Ohio Central 1293 at Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

With both OC units paired up finally, the LNL comes south out of Hamler with 5,100 feet of train. The entire consist was: OC 4030, 4028, CF&E 3889, and IORY 4084.

OC 4030 leads IORY 5012 and a short LNL into Leipsic to do some work before continuing on to Delta.

Two classic EMDs throttle up on the end of a BOT after loading all night.

OC 4023 brings up the rear of a loaded coal train as it crosses over the Muskingum River in Zanesville, Oh.

After Kyle Ori and I struck out on the Cambridge Turn, we got word about a loaded coal train coming north out of Glouster. Here is the tail end of the train passing through the small town of Crook... (more)

OHCR 4028 rumbles across the NKP at Leipsic with an SD45R in SP paint trailing. This is one of the better consists I've seen on the IORY in awhile and a chase was necessary today.

You may have seen my shot of the trip north to Delta, but that doesn't compare to the awesomeness of the return trip. This was the last stop of our chase. Here Z867 cruises south splitting the B&O... (more)

Exsersizing trackage rights over CSX between Leipsic and Lima, a southbound extra I&O LNL splits the B&O CPL's at MP 153.5 behind one of the borrowed Ohio Central SD40-2's and the I&O's former Sou... (more)

Ohio Central must have been desperate for power in a hurry because this old warhorse was pressed into service without so much as a "Rustoleum paint scheme". Here they are working a coal train at t... (more)

After a runaround move, the crew on the Ohio Central Directors Special starts to pull out on the main prior to backing about a 1/2 mile west to board passengers. Today's special would run from Col... (more)

The former B&O main from Columbus to Pittsburgh still gets traffic from Zanesville to Cambridge in the form of this short local lead by one of two Ohio Central painted Super-7's.

The former B&O main from Columbus to Pittsburgh still gets traffic from Zanesville to Cambridge in the form of this short local lead by one of two Ohio Central painted Super-7's.