Half way to its destination, NS 408 loaded at the docks in Ashtabula, Ohio with ore, passes though Downtown Columbus on its way to AK Steel in Middletown, Ohio.

The sun comes out just long enough for me to get a shot of NS 117 sitting on the North Broadway overpass.

A NS coal train waits on Ohio Centrals main track for traffic ahead to clear up, before returning to native NS tracks Downtown.

With all the traffic on the NS Sandusky line, the rails are shiny as can be for shots like this.

Former N&W power leads a local over the Valley Crossing diamond on its way back into Watkins yard.

234 pulls out of Watkins yard past an old N&W signal that does not have much time left, as the new signals are already installed.

2533 leads its train out of Watkins Yard.

9832 leads his train slowly around one of a few curves as it heads into Downtown Columbus, as I stand off in the weeds.

9832 leads a very slow moving train down the NS Weber Connector into Downtown Columbus.

This train stopped on the end of the NS Weber Connector to wait for a signal to get though Downtown Columbus, the track to the left is CSX's Columbus Secondary.

Ohio Centrals daily headed into the NS Buckeye yard.

Leased power leads a empty CSX coal train headed for Parsons yard.

NS 305 with all BNSF power sits a few ft away from the Cooke Rd crossing, because it went in emergency, you can see the conductor walking the train about a quarter mile down, by the signal.

A NS Coal train is about to head East over the Ohio Central Panhandle line, but first they need to add more power behind the NS engines, OC generally keeps a few engines under the Joyce Ave overpa... (more)