Amtrak 48, the Lakeshore Limited, heads east into the rising sun in knocking down signal 126 on the CSX Erie West Sub.

2 ex Conrails are in charge of the switching duties at the NS Ashtabula Harbor Yard in yet another round of lake effect snow from Lake Erie.

Engines and empty hoppers fill this section of Ashtabula Harbor in the early morning hours. Along with NS 5050 are two SD60s (NS 6674 and ?) and a GP38-2 (NS 5213).

Listing slightly (probably due to a low spot in the yard tracks) #5213 gives the impression of a tired worker taking a break on this Saturday holiday.

A lone Gevo plays peek-a-boo in a sea of hoppers along side of the Lake Erie coast.

An EMD GP38-2 high nose rests in the NS Harbor Yard, awaiting it's next assignments.

After sitting all day about 50 yards north (toward Lake Erie in the background) of their location in this photo, a crew got on this set of 80MAC's just to move them one track to the right to coupl... (more)

During the first major snow storm of the year in northeast Ohio, NS’s Ashtabula Harbor is all but still as a lone high hood GP38-2 and mate sit idle in the blowing snow and near 55 mph winds. No... (more)

A southbound empty coal train departs NS's Ashtabula Harbor with an ex-Conrail SD50 leader that seems to be burning just a little oil.

A westbound mixed freight passes an old New York Central depot and the signal guarding the entrance to NS's Youngstown line from CSX's Buffalo Connecting Track. At present day, the old depot is us... (more)

A couple of unexpected locomotives in the form of SD80MAC's sit coupled to a string of coal hoppers at Ashtabula Harbor, if anyone is interested, the second 80MAC is the 7207.

Norfolk & Western 611 on the wye in Ashtabula, OH as it gets set to return to Buffalo, NY with the railfan special The Lake Erie Limited.

CSX 5420 heads east past CSX's Ashtabula Yard.

Still sporting it's Conrail colors, CSX 4449 is seen pushing a string of freight cars from the mainline to CSX's Ashtabula yard.