A firework from the city celebration pops as Q501's leader illuminates the cantilever at FC Tower. Leading the train was an HLCX SD40-2, recently re-activated for service on CSX due to power short... (more)

Q090, the eastbound Salad Shooter heads across the Maumee River at Delaware Bend between Sherwood and Defiance, Ohio

An eastbound train splits the 90.3 signals at US 24 on the West side of Defiance, OH

The Lucky Sevens Fauxbonnet is about to slam across the Maumee and Western diamonds at FC Tower as Maumee and Western 16 works the CSX Interchange in the background.

The MAW's former Illinois Central Paducah rebuild sits by the depot in Defiance on a quiet evening in the yard.

Q393 leans into the superelevated curve at East Defiance behind a colorful lashup of UP, BNSF, and CSX power.

Passing by a old farm house that has seen countless trains and even the steam to diesel transition, CSXT 7861 & CSXT 379 head eastbound on loaded ethonal train K67618 as it knocks down the signal ... (more)

As CN SD60F makes a rare appearance on the Garrett Sub as a leader on an eastbound ethanol train at West Standley, East of Defiance, Ohio. You can see me taking this shot along with my completely... (more)

Westbound Q387 passes the concrete B&O marker for milepost 82 on the Garrett Subdivision.

A CN "Draper Taper" leads K653 past the B&O concrete milepost as RP contributor Brent Kneebush grabs his shot.

Q137 rolls by the signal at East Defiance led by CSX 9000, the class unit of the CSX Dash-9's. This engine has to be one of the cleanest YN2 diesels I've seen in a long time.

Defiance area yard/local job Y101 is heading across town to work Omnisource and the Maumee & Western interchange as it cruises across the Auglaize River with a rare MP15T for power. This job norm... (more)

Q386 storms east through Defiance, Ohio

Running rather late, Q509 enters Defiance and will soon do some work in the yard before heading to Garrett.

Westbound stacks stretch out through Standley with another pair of mismatched GE's, a common theme on CSX.