Once host to two locals and regular coal trains, Norfolk Southern's Michigan City Branch now sees only the Argos - based L43. A sunny mid-April morning finds the train clumping across the former ... (more)

Under a spectacular cloudy sunrise, I&O's 400 train waits for a new crew south of Hamler.

I&O's Lima - Delta Turn crew brings the 400 train south across the chilly waters of the Maumee River on a Sunday morning. The colorful locomotive consist includes FEC 506 and CF&E 3883 in the tra... (more)

Northbound J772 splits the semaphores at Smedley on a perfect May afternoon in a scene not likely to be repeated anytime soon.

Viewed between the wires of the still-active code line, the southbound signal at Smedley glows in the sun. On this day, there won't be too much longer to wait for a train to call "Clear Smedley,"... (more)

With a long string of containers and trailers in tow, two CSX GEs roar east past the crossovers at Holgate.

Enroute to Olean, the Hornell Turn cruises alongside Andover Pond with eight cars in tow. Click here for a video.

An empty Detroit Edison coal train rolls southward on former C&O rails north of Pemberville.

A light snow is falling as a leased NYSW SD70M leads Indiana & Ohio's 400 train through the S-curve at Gallup. All three of the "bumblebees" are currently stored on the NECR in Vermont.

Built for the DT&I in 1973 as their #420, GTW 6420 keeps company with an even older DT&I veteran at Flat Rock. The boxcar in the backround was built in the 1930's and is now used by the car depar... (more)

Bound for Flat Rock, an extra job heads south across the diamond at Penford on the former DT&I. The massive concrete arches are remnants of the short-lived electrification of this stretch of trac... (more)

The early morning sun has just begun to shine through the trees as I&O's Lima-Delta turn re-enters home rails at DT&I Junction a couple miles north of their destination.

Their work day drawing to a close, the crew of I&O's "Lima North Local" share a lighthearted moment while switching out their train.

"Racing the Sunrise" With less than two hours left to work, the crew of I&O's Lima-Delta turn highballs south towards Lima.

34N is eastbound across the Sandusky Bay causeway on a sunny fall evening. Despite the warm temperatures we've enjoyed all day, a chilly breeze is blowing in off of the lake, stirring the branche... (more)