CF&E leads a CSX Turn thru downtown Lima

CSX 4547 leads Q209 southbound into Lima, through DT&I JCT. This is where we get onto the Toledo Sub, and start our fun 50/35 MPH trip to XN.

CSX 1776, the Spirit of Our Armed Forces, is on the point of Q561 as it comes around the curve at Kibby Street in Lima on the CSX Toledo Sub. The train is going through Erie Junction- where the Er... (more)

Built in 1937, this Detroit, Toledo & Ironton round roof was near the end of its career in 1981, seen here in Lima, Ohio.

C&O 5704 leads a excursion South out of Lima.

We came across this Vanderbilt tender in M/W service in the Detroit Toledo & Ironton yard in Lima, Ohio. I’m not sure of its lineage, but I haven’t found a photo of a DT&I locomotive with a ma... (more)

A Detroit, Toledo & Ironton train rolls south through Lima, Ohio.

A southbound loaded ethanol train slows for the Lima yard limits and a crew change while a B&O cantilever and dwarf continue to stand guard.

Local D743 heads north on the former B&O with CSX 2326 passing the B&O CPL's at DT&I Junction.

CSX Q-351 with an ex SCL SD40-2 enters the Lima Yard limits under the iconic B&O era CPL cantilever on the Toledo Subdivision. They would spend some time making a lift which had a pesky car with s... (more)

CSX J783 puts their train together in the Lima, Ohio yard and will depart shortly to head south towards Cincinnati.

A southbound IORY freight crosses the CF&E at Sugar Street Interlocking in Lima. The IORY was once the DT&I and the CF&E was the PRR.

A one unit wonder Q509 dips down into the north end of Lima Yard as they prepare to stop for a crew change further into the yard. The Toledo Sub still has most of its B&O heritage intact but like ... (more)

Detroit, Toledo, & Ironton GP38 217 switches the yard in Lima, Ohio.

After sitting in the siding at Cairo for about two hours, CSX Q143 wastes no time getting back underway as they pass the interlocking at the north end of Lima Yard.