The belly of the beast! Here we see the firebox in the cab of PM 1225. This was taken during Steam Fest 2009.

A CSX unit grain train rests in the non-directional siding at Warwick, awaiting a new crew to take it west. A rare duo of matching Conrail painted units are at the helm.

NS H3W, lead by a pair of EMD GP38-2 locomotives, heads south through downtown Sunbury, and through "town square." This town is recognizable for it's many crossings, and "sort of" street-running. ... (more)

A CN Geometry Car is tied down in the siding west of the diamonds at Durand, MI. This car was going to head east the following day, towards Detroit and points east.

The SP "Daylight" thunders through the north end of Carland, MI, and over a small wooden truss bridge. The locomotive stands out nicely against the dark and dreary sky.

Ann Arbor Railroad units rest at Ottawa Yard in Toledo, in the sweet late morning light.

A Great Lakes Central passenger extra rolls south towards Durand, MI in the gorgeous evening light.

CSX train Q389-16 rolls west over the former B&O CT&V Subdivision, and past what was once the Yard Office for Akron Hill Yard. The train is lead by one of CSX's newest GE ES44AC products. The unit... (more)

CSXT Q385, with CSX power in place of it's usual BNSF power, runs alongside the Cuyahoga River and former Erie RR mainline in downtown Kent, OH. The grain elevator above, is one of the only indust... (more)

CSXT Q394 rolls along the Cuyahoga River in downtown Kent, OH. Above the train is the former Erie Railroad passenger station, now the "Pufferbelly Restaurant." This train is out of Walbridge, OH a... (more)

CSXT Q259 rounds the curve into Sterling interlocking, passing some stored bulkhead flatcars.

CSXT Q635 has just split the signals at "Featheringils" on it's trek west towards Fostoria, where it will turn south and head for Cincinnati and ultimately Russell, KY.

After seeing the success of good friend, Cody Zamostny's photo, taken from the same location, I thought I'd make a "sequal", so to speak, of a train passing beneath CSX. Here we see CVSR train 7 ... (more)

CVSR train 6, from Canton, enters CVSR Northside Station in the early evening light. This train is going to meet train 55 out of Peninsula here at the station.

A CSX Detroit Edison coal train charges northbound through Marion, and past the site of MD Cabin, which now serves as a CSX Storage facility. The top of the depot in Marion can be seen in the back... (more)