I&O train 400 can be seen rolling through rural Michigan woods after a meet with CN at Diann and a wait for a maintainer to fix the switch at the South end of the siding. They're moving good now ... (more)

I&O train 400 can be seen in its entirety rolling Southwest through rural Michigan on its way toward Delta, Ohio. It actually has an IORY painted unit and is rolling along pretty quick.

Leaving Hamler in a cloud of blue diesel exhaust, 4082 heads north with an empty unit train for the elevator at Metamora. The track to the right is the spur for Crop Production Services, whose sn... (more)

An empty grain train for Metamora passes through a stereotypical midwestern scene. The humidity of a typical Ohio summer morning is also making itself known, even at this early hour.

Under a moonlit and star - filled sky, a pair of I&O's ex-CP SD40-2s pump air back to our 8200' train.

Solitude in an SD40-2; as I wait for the conductor to walk the air test.

A single SD40-2 leads a southbound grain train across the Maumee River south of Liberty Center on the former DT&I.

The harvest is over for most fields in this area. Now the process of hauling the grain to market begins.

With the second cut of grain cars in tow, the Delta South Local crew pulls across the CSX diamond before shoving into the east transfer at Hamler.

Nikon N80, 75-300/4.5-5.6 AF Nikkor, Fuji Provia 100

N80, 75-300/4.5-5.6 AF Nikkor lens, Fuji Provia 100