An empty coal train bound for the Burr Oak Mine has just got a warrant and is crossing the Muskingum river in Zanesville. Special thanks to JJL for leading me to this spot.

The Bradford local is doing a push pull operation to service customers off the Fosterbrook siding. Here the crew shoves into the south end getting in the clear for the SIRI coming out of Salamanca... (more)

The Salamanca, NY to Riker Yard, PA, freight train rolls along the Clarion River west of Ridgway. This is the normal southbound freight that run early am out of Salamanca to runs to Riker Yard at ... (more)

The Salamanca, NY to Riker Yard, PA, freight train is done with their work at Johnsonburg and now heading south again towards Du Bois. In the background is the paper mill where the trucks bring in... (more)

The Salamanca, NY to Riker Yard, PA, freight train is outbound to take off for the trip south. This train will meet the northbound RISI at Johnsonburg today, which is normally the normal meeting s... (more)

The Salamanca to Riker Yard freight rolls south pass these retired ex-B&O CPL signals at Limestone. This is an old B&O mainline, and lots of the signals have been turned and removed from service o... (more)

The overnight SIBF turn didn't operate Sunday night to Buffalo and back, so Monday's Salamanca to Riker Yard freight didnt have any cars with them, since their was no cars out of Buffalo. Here the... (more)

Making a reverse move to the yard in Zanesville where it will again pull south toward the mines near Rehobeth.

After getting a track warrant to head south an empty coal train is seen along the streets of Dresden heading to Zanesville and eventually the mines near Burr Oak.

Zanesville-Cambridge turn is westbound near Arch Hill Road nearing its destination in Zanesville.

In one of my earliest railroad photo endeavors after moving to Ohio, a brisk Saturday afternoon finds me in the village of South Zanesville with exhibit A on why the Ohio Central used to be awesom... (more)

After traveling north from Morgan Run to Warwick all morning, doing work in the yard, and now making the voyage south, this 4 a.m. crew is no doubt aching to be done for the day. This was the firs... (more)

Early morning fog blankets the yard at East Salamanca as the daily road train conducts a few switching moves before getting under way. Viewed from the original Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh RR S... (more)