For someone living on the east coast, I figured I'd probably never see a Cotton Belt unit at all, let alone in it's namesake city. But on a freezing November day, I got to catch a patched St. Loui... (more)

A loaded CSX coal train eases east on a bright, sunny summer day in southern Ohio.

Most of the Little Kanawha's fleet sits at their industry. The 1205 is former Norfolk and Western (as evidenced by the black), while 1147 is speculated to be of Missouri Pacific heritage. Who woul... (more)

A train of 86' auto parts boxcars in old schemes and colors isn't a common sight in 2015. However, three times a week, a shuttle train runs from the Anchor Hocking distribution center to the facto... (more)

In the last light of the day, with storms in the area, a rare YN2 EMD pulled in on the front of 317. The yard is littered with EMDs today, as a local crew tries to start up an SD50-3.

C&O 5833 (without a trace of Hocking Valley ownership) sits among friends overnight. Taken on Hocking Valley property with permission.

Hocking Valley's own number 3 simmers after a successful first day of pulling excursions. There hasn't been a live steam locomotive on the Hocking Valley for 19 years, but recently the HVSR raised... (more)

A slide from my collection. Ann Arbor 7 is switching cars that have arrived from the carferry this day. All of this area is a field now, with only the rail-boat docks and the turntable remaining. ... (more)

A clean ES40DC leads NS' hottest train, NS 218 the UPS train, down the former N&W line from Columbus to Portsmouth. 218 wastes no time, and after an intense 20-mile chase I was only a couple secon... (more)

Hocking Valley's lesser-known geep, the 701, throttles up with the day's passenger train leaving a cloud of smoke behind. This GP10 is a Paducah rebuild, and is in the colors from it's Amtrak serv... (more)

"The 70's called, they want their paint scheme back!" was the thought running through my head when I saw this little switcher. The Little Kanawha is nothing if not friendly, and their lo... (more)

Two classic ex-Conrail GP30s drift through the station, following 734's train.

Western Maryland 734 puts on a show for railfans after returning from the daily excursion to Frostburg.

A Northeast Regional stops in Manassas after the craze over 611 earlier that day.

611 crosses under a highway overpass on her first of two runs on Sunday. She passes a MOW train tied down, with one of NS's SD70M-2s pointing long-hood forward.