CSX mine run C871 exits the tunnel in Haysi, Virginia on its way from Shelbiana to the mine in McClure.

CSXT Q390, headed up by a UP SD70ACe, switches the yard at Willard, before getting permission from the Willard Train Director to head east.

A helper set rolls along at the end of a westbound train in Cresson, Pa. They are seen ducking beneath the signal bridge at milepost 249 near the Rt. 53 overpass (which was in the process of being... (more)

An NS local poses nicely beneath a vintage N&W CPL cantilever signal at the west end of Roanoke Yard just after sunset.

Bellevue-Brewster mixed freight 222 makes it's way across the Huron River in Monroeville, Ohio behind a colorful trio of locomotives.

A pair of EMDX demonstrator units pull loaded coal train T411 west through the city of Akron. Both units are SD70ACe's being tested out on CSX property.

Wheeling train 711 is tied down at Summit Street in Akron, waiting for it's new crew, which will take it up to Firestone for unloading. Up front is one of Wheeling's most recent acquisitions, a fo... (more)

K381 glides by the grain elevator in Standley, heading onward and westward towards Garrett.

Train 52 heads north after making it's quick station stop at Brecksville. This unit is riding at the rear of the train.

Southbound iron ore loads from Conneaut pass the small cemetery in Cheswick, Pa., a small town on the border of the Allegheny valley.

Q135 rumbles along the bank of the Cuyahoga River, traversing the windy rails that twist through downtown Kent. The old Erie Railroad passenger depot is visible above.

A nice KCS Southern Belle leads eastbound mixed freight 178 through Fremont, Ohio on a nice picture-perfect late summer morning.

In the setting sun, NS 316 hustles eastbound towards the Bort Road crossing and ultimately Buffalo, NY.

A pair of GEVO's shove on the tail end of an eastbound stack train in the small village of Medill, Missouri. Some nice ATSF signals still stand guard here, but probably not for much longer.

CSX train Q151 passes beneath the new Front Street overpass in Berea, OH. A year ago, this was a busy grade crossing with lights, gates and a cantilever mast. Times have changed. The necessity for... (more)