NS 178 from Detroit to Bellevue rolls east under the classic NYC signal bridge at Vickers with a nice set of EMD standard cabs, an SD70, SD40-2, GP38-2, SD70 combo.
Some fall color in Toledo.
NS 178 rolls into Fremont with a pair of GE's on the point.
Our chase of 178 with a rare set of SD80MAC's began at Vickers Junction, as the pair passes under the New York Central style signal bridge at CP 285.
SD80MAC's aren't all too common in the flat lands of Ohio anymore, so fellow RP contributor Aaron Border and I jumped on the chase. Here the pair is seen passing a patriotic barn north of Fremont.
178 passes the hulk of a Penn Central E8 as it eases into Bellevue...a study in contrast between different eras of EMD locomotive design.
On the return portion of their rare trip to Ohio and Michigan, this pair of NS SD80MAC's led mixed bag 178 down the Toledo District towards Bellevue. Once there, they will be sent back to the coal... (more)
A pair of 80MAC's make it back to their old stomping grounds on the Chicago main in Toledo!
Today's NS 178 is so short that after a short stop at 289 the Toledo Yard dispatcher decides to bring them down to park it on the 14 track by the depot since the new crew isn't on duty for another... (more)
Good friend Wyatt Heilman (A.K.A. Redhawk on RP) greets the crew on 178 as it eases into the town of Fremont with a pair of elephant-style GE's at the helm.
One of the many various rent-a-wrecks that NS has leased leads eastbound 178 into Fremont, passing the site that Pioneer Sugar's Fremont plant once called home.
NS 178 passes the Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum as it takes the Toledo Connection en route to the Bellevue Yard
With a BNSF leader, NS train 178 slowly comes off of the Toledo District in Bellevue.
There's plenty to see at the Mad River and Nickel Plate Museum in Bellevue, and even more to see on the NS mainline connecting Toledo and Bellevue.
