Shortly after dawn, I&O's Lima-Delta turn job rumbles south near Leipsic with 57 cars and a pair of SD40-2s.
A light power move makes its way down the TPW Main.
Kiamichi RR job interchanging with the KCS at Ash Down, AR using leased Indiana and Ohio unit along with leased CEFX MK2000D
An Indiana & Ohio SD40-2 basks in the morning sunlight in Delta, OH.
An Indiana & Ohio transfer arrives at Queensgate Yard from the north.
The I&O pass one of the rare spots on the Logan Sub that is not overgrown, as they continue their 10mph trip from Lancaster to Columbus to interchange with CSX in Parsons Yard.
Take an old gon, some ex-commuter cars and a beautiful old geep and you have a pretty nice little tourist operation.
I think I saw this unit somewhere in Chessie colors. Not many got the paper air filters.
Sometimes business takes you to some surprises.
The lead unit of GUNHA slowly passes by an old farmhouse and crosses a county road south of Hamler. Catching trains in daylight on this line can be tricky.
On the way back from Summerail we lucked upon this matched pair of IORY units working in Lima.
Shortly after sunrise, the conductor on I&O's Delta Switcher boards the engine to start another day of serving the needs of area customers.
Dynamic brakes whining, I&O's Lima-Springfield Turn cruises downhill past the grain elevator at Thackery.
The I&O head into Columbus on the Logan Sub, with the late evening light reflecting off the nose of the engine.
After running up to CN Flat Rock yard in Michigan the Delta Switcher is on the final leg of their return trip to Delta as they roll through NW Ohio farm country.
