N&W 1373 waits in the hole, as a manifest freight heads east on the former Nickel Plate Road Chicago-Fort Wayne mainline.

Haze, heat, humidity, and plenty of railroad activity on the N&W in 1981.

Tossing something down to the brakeman. This westbound freight was switching several cars around while utilizing the main and the two adjacent passing sidings. The operation took a couple of hour... (more)