During the first major snow storm of the year in northeast Ohio, NS’s Ashtabula Harbor is all but still as a lone high hood GP38-2 and mate sit idle in the blowing snow and near 55 mph winds. No... (more)

Eastbound Q390 passes the now closed Station Restaurant during the first big snow storm of the year. In the overnight hours, a foot of snow was dumped on northeast Ohio.

Coal loads bound for Mingo Juction, Ohio with a nice mix of power are crossing the old Erie main into Cleveland, now known as NS's Randall Secondary. Note, the scrap yard to the left of the frame ... (more)

A southbound empty coal train departs NS's Ashtabula Harbor with an ex-Conrail SD50 leader that seems to be burning just a little oil.

Today’s Q381 departs Collinwood with what has to be the largest locomotive consist that I have ever seen, twelve total and 9000ft of train in tow. In the consist would be two SD60M’s still in ... (more)

A westbound mixed freight passes an old New York Central depot and the signal guarding the entrance to NS's Youngstown line from CSX's Buffalo Connecting Track. At present day, the old depot is us... (more)

A couple of unexpected locomotives in the form of SD80MAC's sit coupled to a string of coal hoppers at Ashtabula Harbor, if anyone is interested, the second 80MAC is the 7207.

CSX Q393 (right) gets topped off with fuel as a fresh crew is aboard while Q381-21 with a solid BNSF consist waits on a crew to take it west.

The last car is loaded at Rosebud Mine 78 on NS's Southfork Secondary, the only thing needed now is a crew to take it up to Southfork.

A southbound toward Louisville, KY tiptoes through downtown La Grange as an older gentleman and a few other guys watch on almost as if it were a parade.

A second section of 11G heads toward Chicago with a leader that is somewhat of a rarity these days, a clean GP40-2 still in Conrail paint.

A westbound stack train passes Cleveland Browns Stadium while inside a few diehard fans watch the Browns get their rear ends handed to them courtesy of the Cincinnati Bengals, Final score 14-0. Te... (more)

The OCS is westbound toward Chicago passing the old New York Central depot at Olmsted Falls. The depot now houses a model railroad club.

The Pennsy E8's have cut away from their train and where in the middle of their runaround move and are now stuck in the hole with the passenger consist behind the double stack train. It would be a... (more)

A freshly painted 80MAC (ex-Conrail 4101, built 12-95) awaits a trip to Altoona and the Juniata Shops. After a rebuild and a fresh paint job this locomotive had quite a few bugs that had to be att... (more)