This is about as close as one can get to photographing anything from the location of the old CR 75 bridge that crossed the CSX Garrett Sub between St. Joe, IN and Hicksville, OH. During our visit ... (more)

Another cloudless morning greets us on our journey across western Ohio as we stop at the Crossroads Park in Deshler. It was certainly a busy morning at that. At one point during the morning, all t... (more)

A pair of BNSF EMDs bring some coal loads east through the farm fields of western Ohio on a cool spring morning.

It's late in the evening at the west end of Defiance, OH on a beautiful spring evening. The only sounds are the passing traffic on the nearby county road 424, until the distant sound of a locomoti... (more)

During our jaunt across Indiana and Ohio, I made a point to stop at the location of the old CR 75 bridge that CSX closed and tore down. That decision was the best decision I made that entire trip ... (more)

Eastbound ethanol loads, led by a Dash-8, approach the overpass near Blue Grass Cut outside Kimmell, IN on a beautiful spring morning.

The sun is minutes away from falling behind the trees as westbound stack train Q102 blows through Blue Island Junction.

The long awaited train of the day!! CSX autorack train Q209 creeps through the interlocking just west of the Ohio state line in St. Joe, IN with UP Olympic Torch SD70M 2002 as the sole unit.

A single UP SD70ACe leads autoracks through the busy Blue Island Junction in the late afternoon. In the short three hours we spent here, this location proved to be rather busy on both CSX and IHB,... (more)

It's late in the evening and the sun is not far from setting as a UP stack train working Global 3 pulls forward to make a double. The expansive yard can be seen in the distance along the horizon.

A rather new UP SD70ACe leads a stack train westbound through Rochelle. Stack trains and coal trains seem to be the predominant traffic through Rochelle on UP, with occasional manifest and autorac... (more)

Five BNSF units lead a westbound Z train under the CB&Q era signal bridge just west of the diamonds in Rochelle, IL on a splendid spring evening. This was the only BNSF westbound we saw during our... (more)

UP 6800 leads an empty coal train across the BNSF Aurora Sub and under the signals guarding the diamonds on a gorgeous spring afternoon.

Westbound coal empties snake around the base of the mountain, approaching the signal at the east end of Quinnimont. The view up here, located in Grandview State Park, is quite exceptional!

A westbound manifest sits shut down and tied down on main one at Pine Junction in Gary, IN on CSX's Chicago Line. In the short time we were here, the train did receive a recrew, but was still wait... (more)