Retired SD9M number 52 is the newest addition to the Mad River & Nickel Plate Museum in Bellevue. A sister engine, NS 57, was sent off to Fort Wayne and is planned to be repainted into NKP livery... (more)

The Conrail-painted C40-8W is a dying breed, and one of the remaining survivors leads manifest Q303 along the New River at Hawks Nest.

NS local H3W traverses the "pseudo-street-running" in downtown Sunbury, laying on the horn for the myriad of crossings.

A clean BNSF ACe disrupts the peace and quiet of morning in Mendota as the horn blares and reverberates off the buildings in town. At left is the CB&Q 4978, a 2-8-2 steamer that spends its days o... (more)

Manifest 145 rolls off the Cleveland Drawbridge in the Flats with a veteran GE providing the sole power.

Locomotives outside Collinwood's engine facility are hit by rays of light as a huge thunderstorm looms in the background.

Stars, planets and the depths of space have always fascinated me. Here one interest meets another as an approach signal glows at CP 307 while Orion's Belt, joined by a company of other stars, shi... (more)

Three tunnel motors rebuilt to conform with Tier III emission standards crawl south along Conneaut Creek at a snail's pace with a decent sized ore train in tow.

With FLNX 484 now in command of the excursion on its return trip northbound, NKP 765 takes an easy ride on the tail of the train through Jaite.

A pair of CSX GE's lug Q375 up the hill from "BD," splitting the CPL's at "Exchange Street." Note the trailing unit, CSXT 7558, is missing the majority of the "CSX" on the side.

It's not often that one sees an SD60 and a YN1 SD40-2 leading an intermodal train around here, but such an occurrence takes place on a chilled fall evening in western Ohio. The engineer, who is n... (more)

NKP 765 charges southbound by Smith Road, just north of Akron on the former B&O CT&V Subdivision. This is the last day that the 765 will be operating on the CVSR's mainline before heading off to ... (more)

The old interlocking tower at Leipsic Junction still stands as Q231 caresses the NS diamond. Also take note of how Leipsic is mispelled "Liepsec" on NS' junction post.

Rockside-Akron train 51 sails southbound into the Akron corporation limit by Smith Road. If you look closely, you can see a rainbow appearing in the mist from the fountain.

A true powerhouse leads a UP mixed bag west through the small town of Malta. Second in consist is UP 1988, the Katy heritage unit, followed by an assortment of older EMD power.