This is my first CSX ES44AC sighting. The sound these units and the helpers made was absolutely amazing!

Metra 205 prepares to shove another inbound train towards Chicago, and RP contributor Brian "Brain" Smith gets a side shot of 205.

Q508 starts to turn the corner at Deshler to heads towards Toledo. By the time he gets to the north end of town, the sun will be completely gone.

Crossing 1 to 2 at East Deshler.

Rolling in a sea of soybeans...

Metra 187 shoves an inbound train towards Chicago after stopping in Downers Grove.

IORY 400 rolls south through the western Ohio town of Rosewood.

Shoving U836 up through the tunnel.

Crossing the Diamond in Deshler while a fellow fan watches.

A southbound CSX freight passes over Covington after departing Queensgate Yard across the Ohio River in Cincinnati.

Q500 with a ex-Conrail leader slows for traffic ahead at Deshler.

Q339 comes around the southeast wye while a railfan grabs his shots, and ballast train W065 waits up on the north side of town.

Crossing the NS Huntington District at St. Joe

Amtrak 49 is running a few minutes late this morning, having just passed NS train 358 at Pettisville.