As the sun peeks over the horizon, the B&O signal bridge at South Deshler stands guard.
Eastbound UPS train 218 highballs past the old grain elevator at the tiny town of Raber on the ex-Nickel Plate.
The "Spirit of Cumberland" leads southbound Q507 past the north end of Wapakoneta siding on a crystal clear morning.
The lead engine on eastbound 16K does it's best ALCo impression as the train passes the west end of double track at DA.
With a pair of I&O's ex-CP SD40-2s leading, the 401 train passes Hoy Cemetary north of Malinta in sweet evening light.
As the evening shadows lengthen, a westbound empty grain train passes the run-down elevator at Scott's Crossing.
An empty grain train for Hamlet, IN, is about to duck under US 224 as Old Glory waves in the light breeze. The top of the county courthouse can be seen in the background as well.
Passing a veritable forest of B&O CPL signals, a northbound grain train is about to exit the Toledo Sub. for points east.
An extra 234 train splits the Nickel Plate signals at MP 321.9 on a gorgeous spring morning.
As the rising sun burns off the last of the fog, the Capitol Limited barrels west under the former DT&I. To the far left a catenary pole from the Toledo & Indiana interurban line can be seen.
A westbound stack train bursts out of the foggy sunrise on the west side of Deshler.
Q507 accelerates out of the siding after a meet.
Who's railroad is this, anyway?! An NS unit in Conrail paint leads Q200 east at Auburn Junction, passing an ethanol train in the siding with a pair of NS units for power.
With a pair of former Conrail units in charge, 19K races south across the relatively flat section of the Marion Branch between Leesburg & Milford.
Eastbound stacks approach the SR 15 overpass west of Claypool on a fine spring day.