Shelly Materials 321, ex-DM&IR SDM 321 at Kent, Ohio. December 12, 2009. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

CSX 6142, with D763, along the Cuyahoga River at Kent, Ohio. December 12, 2009. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

Eastbound Manifest bounding thru Kent, OH 5285 seems to lack symmetry with its number boards.

B&O/CSXT Westbound on the Akron Mainline/New Castle Subdivision.

CSXT Westbound Coke Train on the New Subdivision, photo date approximate.

CSX train Q137 rolls westbound through downtown Kent, Ohio on its long but scenic trek from Baltimore to Chicago. The former Atlantic & Great Western depot, now the El Treno restaurant, is visible... (more)

A CSX container train hustles under the W&LE at Kent OH.

The obligatory Kent depot shot had a nice surprise with the second unit, 8536, one of only 14 SD50-3 left on the roster.

The 13 year old paint job is still holding up well on this former DMIR SD18m at Shelly Materials in Kent, Ohio. Here, the engine waits for another day's work under a waxing crescent moon.

The daily local that switches local industries in Solon heads back to Brittain yard.

A CSX intermodal train passes below downtown Kent, OH on a perfect October afternoon. The train rolls by the Franklin Mills Riveredge Park, which sits across the Cuyahoga River as the parks visito... (more)

CSX Q016-23 with 1776 on the lead and 911 as a DPU finally make it through Kent, Ohio.

A trio of BNSF units in the railroad's "Heritage II" paint scheme lead grain train G089 eastbound through scenic downtown Kent, Ohio. Above the train is the former Atlantic & Great Western depot t... (more)

Q137 rolls through scenic downtown Kent, Ohio and beneath the former Atlantic & Great Western depot which now houses a Mexican restaurant. Out of frame at left is the very photogenic Kent waterfal... (more)

An eastbound hopper train rolls along the Cuyahoga River through Kent, Ohio on a beautiful spring day in May of 2016. This was one of the last times I would ever shoot a CSX C40-8 as the entire fl... (more)