbound freight cruises along beside snow covered fields. Holgate's grain elevator and water tower can be seen in the distance.

With 11 cars of crossties in tow, an aging B30-7 heads east past an old barn near Holgate. The crew's work is nearly done; upon arrival at Deshler, they will put the entire train into track four ... (more)

The Nickel Plate freight house stands silent and forgotten as L74 eases through town. What was once Nickel Plate's Lake Erie & Western District main line from Sandusky to Frankfort, IN (and on to ... (more)

With six DODX flats loaded with M-1 Abrams tanks for the Lima Army Tank Plant, L74 switches onto to Lima District at "DA." Today's single unit and 22 cars is a far cry from this summer, when it w... (more)

At dusk, Wheeling # 100 keeps company with an I&O SD40-2 as they await the next call to duty. Note: taken on railroad property by a railroad employee.

A long and heavy Q394 catches the last rays of a winter sunset as it grinds uphill towards VN tower. The concrete whistle post is one of many B&O artifacts that still dot the New Castle Sub.

Amtrak's northbound Cardinal splits the semaphores at the north end of Linden siding just minutes after dawn. Later, the sky would clear for a gorgeous day of shooting on the Monon.

A small gap in the cloud cover creates a pinkish stripe across the sky as the sun sinks towards the horizon. Meanwhile, train 306 continues its eastward journey towards Bellevue.

A pair of GE's popular ES44DCs lead Chicago - Chambersburg intermodal train Q136 in and out of the shadows as they pass VN tower. Everything in Nova seems to be leaning, from the sagging walls of... (more)

Flesh and blood horsepower pays little mind as modern GE horsepower hustles Q388 east between Sullivan and Homerville on an unseasonably mild December day.