The lights burn in the old Wabash Depot, now the Maumee and Western Office in Defiance, Ohio. The long unused elevator in the background is currently being prepped for demolition.

Maumee and Western 16 slowly leaves Defiance in her wake at a crawl as she takes her train East towards Napoleon, Ohio. The brush and bramble is not just the camera angle, it is really what the li... (more)

T926 brings Appalachian Coal west at Deshler, Ohio on the CSX Garrett Sub.

Q171 swings around the Curve at Milepost 92 West of Defiance, Ohio with Chicago bound, stacks in tow. The BNSF Power is stalwart on this North Baltimore-Chicago Train.

Q171 led by two BNSF ES44C4s passes Q500 at East Hamler, between Hamler and Deshler, Ohio on the CSX Garrett Sub.

CNUR 5 works the Johns Manville Plant in Defiance, Ohio on the Maumee and Western. The old industrial building just lends itself well to a cold, drab, rainy day.

Q241 has CN power today as it heads south Towards Cincinnati on the CSX Toledo Sub. Here it crests Botkins Hill, any water that falls south of those signals goes to the Gulf of Mexico while anyth... (more)

There are rails in that mess somewhere as MAW 16 still in full IC Death Star lettering and paint heads west toward the CSX interchange in Defiance while a farmer works feverishly with his Case Int... (more)

Death Star meets Yellowbonnet and it's not in Illinois. MAW 16 and CNUR 5 are both getting use today as the engineer hops from locomotive to locomotive to complete moves at the MAW yards in Defia... (more)

Q168 heads west overly what was until very recently Main St. in Hamler, Ohio

Sometimes you just get lucky. I was on the phone with My Dad while getting ahead of G691 before it backed up into the siding at Hamler to drop off it's train when this rainbow just popped out of n... (more)

25T a Canadian Pacific train running on trackage rights over the Norfolk Southern Chicago line, passes under the Indiana 327 Bridge at Corunna, Indiana

NS 366 and it's ever elusive Catfish leader disregards the stop sign at Center Street in Warsaw as it heads South on Hickory Street in Warsaw. Street running has become a rare thing these days.

Norfolk Southern 366 negotiates the Quasi Street Running in Goshen, Indiana as it comes of the Chicago line and onto the Marion Branch

Canadian Pacific train W3T exercises trackage rights on the Norfolk Southern Chicago line at Corunna, Indiana behind 3 Soo Line SD60's.