Norfolk and Western 2156 is escorted out of Portsmouth, leaving its familiar Appalachia behind one last time on its way back to St. Louis.
Painted in Iowa, Chicago and Eastern's flashy two-tone scheme, a lease unit waits for a new crew at Osmer, where the Ann Arbor (WATCO) interchanges with Great Lakes Central.
A nice EMD DPU brings up the rear of a coal train heading down the Big Sandy, under classic C&O signals.
One splash of autumn color, and one splash of sun. All that I could hope for, as CSTN nears its southward destination of Clare to meet its Owosso counterpart.
Ohio Central 4092 hits a burst of early morning light on its trip east to Cambridge. With the Super-7s rumored to be leaving the roster, I was glad to shoot some.
KN380 rumbles across 13 mile Creek in Leon, which fittingly empties here into the Kanawha River.
C317 thunders out of Tunnel 1 with coal loads for South Carolina. This tunnel has seen a lot of change since it replaced a single-track portal in 1951, including the removal of the second track. T... (more)
Classic streamlined Clinchfield 800 leads an Ohio Rail Experience excursion north, passing DT&I codeline still showing a mile measurement so crews could eyeball their speed in days long past.
Loaded autoracks roll through Klemen, guarded by classic B&O signals. This is the northern junction with the old DT&I Ottawa Loop.
Dawn breaks over South Deshler, and the classic Color Position Light guarding it.
A less common railfan perspective for the GLC's geeps, we're looking out the open door of the Owosso shops at the deadline, headed up by 391. This GP35 has since been reactivated. Photo taken ... (more)
A break in the clouds lights up KN380 as they roll south through the barren winter landscape.
Deep in the woods, all three rebuilt SD45s on the KNWA thunder out of Langsville Tunnel on their way north.
You'd never know this day dawned with a snowstorm...11Z rolls towards Roanoke in nice sunlight, passing the N&W CPLs guarding Glasgow.
