With word that the S&A was leading 20Q, I made an impromptu run out to the nearest spot from home, Rootstown, to catch it. Some stone piles here make for a nice elevated vantage point.
Wheeling's 711 stone train is tied-down at Rock Cut siding in Akron behind one of Wheeling's most recent acquisitions - an ex-GATX motor. A couple years ago and the trailing unit, 6384, would've b... (more)
72X builds it's train in the harbor at Ashtabula in a brief moment of sunlight on a chilly autumn evening. The elusive (for this area, anyway) Conrail heritage unit is in trail.
24Z finds a pocket of sunlight as it rushes east through the Lake Street crossing in Ravenna, Ohio, the good looking (but dirty) Virginian heritage unit leading the way.
After a long day of unloading stone at the Shelly Materials plant in Kent, the K920 awaits a CSX crew to take it west to Willard and ultimately Carey, Ohio.