Engineer (and fellow RP contributor) Aaron Border gives a friendly wave from the cab as he and his crew work on pulling a cut of empties out of the CSX interchange in Hamler.

Westbound 17K hits Comstock Street in Wabash at 25 mph with Norfolk Southern's Lehigh Valley heritage unit leading the way. This was the units first "leading role" after it's nose job. Kudos to NS... (more)

With their two former Denver & Rio Grande SD40T-2's leading, the eastbound W&LE freight from Toledo rolls over the Portage River in Oak Harbor on a beautiful Sunday evening.

Leading this edition of Q375 is CSXT 8320, a beaten and bruised EMD product that has been serving the railroad for many years now.

Notched out and sanders blasting away, a trio of Bessemer EMD's bring a loaded ore train through the S-curves near West Springfield.

The sky opens up and sun shines down just in time for S393 with a pair of SD90MAC's. Just a few seconds before, I was sitting in the car, thinking I was about to get a downpour shot at the farm. I... (more)

In what will likely be my last look at the railroad that I grew up marveling over, Q167 crosses from main two to one at FC Tower and rolls by the three dead MAW engines that have served the east e... (more)

Southbound ore loads roll through the sweeping curve at Lyndora on the southwest side of Butler. This was once a much busier place on the Bessemer, but times have changed and the yard here is now ... (more)

One of the MAW's two ex-Santa Fe GP7u's rests next to the Wabash depot in Defiance on a snowy December morning.

Led by a former Rio Grande SD40T-2, the W&LE's eastbound train from Toledo splits the searchlights at "Fremont" as they approach downtown and the bridge over the Sandusky River.

Looking good in her Santa Fe dress, a renumbered SD75M leads Q380 east through Deshler. The DTC Block signs along the Toledo Sub have since been removed, eliminating another piece of B&O history.

An old ALCO used to work the grain elevator in town takes the day off.

Making a rare Saturday turn to Napoleon, the MAW enters Okolona alongside Gessner Street with one of their former Santa Fe geeps in charge.

A pair of SD40E's that are typically assigned to helper service on the famed 'West Slope' have found their way to the flatland's of Ohio on a chilly afternoon in Marion, seen passing one of the tw... (more)

Afternoon clouds give way to evening sunshine as engineer and fellow RP contributor Aaron Border pilots the 4072 and 65 empty grain cars north on the former DT&I.