The "Steam in the Valley" excursion train, run by the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad makes its return trip North across "Furnace Run". Nickle Plate Road's historic 765 visits ... (more)

A standard cab SD70 leads a ballast train east under the classic "Pennsy" signal bridge in Leetsdale. After a long winter, the air is finally warming up and the buds are beginning to ap... (more)

Planes, trains, and automobiles. Oh wait... I forgot the plane. Perhaps next time. An NS intermodal train passes under the 11th street bridge in Ambridge, PA. Those driving on route 65 right n... (more)

A CSX autorack train flies through Ravenna with just a solo leader as the fall color paints the eastern Ohio countryside. The lead locomotive appears to have been on pusher duty at one time as it ... (more)

Amtrak's southbound "Saluki" passes under the signal bridge protecting the north side of Du Quoin, IL. Leading this train was one of Amtrak's new Siemens SC-44s. While maybe more effic... (more)

An RJ Corman coal train slows as it prepares to stop and load at the Rosebud Mining Co. in Clymer, PA. The train would not leave Clymer for its return trip to Clearfield for another 5 hours after... (more)

A Norfolk Southern manifest train passes the Sebring Model Railroad Club in Sebring, Ohio on a beautiful November afternoon. The model railroad club was having their open house this weekend so th... (more)

"The Earthworm", as it is affectionately known, creeps it's way through Ravenna, Ohio under a speed restriction because of malfunctioning crossing gates. A foreigner around these parts, ... (more)

An NS mixed freight flies through the countryside of Pennsylvania on a beautiful November afternoon. A Pennsylvania railfan takes advantage of days like these during this time of year when clouds... (more)

The evening westbound freight out of Brittain yard in Akron rolls on under N Arlington Street and the "Freedom Trail", the green spring leaves providing a fresh canopy.

A BNSF coal train, probably running under a CN train symbol, gets ready to take the branch west towards St. Louis. These coal trains always sport BNSF locomotives adding a nice variety to the com... (more)

Sometimes you are fortunate as a railfan, others you aren't. On this particular day, I was fortunate. I had a little extra available time on a sunny Sunday afternoon, so I figured I would go somew... (more)

An NS intermodal train crawls west through Anderson, PA to let Amtrak past as the last light remains peeking just above the Pennsylvania hills.

Lead by just a solo ex-Conrail C40-8W, a short NS empty coal train accelerates through Walbridge, Ohio on a clear June morning.

Squeezed by the highway on one side and the U-Haul facilities on the other, CSX Q137 rolls right through the heart of Cuyahoga Falls, OH. The growing Northeast Ohio suburb is split by the tracks, ... (more)