As a bright fall sun works to take the chill out of the air, NS train 858 brings coal loads west on the Columbus District.

In her third paint scheme since delivery 21 years ago, CSX C40-8 7551 leads Willard, OH to Russell, KY manifest Q635. Today's train has 128 cars with the rear end still draped over "Apex" after wh... (more)

One of the last runs of NS train 274 passes through the small Ross County agricultural town of Kingston. Within a week of this photo, NS abolished this rack and manifest train and created solid ra... (more)

In a few seconds NS coal train 858 will be knocking down the signal at CP-Lunbeck. This is one of two sections on the Portsmouth, OH to Columbus, OH line singletracked by the N&W in the early 1960... (more)

NS train L52 heads for Portsmouth on one of the two single track segments of the NS Columbus District. The area was hard hit by an ice storm earlier in the week with many trees down across the lin... (more)

At track speed, a pair of NS catfish roll a train of MTY's back to Portsmouth on a rare Ohio low humidity summer evening. 1/40th second pan

Q310 splits the signals at VA Junction almost halfway on it's journey from Columbus, OH to Russell, KY.

NS 43N with 2 light units headed to pick up grain at Chillicothe drifts east past a smaller but older GE brother at Mennel Milling. The 80 ton GE is former Falconbridge Nickel 106.

With loads of grain from Michigan for Hamlet, NC. CSX train G900 rolls east on the former C&O Northern Subdivision.

A long way from it's former home in the Powder River Basin, a BN C30-7 leads another western sister on Ohio Central train NPT.

NS train 18M splits the signals CP-Craft shortly after departing Columbus, OH. CP-Craft was installed as part of the Heartland Corridor and it's plant includes a dual crossover and the east end of... (more)

A visitor from the north leads ethanol train 68G towards Portsmouth on a cold winter afternoon. The smokestack in the background is the Glatfelter paper mill (formerly Mead Paper).

Cutting through a crisp 10 degree morning, E457 rolls down the former C&O with empties from Ashtabula Harbor, OH for Russell, KY.

The NS Virginian heritage unit leads Linwood to Chicago train 217 just after sunset at Ashville, OH. Train is illuminated by 7 Yongnuo flashes.