Two Bessemer tunnel motors sandwich a CN SD40-2W on the daily ore train bound for North Bessemer. The CN 5245 was brought in to temporarily replace BLE 905, which was damaged in a grade crossing i... (more)
Day slowly turns into night as the three-track C&O cantilever stands guard over the W.E. of Vauces center siding outside of Chillicothe. As CSX's modernization of the C&O continues to progress up ... (more)
A cloudy night is slowly turning into a cloudy morning as a pair of lite engines pass the B&O CPL's, knocking down the approach indication at South Deshler.
Q200 climbs out of the sag along Railroad Avenue during a torrential downpour that lasted for almost 10 minutes.
An empty coal train with a rather interesting pair of leaders has a 20 mph speed restriction due to crossing work in town.
A clear signal stares down the approaching headlight of K185 as a pair of red-eyed dwarfs keep an eye on the nighttime scene.
With their work complete around Warsaw, this tie train heads south past the local water hole where birds of all kinds have joined the cattle for the evening.
The systemwide power crunch of 2014 has seen droves of leasers returning to CSX, offering railfans a little throwback to the early 2000's when seemingly every other train had leased power somewher... (more)
137 passes the tail-end of a coal train as it enters Defiance.
Eastbound Q394 crosses U.S. 23 as the conductor calls out a clear indication at Longley, one of my personal favorite locations on the former C&O. Code line, C&O signals, and a bright red barn make... (more)
A CN "Draper Taper" leads K653 past the B&O concrete milepost as RP contributor Brent Kneebush grabs his shot.
Eastbound coke loads storm into Miller City shortly after sunrise, passing the town cemetery and a classic NKP bracket mast.
A former Conrail EMD leads 5 other CSXT locomotives south on Q339, which has just entered the Toledo Sub.
Storms roll to the east as hotshot UPS train Q017 sprints across the flatlands of NWO.
SD80MAC's aren't all too common in the flat lands of Ohio anymore, so fellow RP contributor Aaron Border and I jumped on the chase. Here the pair is seen passing a patriotic barn north of Fremont.
