A long Q310 with a dirty and faded CSXT 67 leading, heads east on the Northern Sub, on a cold and windy spring afternoon.

CSXT 22 heads under the rusty old Lockbourne Eastern Rd overpass, and splits the old C&O signals, that looks like they have took a couple shotgun blasts in the past.

The NS 186 pulled by two dash 9's running elephant style head east on the NS Columbus District, in the evening light.

The Q310 heads off into the late evening light, with a single ES44DC for power. It will need to complete some switching work at Vauces before it can complete its trip from Columbus to Russell.

Recently added NS 308 heads back out into the open, as it prepares to head under the Lockbourne Eastern Rd overpass.

At track speed, the Valentine's Day edition of NS's hotshot Chicago-Greensboro, NC train 218 rolls through the small agricultural town of Ashville. To the dismay of the village, NS abolished the 4... (more)

Cutting through a crisp 10 degree morning, E457 rolls down the former C&O with empties from Ashtabula Harbor, OH for Russell, KY.

Eastbound G882 heads down the single track Northern Sub, south of Ashville in the late evening.

After being delayed in Columbus for a bit, the UPS train heads back out into the open, eastbound on the Columbus District.

NS 18M passes by the busy grain elevator in Ashville, there was a 2nd grain elevator that was tore down in 2009, now that space is being used to store old propane tanks, and a couple piles of rock... (more)

CSX's Northern Subdivision (Russell, KY - Columbus, OH) parallels the NS Columbus District (Portsmouth, OH - Columbus, OH) for about 15 miles just south of Columbus and it is well known that C&O a... (more)

NS train 18M splits the signals CP-Craft shortly after departing Columbus, OH. CP-Craft was installed as part of the Heartland Corridor and it's plant includes a dual crossover and the east end of... (more)

Westbound NS 858 heads into Ashville in the late afternoon on the NS Columbus District.

NS empty train 857 passes by freshly painted N&W caboose 530315. The C-30 class caboose was donated to the village of Ashville by Norfolk Southern and is the former Virginian Railway 315 built by ... (more)

NS 857 rolls though the Madison Ave grade crossing heading East on the NS Columbus District.