Cincinnati Bell Connector car No. 1179 makes its way down 12th Street crossing Vine Street at Dusk on a warm June evening. The 1179 wears a special wrap advertising the Blink Cincinnati Festival, ... (more)

My favorite shot of the chase, was my final one of the evening. The train is on the grade between Marblehead and Low. They are coming around the big sweeping curve into the straightaway.

The SBB Cargo locomotive Re 484 012, paintred in the special paint scheme "Klimafreundlich Schiene + Güter" (Climate-friendly rail + goods), is leading an autorack train, loaded with new Volkswag... (more)

Trucking right along. After awhile the crew realized they were celebrities. They were having a good time watching all us crazy railfans giving chase.

Remarks: IORY 3543 leads an I&O / Cincinnati Railway Passenger Special for I&O employees past MP 7 on the Oasis Sub in the Linwood area of Cincinnati on June 13, 2023. The trip operated with the C... (more)

What a threat it was to get two KCS units hauling a Union Pacific grain train. Here is the dual out on the EX Western Pacific causeway,

The Jugoslovenske Zeleznice (JZ; Yugoslavian Railways) class 62 was a class formed of 106 ex-United States Army Transportation Corps S100 Class 0-6-0T steam locomotives, surplus after the Second W... (more)

Second shot of the day. I really had my doubts this shot would happen. UP likes to park trains in the Garfield-Smelter area, tie them down, and pull the crews off. But not so, he came flying right... (more)

Some rare visitors to Utah. Two KCS units lead a UP grain train. The leader is actually a Kanas City Southern de Mexico. The grain train is a Brownton, MN to Keyes, CA.

It was a treat to see the F45 in the head end of the consist. It spent most of it's days sandwiched in the helper set. (Tom Ellis photo)

The newest and cleanest Indiana & Ohio locomotive, GP38-2 No. 3565, originally built as Rio Grande GP40 No. 3053 in 1966, leads an I&O / Cincinnati Railway Passenger Special for I&O employees past... (more)

RhB steam locomotive G 3/4 11 named "Heidi" on the way to the turntable after two days of running special trains.

CSX's West Detroit local is crossing American Street. This job runs two days a week to serve the remaining industries.

The return of the Superfleet. The EMD FP45 were a beautiful locomotive, in the red and silver paint scheme. (Tom Ellis photo)

Slightly less rare in the last year. But definitely not something you see often. A Norfolk Southern leading a UP train out west. A GE C44-9W to make thing even better. NS 9639 pulls a eastbound e... (more)