It's 1 o'clock in the morning, and NS 955, the Kentucky Derby train, is holding out at NA Tower on the NS Dayton District, awaiting clearance into Gest St. Yard in Cincinnati.
As our oldest daughter Kira films the action with her phone, the engineer of CSX road local L425-26 gives a friendly wave as the train cruises over the Great Miami River Bridge in Hamilton.
The Court House Turn Job rounds the curve at Midland City, passing the classic depot, and is about to enter trackage of the former B&O Ohio Division for the trip to Cincinnati.
IORY 5016, one of two of the rare EMD SD50S models recently assigned to the I&O by parent Genesee & Wyoming, brightens up a rainy day at the interlocking in Bond Hill as it and GP50 5007 head east... (more)
CCET 2807 is hard to miss with her full compliment of Alaskan lights glowing as she wheels through the curve approaching Broadwell Road and the CCET's headquarters area at Ancor siding in Newtown ... (more)