Rolling north over the Portage river on their way west NS 864 is about to fly over the NS Chicago main and then take the Oak Harbor connection to join it.
Now just west of the lowest point on the mainline in the Cuyahoga Valley, ahead of Q394 lies an uphill battle from Akron "Hill" Yard to the former site of "East XN Siding."
Almost to the end of the long bridge that runs over the Scioto River, and the low area next to the river, the 233 with UP power trailing heads though Waverly in the late afternoon.
The westbound NS 852 makes its way through Kingston, heading over the State Route 159 overpass, with a former Conrail Dash 8, that really needs a new coat of paint, trailing.