Class Act by a Class 1: It's not everyday that you will find Class 1 freight locomotives on a passenger train, much less on a tourist train! However, for the two weekend annual visit of Thomas the... (more)

The first revenue stone train for the Cincinnati Eastern out of the quarry in Plum Run departs, seen here passing the old N&W CPL signals that stand next to the quarry.

Our three daughters wave to the crew of Indiana & Ohio train L202-01, the Blue Ash Local, from the platform of the depot in the suburban Cincinnati community of Silverton, Ohio. The depot here is ... (more)

A side profile of the freshly painted Cincinnati East Terminal Railway GP49 2806 (ex-ARR 2806) as it rests at the CCET facility in Newtown on a mild summer evening in the Ohio River Valley.

The crew of NS local freight TS29 rides the back of former Conrail caboose CR 21312 as they shove down the Dubois Chemical Spur in Sharonville, headed back to the NS Dayton District mainline.

On September 2, 2018, the Cincinnati Scenic Railway, operators of the Lebanon Mason & Monroe Railroad and the Ohio Rail Experience, unveiled the completion of their latest project: the restoration... (more)

Restored Southern Railway GP30 2601 shoves under the former Southern signal bridge as it takes the museum train back towards the Barber Junction Station.

A Lebanon, Mason & Monroe Railroad Conductor gives a friendly wave to our middle daughter Naomi as an LM&M Pumpkin Train excursion approaches South West Street in Lebanon, Ohio, outbound from Leba... (more)

Our oldest daughter gives an excited wave to the crew of the Ohio Rail Experience "South Charleston Rocket" as the CRR 800 crosses the diamond at Lagonda on the final trip of the day. ... (more)

Freshly painted Cincinnati East Terminal Railway GP49 2806 rests at the CCET facility in Newtown on a mild summer evening in the Ohio River Valley. CCET 2806 carried the same number when built new... (more)

Cabooses are a rare enough sight in 2021, so seeing two of them on a train is extremely rare! Two of our daughters are out to see former N&W wide vision No. 555656 and former Conrail bay window No... (more)

My wife and daughters hold up "Thank You Railroaders" signs for the crew of an I&O loaded Melvin Stone Train at the former PRR Depot in Norwood, now a local Eagles Hall, on the Oakley Wy... (more)

CCET 5895 and 2807 split the retired signals at South Milford on the former N&W Peavine on a beautiful but cold December morning.

Two of the newest additions to the I&O / CIND system roster, LTEX SD60M's 2400 and 2369, lead a Kilby Rock Turn across the Great Miami River Bridge in Hooven.

Our 7 year old daughter greets her favorite steam locomotive, NKP 765, as it thunders south at Everett Road on the final day of the "Steam in the Valley" event on the Cuyahoga Valley Sce... (more)