All reds on the C&O... Unfortunately the remaining C&O signals will soon be down and gone. The cantilever guarding the diamonds is already history.

The NS 272 passes the old CPL signals, and the new WIN sign, and prepares to pound the diamonds, as it heads east through Marion.

DL&W 368, which was the only Lackawanna locomotive I ever saw, was the highlight of a trip to Marion, Ohio in December 1967. Perhaps there were other Lackawanna locomotives in Ohio at that time, b... (more)

After a long 4 year wait, I finally got to see and photograph these F9's in daylight. Seen here working the OCS towards AC Tower.

A rare High Nose SD40 leads a work train towards Bellevue on the busy Sandusky District.

The NS 18M rolls through the Center St crossing, with three rent-a-wrecks, and a NS GP38-2 for power.

Grain train NS 50W passes by a cornfield that is still covered with last years stalks, due to record rainfall, the farmers have not been able to get this years crop in the ground.

18M meets a westbound freight right at the diamonds in Marion. As the sign says, this is a WIN situation for the railfans at AC today.

CSX coal empties pass Q349, which is making a crew change on the connection track. The C&O CPL's that protect the interlocking are on their last days as the replacements have been installed.

Q636 rolls west towards AC where it will meet it's counterpart Q637.

Two different generations of Mustangs wait their turn at the Center St crossing, as the NS 174 rolls right on through. the afternoon sun.

The NS 18M rounds the bend, and crosses Center St, passing the old NW signals that protect the diamond.

CSXT 71 lets out a little smoke as it leads its train of empty hoppers under the old C&O cantilever, which is currently on borrowed time, with its replacement already standing in the foreground.

The NS 218 rounds the bend, passing the CPL's and the new sign that reads "Safest Railroad 21 years running, Lake Division goal, WIN Million Man Hour Bell."

Sunset on CSX's Indianapolis line.