With the lead unit missing a numberboard (note the duct tape in its place) and the middle unit doing it's best impression of a steam locomotive, this Union Pacific manifest winds its way west on t... (more)

Freshly painted and looking good, CCET 2806 rests in the sun at the CCET's Ancor Terminal in Newtown. 2806 is one of nine GP49's originally built for the Alaska Railroad, and still carries her ARR... (more)

The crew of NS local freight TS29 rides the back of former Conrail caboose CR 21312 as they shove down the Dubois Chemical Spur in Sharonville, headed back to the NS Dayton District mainline.

On a gloomy 1st morning of Spring that definitely fits the somber mood, the final Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Train to visit the Queen City of Cincinnati pauses in a downpour at t... (more)

A couple of local kids take a big risk by cutting across the tracks in front of CSX J767 at Decoursey Avenue in Latonia. I was waiting to photograph the train splitting the signals when these 2 hu... (more)

The Bluegrass Railroad Museum's freshly repainted Illinois Central Gulf GP8 #7738 wheels engine lite across an old wooden trestle at Trackside Farm, just west of Versailles, Kentucky on Labor Day ... (more)

A CSX Bay Window Caboose brings up the rear of train Y104-25 as it passes under the ancient tell-tales for the Eighth Street Viaduct on the Cincinnati Industrial Track, which at one time was part ... (more)

Class Act by a Class 1: It's not everyday that you will find Class 1 freight locomotives on a passenger train, much less on a tourist train! However, for the two weekend annual visit of Thomas the... (more)

The Clark County Fire Department greets Clinchfield 800 and C&O 2716 with a water salute as they approach Main Street in Downtown Winchester. Kudos again to the fine folks at CSX, the Kentucky Ste... (more)

No, that's not a pair of railroad crossing gates in the foreground. Rather, it's a unique way to block off the street if there is flooding and the floodgates are closed. In the background, however... (more)

In a classic branchline scene, CF&E 3889 wheels the I&O Brookville Local through "downtown" Cedar Grove, passing an abandoned grain elevator on the weed-overgrown former NYC Whitewater Division.

The crew of NS local freight TS29 rides the back of former Conrail caboose CR 21312 as they shove down the Dubois Chemical Spur in Sharonville, headed back to the NS Dayton District mainline.

My three daughters are all decked out in matching dresses to greet the Heritage Highball Special with the Clinchfield 800 and C&O 2716 at the South Switch of Sloan Siding near Irvine, KY. Kudos to... (more)

A side profile of the freshly painted Cincinnati East Terminal Railway GP49 2806 (ex-ARR 2806) as it rests at the CCET facility in Newtown on a mild summer evening in the Ohio River Valley.

On September 2, 2018, the Cincinnati Scenic Railway, operators of the Lebanon Mason & Monroe Railroad and the Ohio Rail Experience, unveiled the completion of their latest project: the restoration... (more)