The CSX Pemberville Sub across NW Ohio was the final holdout for Chesapeake & Ohio style signals in the entire state up until 2018. Most wayside block signals, with a few exceptions, were full sig... (more)

Sunset Manifest thru Walbridge venturing east.

A pair of CSX autorack trains, Q241 on the left and Q243 on the right, depart Walbridge Yard side by side. Both trains will make right turns once they reach Fostoria with Q243 following Q241. Even... (more)

At the Waycross, Georgia shop on September 19 and 20, 1992, CSXT forces painted over the gray on the brand-new C40-8W No. 7812 for use on then President Bush's campaign train. The locomotive was ... (more)

A pair of Conrail SW7s move engine lite through Stanley Yard in Walbridge, OH. The hump would remain active for nearly another 30 years until CSX moved to flat switching in 2017. Tom Bowers ph... (more)

UP C44AC #6581 and a UP SD70ACe sit tied down on UP Z-MXDT near CSX Stanley Yard in Walbridge, OH. Photo taken 7/2/20.

Q364 departs Walbridge yard.

The second CSXT paint scheme to appear was very similar to the first, but the word "Transportation" was not used. Instead, a much larger "CSX" logo, with just the letters was ... (more)

Q364 departs Walbridge yard and passes beneath the searchlight signals at CP Turnpike. Searchlight signals were installed at this locaiton instead of the traditional C&O color lights so that the s... (more)

Santa Fe C30-7 8026 with CSX SD40-2 8001 and CSX SD40 8458 near Walbridge, Ohio.

A Detroit Edison SD40 leads a pair of GE units on an empty coal train through Walbridge. Tom Bowers photo

GTW GP38-2 5713 and GTW GP38-2 5849, ex-Pittsburgh & Lake Erie GP38 2056 in Black, got a quickie paint job.

On October 8th, 2018, CSX signal crews converged on the former Chesapeake & Ohio mainline in northern Ohio to begin removing the classic C&O color light signals from service. By the end of the day... (more)

A new signal tower now stands in front of the C&O signals at the south end of CSX's Walbridge Yard as a pair of UP locos lead CSX intermodal Q151 south.

Locomotives:
UP 5393 ES44AC
U... (more)