Ah, the variety there used to be in Cincy. The DT&I came in on trackage rights ending up at Southern's Ludlow terminal. Often they were kinda highjacked to shove trains up the short but steep gr... (more)
The DT&I X 717 Wagon Top Box Car is one the Last surviving pieces of DT&I rolling stock to exist. This car is especially rare because of the Wagon Top Design. Built By Bethlehem Steel in 1937 t... (more)
I guess it's GTW at this point. For a solid color this last paint scheme is pretty good. Photo by Dave Petke, from my collection.
Back when GTW had trackage rights into the Cincinnati area it was common to see their units here and on pushers up Erlanger hill. I wonder if CN still technically has those rights. Photo by Dave... (more)
Photo by Tony Vanier, from my collection.
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton RR caboose 101 brings up the rear of a westbound empty hopper train at Ashland Ohio.
Campbell Soup was the biggest customer on DT&I's branch between Malinta and Napoleon. By the time of this photo, the branch - which at one time had been DT&I's mainline - was on its last legs.
Built in 1937, this Detroit, Toledo & Ironton round roof was near the end of its career in 1981, seen here in Lima, Ohio.
The DT&I crew leaves their small yard and heads for the Campbell Soup plant across the Maumee River. That's the N&W they are about to cross. In the background a DT&I reefer sits on the interchan... (more)
Tom Golden photo.
A pair of DT&I Geeps are traversing south from the former C&EI east onto GTW rails. Tom Golden photo.
A Detroit, Toledo & Ironton PS2 covered hopper rolls through Reading, Pennsylvania.
We came across this Vanderbilt tender in M/W service in the Detroit Toledo & Ironton yard in Lima, Ohio. I’m not sure of its lineage, but I haven’t found a photo of a DT&I locomotive with a ma... (more)
A Detroit, Toledo & Ironton train rolls south through Lima, Ohio.
