A high-powered 143 train departs Gest Street Yard for Kentucky late in the day.
Late in the day, a northbound manifest changes crews at the north end of the yard.
NS 7520 departs Gest Street for points north.
A southbound manifest with coiled steel loads from Middletown, OH, approaches the Ohio River crossing.
A combination Tropicana-intermodal train has just arrived from the south and will quickly change crews here as workers on an adjacent track prepare intermodal loads for northbound movement.
A hot 251 RoadRailer departs Gest Street Yard for Kentucky late in the day as a pool of rain water reflects its image.
It is the summer of 1970 less than a year before Amtrak, and C&O 4027 and 4016 wait for their train at Cincinnati Union Terminal.
Near sunset, a CSX freight from Kentucky ducks under NS' bridge approach as it nears the south end of Queensgate Yard. Over head an empty steel train headed for Middletown, OH, waits to enter Gest... (more)
A 251 RoadRailer departs Gest Street Yard as cloud shadows move across the landscape.
A pair of GP38-2s pushes hard on the rear of a 175 train as it climbs out of Cincinnati and across the Ohio River into Kentucky.
Late in the day, a heavy unit grain train departs Cincinnati southbound with the beautiful skyline for a backdrop.
The second EMD in the consist of a southbound steel train reflects the rays of the setting sun as the train approaches the Ohio River.
A 175 train climbs out of Gest Street Yard on the steep approach to the Ohio River Bridge.
Running "wrong" main, a 142 train led by an SD70M-2 meets a 117 train departing Gest Street Yard on the approach to the Ohio River Bridge.
Just before sunset, a unit steel train out of Middletown, OH, roars up the approach to the Ohio River Bridge with two elephant-style EMD C-Cs leading the way.
