This engine would be scrapped here in 1996, after this unfortunate remnant of the Erie had failed. Photo by unknown, from my collection.

KCS 4583 leads CSX intermodal I132 westbound on the Columbus Sub. I132 and its counterpart, I131, often have manifest freight on the head end.

It's a rainy afternoon along the banks of Frog Creek as a pair of GP38-2's lead the Ohio Central's Cambridge Turn returning towards Zanesville. The horn echoes through the gully as the train is ab... (more)

A pair of EMD's power Norfolk Southern local C22 under the Fulton Road Bridge, using dynamic brakes to ease the train of loaded coke hoppers down the grade into the industrial flats of Cleveland, ... (more)

A pair of Cleveland Works Railroad SW1500's pull a train of empty gons across the Cuyahoga River lift bridge as they move around the Cleveland Cliffs Cleveland Works steel mill in Cleveland, Ohio.... (more)

A pair of Ohio Central Super 7's work the ZVL-1 job as they spot their cars in Zanesville, Ohio after returning from Cambridge. The crew is shoving five tank cars up the OHCR Subdivision where the... (more)

As this NS manifest freight departs from Gest Street Yard in Cincinnati, Ohio, it immediately begins climbing the grade out of the Ohio River Valley as it heads south. The tracks first climb the a... (more)

A trio of Ohio Central SD40-2's cruise westbound over the Pan Subdivision as they lead a loaded grain train past the Monroe Basin in Adams Mills, Ohio. After spotting stone hoppers in the morning ... (more)

A pair of Operation Lifesaver painted GP38-2's cross over the Ohio River as they lead Norfolk Southern local C17 into Steubenville, Ohio. The train is heading back towards the yard at Mingo Juncti... (more)

With the sunlight just starting to fade, a BNSF ( sporting a "warbonnet" paint scheme ) leads the NS 265 past the former Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Depot in Vermilion, Ohio.

As the rapidly setting sun casts long shadows in the massive cut at Fairplay, Ohio, a trio of Wheeling & Lake Erie SD40's scream around the bend with train 21 in tow. This WLE train is currently u... (more)

A pair of matching GP40-2's lead CSX local L316 as it soars over the Cuyahoga River Valley on the Marcy Trestle in Cuyahoga Heights, Ohio. This local job is on the eastbound leg of its journey as ... (more)

After holding to meet eastbound empty trash train 62V, Norfolk Southern local C65 is back on the move through Yellow Creek, Ohio behind a pair of SD60E's. The train is coming off the Cleveland Lin... (more)

The Friday evening ZVL-2 crew starts their day in Zanesville, Ohio by taking the train across the Muskingum River to spot outbound cars from the ZVL-1 job on the OHCR Subdivision tracks and then s... (more)

Hamilton Grain: CSXT 406, painted in YN2 color, leads a loaded grain train southbound on the CSX Toledo Subdivision through Hamilton, Ohio.