Two burbling Alco's and a handful of cars pass through Corry and prepare to bang across the diamond with the Buffalo & Pittsburgh railroad.

A warm and sunny evening finds the westbound MAW freight tied down just west of Jewell with the ex-IC Paducah rebuild and a handful of cars. Time is running out for the MAW, as poor track conditio... (more)

As the sun sets, K312 blasts east.

Easing through downtown Napoleon with three boxcars, PREX 3054 starts into the Oakwood Avenue crossing on a cloudy afternoon. The PREX geep is the most recent company repaint, and also the first P... (more)

Led by the Virginian heritage unit, westbound 67N splits the intermediates at the Ohio/Indiana state line just as the sun comes out to brighten the scene.

Westbound 866 leaves Payne in a cloud of coal dust as it chases the setting sun behind NS 8098, the Conrail heritage unit.

At this point in their trip, the crew of 35N has had a nightmare run. The train is already two full days late getting out of Toledo, and now their second of three units has died. Just minutes late... (more)

Engineer and well-known RP contributor Aaron Border shows off his favorite drink as he guides the second section of a grain train south across the CSX diamond. Once clear of the switch, he will sh... (more)

A steady flow of traffic on Southfield Road zips underneath the former DT&I at Allen Park, while two Grand Trunk GP38-2's lug a lengthy 229 job overhead on their way to work the Rouge.

As Q163 races west across the former B&O Chicago mainline, a fiery sunset sets the sky ablaze on a bitterly cold evening in the farmlands of northwest Ohio.

Right place, right time. Not long before sunrise, the sky is ablaze with color as a westbound coal drag rolls across the former B&O mainline to Chicago.

After a day of working in the yard, the only active GP38-2 still in Conrail dress sits by the yard office in Defiance. Taken on railroad property with permission.

A brief burst of sun shines down on the New York Central heritage unit on the point of an empty oil train bound for interchange to BNSF in Chicago. Since this day, a replacement cantilever has bee... (more)

Back before there was any talk of a Pioneer takeover, the Maumee & Western was still "going strong" on a fine spring afternoon as their Paducah-build GP11 leads a good sized train through downtown... (more)

The Illinois Terminal heritage unit pilots 16E east through the village of Stryker, and past the depot that once saw daily service from New York Central passenger trains.