A new ES44AC provides the sole power on the short coal drag NS 888, while RP contributor Michael Biehn works on getting his s... (more)

An eastbound CSX train rolls through Marion under the old C&O signals that still protect the diamond on the Columbus sub.

NS 376 heads East on the NS Dayton district for Buckeye Yard, under the old PRR signal bridge.

A ES44AC leads a train of empty hoppers under the rusty CSX Northern Sub bridge.

Camp Chase returns to their own track after completing their exchange with NS in Buckeye Yard, today they have around 60 cars, not bad for a short line that has only 14 miles of track.

NS 408 sits on the main in the pocket waiting for a crew change, and a brake test, before it can continue west on the Dayton District.

A railfan watches NS 234 roll by next to the preserved AC tower. When AC tower was in service, it was located just across the tracks from the station, and was a bit higher up then it is today.

The NS 10M eastbound on the Fostoria District, crosses Columbus Ave, and the CSX Columbus Sub, on a very busy afternoon.

According to info found on site, this is the former Brice Ohio Depot which they moved here, it was originally built in the 1880's. To the right is a Vulcan Iron Works Steam 0-4-0 built in December... (more)

Helper power ready to leave the yard in Newark will run light to Columbus and be added to a NS coal train that will make its way across the Ohio Central panhandle line. 4029 is former CP 5855.

Three Super 7's sit in the Newark Yard in the late evening light, two in CR paint, the other one in CSX paint.

Former BN, now OHCR 5122 and former CSX, now OHCR 4602 wait by the Joyce ave. overpass in what is left of the last snowfall, they currently are waiting to be cut in on a through NS coal train.

NS 287 heads west out of downtown, on yet another cold January afternoon, lucky for me, I did not have to wait long for this train to show up.

Passing behind a field of wheat, and the Keynes Brothers Elmwood Elevator, the NS 64A heads west on the Columbus District, with the last bit of sunlight for the day.

NS 184 passes through downtown Columbus in the late evening light.