Crossing the diamond with the Toledo Terminal at Ironville, Nickel Plate 765 returns to Homestead Yard after a round trip to Maumee with Norfolk Southern's employee appreciation special.

A short Indiana Northeastern freight bound for Coldwater trundles along through the Michigan countryside with freshly repainted and renumbered former IN 1500 leading the way.

I&O's 400 train pounds the Maumee & Western diamond at Liberty Center.

Near the end of their workday, the M&W works Interstate Cold Storage on Napoleon's east side.

A frosty sunrise greets this westbound intermodal as it splits a pair of NYC signals on "The Water Level Route."

FEC 505 and CBNS 5004 lead a 35 car Lima - Delta Turn south across the farm fields of northwestern Ohio on a crisp winter morning. The Florida East Coast unit is actually on lease to the Chicago ... (more)

At the Alaska RR shops.

The morning's heavy frost is falling from the trees as an eastbound freight nears the SR 18 crossing west of Holgate. Although the barn may look like it has seen better days, it still provides sh... (more)

Fog creates an interesting effect as we wait for TD-2 to give us the line up.

After performing some work in the Ottawa Loop, I&O's 400 train continues down the CSX Toledo Sub. for Lima. It seems the conductor is quite interested in who's photographing "his" train.

On the bitterly cold second day of 2010, I&O's "400" train eases out of Ford Park yard limits and across Sugar St. diamond, the crossing and connection with sister RailAmerica road CF&E.

"Taking her out for a spin." 4082 is given a ride on the DT&I turntable to point her south for our return trip. Note: Taken on railroad property by a railroad employee.

With four cars in tow, J781 passes the unique semaphore signal arrangement in Leipsic. This was to be the final month for regular CSX operations on the south end of the Monon, and though it hasn'... (more)

An ex-Reading GP7 and an ex-PRR GP30 lead the Coldwater job back east towards Hillsdale, seen here crossing Soap Creek just west of highway M-49.

Eastbound IN 1601 and 2230 roll along through the rural Michigan countryside. Up ahead is the junction with the Litchfield Branch, where the crew will stop to pick up some old pulpwood flats for ... (more)