The Wheeling & Lake Erie's Solon job trundles south through a swamp in Aurora, Ohio with a pair of high hood GP35's in charge of the train.

The serene setting belies the fact that this Wheeling & Lake Erie train is rolling through a vast swath of suburbia as it makes its way from Solon to Akron.

Wheeling's Glenwillow-Akron makeup meanders past the frozen swamps west of Aurora by the Old Mill Road grade crossing. The Kodachrome 2662 in the lead is on borrowed time, as the 2679 has already... (more)

I've often wondered what went through people's minds while crossing the tracks. I just happened to have my camera out when this guy ran out in front of me.