At track speed, the Valentine's Day edition of NS's hotshot Chicago-Greensboro, NC train 218 rolls through the small agricultural town of Ashville. To the dismay of the village, NS abolished the 4... (more)

Norfolk, VA to Chicago, IL intermodal train 233 makes it's way west at Elmwood, OH. The new signals have only been in service two months and are the latest sign that this district is a part of the... (more)

"CSX 520 V383 east has a clear signal Greggs on one" pretty much says it all as an eastbound coal train for Duke Power in Terrell, NC rolls from Columbus, OH to Russell, KY on a cold 10 degree mor... (more)

With grain empties from Portsmouth, VA to Wellsboro, IN, CSXT 410 leads train G845 westbound on the former C&O Russell, KY to Columbus, OH Northern Subdivision. RA Jct. is the east end of double t... (more)

Ohio Central train NPT heads toward Port Columbus with a motley collection of power including a F40 rebuild, a GP30M, a SD40 and a SD40T-2. Note the jet trails in front of the lead unit.

CSX's Northern Subdivision (Russell, KY - Columbus, OH) parallels the NS Columbus District (Portsmouth, OH - Columbus, OH) for about 15 miles just south of Columbus and it is well known that C&O a... (more)

E457 rolls east at the West End of Robbins Center Siding with 131 empties out of Ashtabula Harbor bound for Russell, KY.

With the US&S signals controlling movements for a little longer, train E476 with MTYS from Roseton, NY, crosses from #1 to #2 track at the East End of DG Cabin. The signal project will see the rem... (more)

With a friendly wave from the conductor, NS L51 heads west up the Columbus District past the new CP-Ashville installed as part of the Heartland Corridor improvements.

NS Chicago to Norfolk intermodal train 234 rolls under the CSX Northern Subdivision just north of Chillicothe, OH. The CPL to the left has since been replaced by a color light signal in another lo... (more)

CSX MTY train E434 crosses from 2 to 2 at DG Cabin on it's way from Columbus, OH to Russell, KY. The C&O heritage of the line is evident with the entry & exit signals at the interlocking as well a... (more)

N809 ducks under the vintage C&O cantilever signal at ZK Cabin headed back to the Kentucky coalfields.

NS SD70 2533 and former HLCX SD60 6549 just acquired by NS roll train 189 off the single track and over the equilateral turnout at CP-Lunbeck halfway between Portsmouth and Columbus. Sure wish I w... (more)

On an unusually warm fall evening with the thermometer hovering around 65 degrees, NS Columbus - Dickinson, WV train 380 kicks up a few leaves as it heads south. The Pickerington depot it is pass... (more)

E445 crosses over from #1 to #2 track at the MP 4 crossover after getting around MOW. The new signals that replaced the C&O cantilevers have been in service for close to 4 years and are now in nee... (more)