Conrail COSY9, Columbus to Syracuse, approaches the old  Reynolds Road grade crossing in Mentor, Ohio, on December 29, 1978. Power is a Conrail blue SD45 and GP38, both of Penn Central heritage. ... (more)

I am fairly certain that this is the Apollo, AP1, the Newark to Chicago train that was carved out of Conrail's opening-day ops in order to ensure that there was till competition. Interestingly, th... (more)

A Columbus to Selkirk train heads east on the Water Level Route as it passes through Mentor Ohio on a chilly December morning. Power is a GP40 and a U33B.

Hot train on a cold day... Conrail's TV14 (Englewood to Boston), heads east through Mentor, Ohio, on December 28, 1978. Power is U33B #2958, U30B #2873 and GP38-2 #8013. Both of the U-Boats have a... (more)

A Norfolk & Western freight train with autoracks up front (and what looks like a Lincoln Mark V on the first loaded rack) heads through Mentor OH on December 28, 1978 behind a GP35 and two GP9s. W... (more)

An SECO7 (Selkirk to Columbus) cuts through the early morning air in Mentor Ohio on December 28, 1978. Power was an ex Penn Central SD45 and U25B with an ex Reading GP35 trailing. This train had a... (more)

My notes say that this was an ELBO7, but I can't find that symbol in the Conrail schedule I have for that time. There was a Buffalo train, so probably ELBU7. Mentor Ohio, 12/28/78, Charles Freeric... (more)

It's about 14 degrees out at a little after eight in the AM on December 28, 1978 when a westbound train heads through Mentor towards Cleveland. Note the thick icicles on the short hood of the GP38... (more)

Despite having tried to railfan the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie main once, this U28B quartet lead overhead is the only Pittsburgh & Lake Erie train I ever saw in my lifetime and it was on the Norfolk &... (more)

NS empty oil train 67Z about to knock down the signal at milepost 158.5 with a BNSF SD75M rebuild in the lead.

NS extra autorack train 29E splits the signals at CP Mentor

Dubbed the “C&O heritage unit, PRLX 4834 leads NS W10 through Mentor, Ohio on a windy, cold day.

CSX Q165 at QD 160 with a Canadian Pacific AC44CW still in it's original CP Rail paint scheme on the point.

CSX empty ethanol train K603 heads past QD 160 on a warm March afternoon

CSX Q389 slowly rolls west through Mentor, Ohio with a C40-8W in the lead.