An empty ballast train works its way north past a peaceful and scenic resting place.

One of the blue CIT units that Norfolk Southern acquired leads a northbound manifest through central Ohio under a gorgeous blue sky.

A trip to visit family for Memorial Day weekend allowed me to chase 66X across the Fort Wayne Line beginning in Loudonville, OH. My final shot of the day found me in Bayard, OH in a place that I'v... (more)

In a fortuitous move, a local hurries along the mainline on its way back to Kansas City with a former Santa Fe "bluebonnet" leading the way.

A priority stack train passes a slow moving UP autorack train and the iconic Western Auto building at KCT interlocking.

A freight train slows down as it crosses the bridge in Old Monroe.

After leaving the KCS yard, the KCT transfer passes Tower 2. A special thank you to fellow RP contributor Anthony Randall for showing me around Missouri.

The Nickel Plate heritage unit teams up with a KCS SD70MAC to hustle an extra freight north on the Sandusky District.

The Wabash heritage unit rolls over the diamonds in Marion as it leads a manifest south through Ohio.

A pair of SD40-2s lead today's 304 westbound into the sunset and under the soon to be replaced PRR signal bridge at CP-146 on the Dayton District. This Bellevue, OH - Middletown, OH train frequent... (more)

A local slowly heads over the diamond at Worthington as crews are hard at work setting up for installation of new signals. These classic N&W signals fell not too long after this photo was taken.

An EMD proudly wears a coat of YN2 paint and lets out a belch of smoke as it powers up the grade through Mance.

A lengthy manifest catches some evening light as it heads west underneath the iconic Western Maryland Keystone Viaduct.

The last train of this particular day found 858 running north at Troyton with coal loads as the final rays of light give way to a cold evening. This particular train is following 4 northbounds tha... (more)

An intermodal train lets out a belch of smoke as it approaches the diamond in Marion.