After sitting the entire 4th of July weekend at Garrett, Indiana, Q380-03 is finally headed east toward Selkirk, New York with one of the nicest consists I've seen this year. Altough, I must say t... (more)

The face of Berea is changing quickly, the old New York Central style signals (left) will soon be taken out of service giving way to the new ABS stop light style signals not yet cut in on the righ... (more)

Eastbound stacks pass the Brook Park RTA light rail station with Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in the background on a very comfortable Independence Day, 2009.

With the economy the way it is these days, 115 coal hoppers head for storage at CSX's Clark Yard on Cleveland's near west side. This section of railroad only see's four axle power, so, it is rare ... (more)

Sweet morning light.

Six Vale exports brought in by 145 await to head east on 326 eventually making their way to Nofolk for export to Brazil. The road numbers in this consist from right to left are 2008, 2001, 2010, 2... (more)

The daily Buffalo, NY to Bellevue, OH general merchandise with the power "elephant style" crosses The Cleveland Flats on a very comfortable June evening with the stone barge Cleveland Rocks docked... (more)

Due to tight shooting conditions and while waiting in line to get to the lit side of the 1218 during night shoot at the O. Winston Link Museum, I noticed this angle with The Wachovia Tower providi... (more)

An eastbound intermodal enters Collinwood Yard as two turnouts await installation at the west end of the yard.

With its work complete and fuel tanks topped off, eastbound Q380-05 departs Cleveland bound for Selkirk, New York.

The view from the "common room" at the Bridgeview Bed and Breakfast as a westbound general merchandise crosses the Susquehanna River on the impressive Rockville Bridge.

Westbound 11K creeps toward Rockport Yard on restricting signals, the power will be cut off and yarded for a recrew and work. The tracks on the left, under catanary, belong to the Cleveland Region... (more)

For the first time in quite a few years, a train makes it's way through The Big Cut, led by freshly painted FP7 243. At one time this was the highest class one rail line east of the Mississippi Ri... (more)

Shay 5 sits in the siding with a short log train as a Westen Maryland coal drag negotiates the horseshoe curve at the old ghost town of Spruce. Note, WM Shay 6 was in helper service on the rear of... (more)

The daily Buffalo, NY. to Bellevue, OH. general merchandise crosses the Cleveland Flats on the old Nickel Plate line, as noted by the faded NKP herald on the side of the bridge.