A pair of 80MAC's make it back to their old stomping grounds on the Chicago main in Toledo!

Meet me at the signals! NS 205 is heading west on 1 while 418 approaches eastbound on 2 with a well timed meet at the 285 westbound signal bridge.

NS 14Q usually doesn't get into Toledo until evening - so seeing it at mid-day going through Vickers is unusual. It turns out it's really the prior day's 14Q running pretty late. The power combo... (more)

After leading empty ethanol train 69Q west from NJ the cab signal leader is being cut off in Toledo leaving the DME 6072 / ICE 6421 / CP 5833 trio to continue the trip west to Chicago.

NS 418 rolls east through Vickers with a set of BNSF 70MAC's on the point.

BNSF 5111 leads an eastbound intermodal train under the vintage signals protecting the NS/CSX diamonds at Vickers Junction near Toledo, Ohio.

When 69Q left Cleveland these two units were facing the other way and led by a SD70 - after some re-arranging in Toledo the train is under way again at Vickers ready to continue West.

NS 20E rarely has foreign power but today's edition features a UP unit trailing as a couple track inspectors give it a roll by at 285.

A maintenance worker just lit off the pot to initiate a weld on track 2 of the Chicago Mainline.

A second section of 18A is heading eastbound through Vickers with a late dash 9 leading on this sunny winter day.

An overpowered 15N pops out from behind another manifest tied down in the sidding with four big horses leading today's parade - NS 2534, 8355, 2547 and 9588.

Preparing to depart Toledo there was some confusion about this train - the dispatcher showed it as an empty unit train but the crew reported loads at the head end. The Toledo yard car department ... (more)

NS 15Q heads westbound into Toledo witha GP60/SD40-2 lashup that looks rather retro for the Chicago line as they roll past the old farmhouse near Vickers.

Not the most attractive old farmhouse but this rental house sure sees a lot of trains across the farmfields at Vickers!

NS 184 rolls through Vickers on their way to Bellevue.