My notes say that this was an ELBO7, but I can't find that symbol in the Conrail schedule I have for that time. There was a Buffalo train, so probably ELBU7. Mentor Ohio, 12/28/78, Charles Freeric... (more)

It's about 14 degrees out at a little after eight in the AM on December 28, 1978 when a westbound train heads through Mentor towards Cleveland. Note the thick icicles on the short hood of the GP38... (more)

Despite having tried to railfan the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie main once, this U28B quartet lead overhead is the only Pittsburgh & Lake Erie train I ever saw in my lifetime and it was on the Norfolk &... (more)

NS empty oil train 67Z about to knock down the signal at milepost 158.5 with a BNSF SD75M rebuild in the lead.

NS extra autorack train 29E splits the signals at CP Mentor

Dubbed the “C&O heritage unit, PRLX 4834 leads NS W10 through Mentor, Ohio on a windy, cold day.

CSX Q165 at QD 160 with a Canadian Pacific AC44CW still in it's original CP Rail paint scheme on the point.

CSX empty ethanol train K603 heads past QD 160 on a warm March afternoon

CSX Q389 slowly rolls west through Mentor, Ohio with a C40-8W in the lead.

A very long Q561 heads west through Mentor, Ohio in some nice mid-afternoon sunlight.

NS 65K, a CSX K713 that was re-routed at Buffalo NY onto the NS Lake Erie District, splits the signals at CP Mentor on a freezing March afternoon.

Hotshot intermodal train Q001 flies west through QD 160.

CSX Q017 passes QD 160 on a slightly-warm February afternoon.

Q009 makes a daylight appearance in Northeast Ohio, which has been quite uncommon lately, with a YN3B C40-8W in the lead.

A long Q389 with an SD40-3 leader is almost blocked by a huge Q020 eastbound intermodal train.