A clean GP30 slug/mother pair lead empty racks north on the former B&O at South Deshler.

With sunset fast approaching, an eastbound rack train stretches out through the long dip between Miller City and Leipsic on the former NKP mainline through northwest Ohio.

Right place, right time. Not long before sunrise, the sky is ablaze with color as a westbound coal drag rolls across the former B&O mainline to Chicago.

A group of Alco's await the call to service on a chilly morning in Scranton.

The Worthville Turn rolls past three distinctive tobacco barns and through the sweeping curve at Sparta on their return trip from Cincinnati.

An eastbound grain train crosses the CSX Toledo Branch at Dunkirk, passing the tower that once controlled the interlocking.

Breaking up the monotony of GE widecabs, two leased EMD's provide the muscle for Q365, pounding the diamond at Leipsic Junction and passing under the soon-to-be-replaced CPL's guarding the NKP/B&O... (more)

Southbound Q339 pulls out of the siding at South Ottawa behind an oddball lashup consisting of a former Burlington Northern SD70MAC, a NS Dash 9, a CSX MP15DC, and a CEFX AC44.

A pair of leased EMD's roll J767 across the impressive trestle at Independence, KY, along the former L&N "Short Line."

A sunny spring morning finds northbound Q296 taking a stroll up Main Street in La Grange, KY, with a former L&N SD40-2 leading the way on home rails.

A frigid evening in Miller City finds Norfolk Southern's "Honoring our Veterans" unit leading 17K west across the former Nickel Plate mainline to Chicago, passing the soon to be replaced... (more)

Led by a former Rio Grande SD40T-2, the W&LE's eastbound train from Toledo splits the searchlights at "Fremont" as they approach downtown and the bridge over the Sandusky River.

With their two former Denver & Rio Grande SD40T-2's leading, the eastbound W&LE freight from Toledo rolls over the Portage River in Oak Harbor on a beautiful Sunday evening.

The systemwide power crunch of 2014 has seen droves of leasers returning to CSX, offering railfans a little throwback to the early 2000's when seemingly every other train had leased power somewher... (more)

Silhouetted against a rising moon, the southbound signal at North Deshler shows a Medium Approach Slow indication for the approaching Q509. The B&O CPL's here will soon be replaced as part of an i... (more)