A big boat close to a big bridge - they park 'em close to load with the bow not far off the bridge, actually hidden by the bridge in this angle. In this view the CSL Laurentien is docked at the A... (more)

Coal train power rests near the IPL Harding Street power plant wye.

18A rolls by the installation of a new set of crossovers in the changing Toledo railroad scene.

Not my place but it worked for me! Ann Arbor is actually on NS track working an industry south of Ottawa Yard.

On the point of 578 - the Conrail Heritage unit's first revenue train roars over Apple Creek on the south side of Wooster.

Stack trains don't stop here yet, but in a few short months the new CSX North Baltimore terminal will be open for business. In the meantime Q156 flys by at track speed as sun sets on a late Octobe... (more)

Driving by the new Jeep plant provides this view of the Ann Arbor's yard in Toledo with most of their power currently parked in the engine terminal.

NS 66Q with a rare KCS/Warbonnet/NS lashup is sitting on track 1 while 23K with a Conrail leader rolls into the Mega yard - not often you see such a colorful collection in one spot!

Ahhh, urban railfaning - I ducked into a bar parking lot and waited for the RailServ switcher to look like they were heading over Woodville Rd and then I walked out along the public sidewalk and s... (more)

You can certainly tell who owns this yard from the various types of logos on the equipment as a GP39-2 rests behind half an old boxcar now used as an open air storage shed.

Sometimes things just come together! A NS 353 with typical for that train CN power rolls past the NS heritage unit holding the main with their coal train while a PRB coal train sits in the wagon ... (more)

An old Lackawanna electric coach rots away in the foreground - remnant of an inspiration for a short tourist road at one time, now long-term stored on this stub track. Meanwhile a grain train sits... (more)

CSX owned Toledo Ore Railroad Company power TORC 999 & TORC 996 (the entire current roster) are seen here running back and forth along Otter Creek road with a remote control sled attached to the n... (more)

With a Canadian crossing sign, Tim Hortons and an Ontario Southland MLW rolling through the scene this shot screams Canada!

Take the high road or the low road? Passengers get to experience both with this switchback...