Ohio Central passing through downtown Columbus on its way east to Newark.

The Newark to Parsons turn hustling through Pataskala as storm clouds roll in.

OHCR 3006 leads a hodgepodge of power west along CSXT's Columbus Subdivision and towards the diamonds at LM Cabin.

Seconds after crossing ST RT13 Ohio Central's Burr Oak coal train stops to get the switch to head out on the West Virginia Secondary.

Ohio Central's NWT heads east for Newark with 91 cars out of NS's Watkins Yard. Due to the fracking industry in eastern Ohio, OC has seen traffic increase requiring leased power (note the second u... (more)

The Ice Castle: Youngstown's tallest building, Stambaugh Stadium, the home of the four time NCAA I-AA football national champion Youngstown State University Penguins looms in the background... (more)

Ohio Central 1293 at Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

With both OC units paired up finally, the LNL comes south out of Hamler with 5,100 feet of train. The entire consist was: OC 4030, 4028, CF&E 3889, and IORY 4084.

OC 4030 leads IORY 5012 and a short LNL into Leipsic to do some work before continuing on to Delta.

Two classic EMDs throttle up on the end of a BOT after loading all night.

OC 4023 brings up the rear of a loaded coal train as it crosses over the Muskingum River in Zanesville, Oh.

After Kyle Ori and I struck out on the Cambridge Turn, we got word about a loaded coal train coming north out of Glouster. Here is the tail end of the train passing through the small town of Crook... (more)

OHCR 4028 rumbles across the NKP at Leipsic with an SD45R in SP paint trailing. This is one of the better consists I've seen on the IORY in awhile and a chase was necessary today.