The MPIPB departs Villa Grove with some nice power on the head end and third out.
A southbound NS freight passes through a time warp, with the classic Southern signal showing its age around its Borg technology descendants.
Even though it’s still on borrowed time, the former Southern Railway cantilever signal continues to stand tall and control trains passing through the 32nd street interlocking such as this aftern... (more)
Southbound thru downtown Watsontown.
A pair of EMD SD70s lead a loaded PPLX coal train under the PRR position signals at Mile 254.7.
The 17M rounds the bend and continues its westbound uphill trip on the Columbus District.
NS 51G gets a green signal to depart Marion Ohio, but shortly after would have to go into emergency due to a computer malfunction.
A grain train rounds the bend, and passes the grain elevators Plymouth sitting on the snow covered siding in Waldo.
68Q scrambles upgrade through a frozen Bloomsbury with NS 2596, NS 8822, DME 6094, and NREX 6309.
22K snakes its way through downtown Cleveland on the old NKP with a pretty cool lash up for all NS on an intermodal...elephant style SD70M's...and a dash nine.
The code line for the CSX Columbus Line Sub. separates the CSX ROW from the NS Sandusky District, as NS 116 heads west in the late evening light.
A short trailer train passes a track inspector who was cleaning up the right of way before the F-units were scheduled to come by.
An interesting effect occurs when panning an eastbound while a westbound moves at speed in the background.
At first light the daily 145 makes her way west toward Bellevue Ohio.
Loaded slab train passes old molten metal pots now stored awaiting an uncertain fate. Mittal announced closing of the "hot end" of the plant in Dec. 2005 bringing to an end the need of these ladle... (more)