Fresh from the factory! Brand new Iowa Interstate ES44AC's 502 (closest to camera) 503, 504, 508 & 510 are sitting in the NS Bellevue yard having come in two days prior. I wish they had been pai... (more)

According to internet reports, CSX Q114 saw sparks flying from a car on loaded coal train CSX T909 and notified them. T909 was running Westbound coming into Hamler, OH and trying to bring the tra... (more)

Suffering from decades of deferred maintenance the Maumee & Western slowly rolls along their dilapidated mainline east of Okolona leaning so far at times I'm amazed the whole train didn't tip over... (more)

NS is cleaning out the ditches through the grade separated 'trench' between the Amtrak Depot and Toledo Yard. Here the work train's in action with debris flying off on the opposite side. Note th... (more)

Scenes like this used to be common on the MAW, but may not last for long on the new ND&W which is attacking decades of deferred maintenance with two track gangs working constantly to chip away at ... (more)

Classic NYC power! A Mohawk meets a lightning stripe E8 at the National NYC museum.

How many covered hopper parts can you recognize? Several covered hoppers derailed on an interchange run to Walbridge more than a year ago and were finally cut up for scrap. Here, half a dozen go... (more)

Reflected in the window you can see the wonder in a boy's eyes, face up against the window as another train passes our train while we hold the main.

The 70MAC's on the string of power on the right are about to move but there's other interesting stuff about including one of only two SD40-2Bt's #301 sandwiched between a pair of SD40-2's and a gr... (more)

A Herzog Multi Purpose Machine (MPM) is about to head out onto the Chicago Mainline from Sumner Street yard. What is that thing? Try Railroad: Herzog Railway Services
Locomotive: Herzog MPM
Location: Toledo, Ohio, USA
Locomotive #: HZGX 184
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: February 17, 2010

A Hospital train being run from Detroit to Indy with damaged equipment gets a new crew in Walbridge, Ohio. The damaged P42 and coach were from the 2/1/12 accident in Jackson county Michigan when ... (more)

The sign may say Goshen but the museum grounds are actually in Elkhart. 4085 had the honor of leading the last 20th Century Limited long before making this "station stop" their resting place.

This scene always looks odd to me, but the Owens Community College Center for Emergency Preparedness features a number of decomissioned transportation relics including this ex FedEx Boeing 727 for... (more)

A yard engine pulls a couple road slug sets and other power in the engine terminal at Queensgate. Note that the blue unit in the upper right is former Detroit Edison 008.

An hour late into Toledo but worth the wait for the first run on the point of the new "retro" Amtrak unit!