A pair of Canadian Pacific AC44s lead mixed freight 242 eastbound through Brimfield, Indiana during a brief bit of sunshine on an otherwise cloudy fall day. This area of the world really provided ... (more)

NKP 765 (numbered as the 767) is riding at the tail-end of the northbound excursion train as it rolls past the fountain at Botzum Farms in Botzum, Ohio. A neat rainbow effect had appeared in the f... (more)

64T rolls eastbound through the Hines Hill Road crossing in Hudson, Ohio on a warm summer morning. Up front is a colorful motive power consist featuring the Erie heritage unit and one of NS' new D... (more)

Two westbound CSX trains roll into the plant at Berea in the low evening sunlight. Shown here is mixed freight L351 with a pair of former Conrail locomotives for power, an SD70MAC and C40-8W.

After a lengthy wait on conflicting traffic and maintenance ahead, 11K resumes its westbound trip to Elkhart, seen here ducking beneath the signals at CP102 in Twinsburg. Up front is one of the ra... (more)

One of Wheeling & Lake Erie's most recent motive power acquisitions awaits it's next assignment (which ended up being the 291) in Akron, Ohio's "Brittain Yard." The 6997 was formerly the CEFX 2815... (more)

An NS SD60M still in it's Conrail blue paint leads hot van train 24M eastbound through Olmsted Falls, Ohio at track speed on a sunny winter afternoon.

The Norfolk Southern "Honoring Our Veterans" and "Honoring First Responders" locomotives are paired up on Decatur, Illinois to Conway, Pennsylvania mixed freight 34N. They had spent the few days p... (more)

A KCS Belle leads crude oil train 66X around the southwest connection in Alliance to continue east on the NS Cleveland Line (known here as the "Cleveland Single" or "Bayard Branch") where cab sign... (more)

NKP 765 rides at the tail-end of the second of two "Steam in the Valley 2015" excursions for the day. It is seen crossing the trestle in downtown Akron, Ohio that spans the Ohio & Erie Canal and T... (more)

NKP 765 leads a "Steam in the Valley 2015" excursion southbound through Peninsula, Ohio and past the Terry Lumber and Supply Co. Despite the dreary conditions, many people were out and I found it ... (more)

Q299 rushes westbound through Easton, Ohio at milepost BG150 on the CSX New Castle Subdivision with HLCX 6341 at the helm in near perfect Southern Pacific dress. Many crews refer to this signal as... (more)

Q299 rolls westbound through downtown Akron, Ohio behind the power of HLCX 6341, an SD40-2 wearing nearly untouched Southern Pacific speed-lettering paint. It is seen crossing the Voris and South ... (more)

An early 15V ducks beneath the intermediate signals at PC86 on the NS Fort Wayne Line just outside of Alliance. Up front is one of the 10 SD70Ms built from a kit at the Juniata Shops.

A CSX GP39 is on the point of autorack train Q299, shown here navigating it's way westbound through the interlocking at BD in Akron. The CSX GP39 fleet is very uncommon for this area and was a wel... (more)