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.
A southbound CSX rack train splits the one of a kind intermediates at the east end of Bradner on the former C&O. There was once a center siding in the middle of these two tracks but now signals st... (more)
If you guessed that this sounded awesome you are correct, a massive Q506 with only a SD40-2 and a B40-8 for power charges out of the 10 MPH slow order in Togany with prime movers roaring as they t... (more)
The LNL leaves Hamler behind on a hot summer day in NW Ohio.
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.
Q241 rolls through the signals at Bradner with a nice leaser leading an even better YN2 SD50 east on the C&O.
With less than a handful of these running around I was happy to hear D743 had one. Here they exit the east siding with a straight shot back to Lima.
Q517 crosses the NKP at Leipsic Jct. with a rough looking D8 in the lead.
Leipsic as a town harbors many historical things. Many of these things are railroad related as the town has had 3 railroads in it for decades. You have the tower at the CSX-NS junction, B&O style ... (more)
A solo ES40DC leads a long manifest southward through XN interlocking where the DT&I once crossed the Toledo Sub. but now joins it here.
The "Train From Hell" gets moving after the last car has cleared the wye in town.
M342 passes the B&O signals at S. Ottawa on its way north from Cincinnati.
Getting pretty close to farming time in rural Ohio, CSX is also preparing I'm sure. K185 the northbound empty counterpart of K185(Yes they run as the same symbol both ways) rolls into a meet with ... (more)
The Easter version of Q231 sports a nice YN3B SD50-2 on the point as it crawls out of the siding at XN after meeting S134 at North Leipsic.
L76 gets on the Lima District at Arcadia on their way to Findlay.
