Racks Route to NS. A rack train enters the NS New Castle sub on a quiet Saturday.

Sunny Saturday Stop in Hamilton. Awaiting a hot manifest in the same direction and a rack train up ahead, this local basks in fall light.

A quick stroll downtown with time to spare rewarded me with a colorful lash-up on NS manifest train 123, with yet another unit for Wells Fargo in tow.

Hamilton Grain: CSXT 406, painted in YN2 color, leads a loaded grain train southbound on the CSX Toledo Subdivision through Hamilton, Ohio.

A day off allowed for a few minutes of train watching. I don't think I could've picked a better time than I did! After only a mere few minutes of waiting to see if anything would show up, I heard ... (more)

A newer AC44C6M rebuild leads a southbound manifest south through Hamilton Ohio, on a mild March afternoon. My railfan outing on this day was prompted by the Illinois Terminal heritage unit coming... (more)

As our oldest daughter Kira films the action with her phone, the engineer of CSX road local L425-26 gives a friendly wave as the train cruises over the Great Miami River Bridge in Hamilton.

One of many freights to pass through Hamilton on a busy Friday afternoon, was CSX intermodal train I141, passing Butler Street southbound with CSX ES40DC 5299 in the lead.

NS 3618 and an AC44C6M rebuild head south with a mixed freight at Butler street in downtown Hamilton, Ohio. The train is about to merge back onto their New Castle District to Sharonville.

As work continues on the move of the former B&O / CH&D Depot in Hamilton from its original location to a new location a few hundred feet away (still trackside but farther away from active rails), ... (more)

A CSX Mother/Slug set running engine lite off of train L425-11 heads west over the Great Miami River on the Indianapolis Subdivision in Hamilton, Ohio.

CSX manifest freight M358-11 crosses the Great Miami River and starts the climb up the hill going west out of Hamilton, Ohio on the former B&O Indianapolis Subdivision.

With an oddball boxcar in front of their usual intermodal traffic, NS train 216 rolls northbound on CSX's former B&O Cincinnati to Toledo mainline as train Z181-05, seen here crossing over a stone... (more)

A rather oddball pairing of CSX SD40-3 No. 4035 running Long Hood Forward and Canadian National ET44AC No. 3152 leads CSX train L421-30 across the Great Miami River Bridge in Hamilton, Ohio on the... (more)

Our eight year old daughter (and potential future railfan) Naomi exchanges waves with the Engineer of CSX train Q361-15 as it crosses the Great Miami River in Hamilton on the former B&O Indianapol... (more)