As the last light of day fades, westbound coal loads get back under way after stopping for a crew change in Mansfield yard.

Thanksgiving morning brought a treat in the form of two PRLX engines wearing ATSF paint leading eastbound Q106 across central Ohio. Here it is seen slowing down to work the intermodal facility on ... (more)

An eastbound manifest illuminates the classic search light signal at H26.6 as the day draws to an end.

Eastbound freight 12V has a rolling meet with westbound coal train 776 at "Wandle" on the former PRR mainline. Shots like these are hard to come by given the current traffic volume and p... (more)

A loaded oil train grinds uphill as it knocks down the signal at CP-Mohican.

As the peak fall colors draw to a close in central Ohio, a southbound manifest exits the single track at Hyatts on the former C&O.

Special passenger movement 958 charges up hill into Perrysville and by the former 161.9 signals. These signals are no longer standing and I believe fellow RP contributor Anthony Randall and I are ... (more)

During a bitterly cold winter morning, the sun casts its first rays of light onto a classic C&O signal as a southbound grain train passes below. Sadly these signals are no longer standing.

When it first came out, NS 4001 spent most of its time on coal runs down towards NC. One day it slipped out and led a northbound grain train from NC to OH. Here it is on its first ever trip throug... (more)

A very rare leader splits the signals at MP 34.

A visitor from south of the border finds its way up to central Ohio on the head end of an ethanol train.

A quartet of EMDs shove on the end of a loaded coal train as fall colors peak on the mountain.

A rare SD60 still wearing SOO paint leads an eastbound oil train across the Fort Wayne Line at dusk.

A foreign visitor leads an ethanol train down the now infrequently used CSX Columbus Line (former Conrail Burt Line) and past the 118 signals. There are still plenty of G-type signals to be had on... (more)

It's 6:37 am as eastbound manifest 10E prepares to crossover from main 1 to 2 in Mansfield. This stretch of railroad is scattered with a landscape of PRR signals with the control points known as "... (more)