So I had gotten a heads up this morning about Q508 having a HLCX-CN pair that was by Defiance at dawn so I decided I'd go have a look when it turned north at Deshler. I had no idea it'd have an HL... (more)

The LNL emerges from the shadows as it continues towards Hamler on its way to Lima.

The LNL rumbles into Malinta as sunshine finds the nose of the 4085 just as I took the shot. Malinta is where the DT&I crossed the NKP Cloverleaf and where the DT&I branch to Adrian, MI split off.... (more)

Z867 continues on its way south to Lima after meeting two at S. Ottawa.

Z867 climbs out of Leipsic with a pair of SD40's and a 20 cylindered SD45R still wearing SP garb. The fact that the SD45 retained its 20 cylinder mover when getting rebuilt is pretty neat.

The end is near for these signals so a stop here on the chase was necessary as this will probably be the last time I bag these.

The LNL leaves Hamler behind on a hot summer day in NW Ohio.

NS 9840 leads 8700 west out of West Leipsic past the abandoned feed mill on a 90 degree July day in NW Ohio.

D743 rockets south out of Leipsic back towards Lima.

Q231 meets a northbound Q324 at Togany with a pair of CN units, one of which is coughing up black smoke as they notch up following a Q507 south.

Here is my "throwback Thursday" with L75 belching smoke as the engineer notches up coming out of Leipsic with these two Conrail veterans. The spur here only sees bad order cars and the o... (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.

UP 8666 leads an eastbound through town on a bright summer morning.

With an oddball in the consist today, K185 sprints north for another load of ore. DC traction motors are rare on K185 as this is a very heavy train, the fact that it NS is on this train is pretty ... (more)

G009 rolls back south towards Lima with a former SCL GP38-2 after completing their work north of Deshler.