In "sweet" evening light The Pittsburgh Special glides under an old PRR signal bridge that once controlled the interlocking known as "Custer" on her return run to Orrville, Ohio.
Fans compose their shots as 1293 backs up prior to making a runby.
Eastbound on the Joint Line, this passenger special was the second train in less than an hour!
It's a W&LE train, but you'd never know it by looking at the UP power on the head end! This pair of UP units went east in the morning, less than eight hours later they're on their way back west.
The skeleton of an old PRR signal bridge still stands guard, a reminder of a bygone era when the Panhandle was a busy mainline.
1293 darkens the sky during an impressive runby in Jewett.
Yes, that is a huge shopping cart/racecar parked in the driveway next to the tracks.
An eastbound freight for Mingo approaches the small town of Jewett, the east end of the OC/W&LE Joint Line.
The American ducks under the ex-PRR signal bridge at Jewett with OHCR 7220 in control.
OHCR 1800 leads the photo freight westbound towards Morgan run during the NRHS convention
Ohio Central 1800 leads the photo freight westbound towards Morgan run during the NRHS convention
Ohio Central 7720 leads the first passenger train for the NRHS convention westbound back to Dennison
OHCR 7720 leads the first passenger train for the NRHS convention westbound back to Dennison
An eastbound grain train rumbles under the old Panhandle Bridge just east of Jewett
