The opening of CSX's North Baltimore terminal has brought some changes to the former B&O across northern Indiana and Ohio, exemplified by this stack train with a pair of BNSF units leading the way... (more)

A well-worn standard cab Dash-8 leads a westbound metallurgic coal train bound for the mills of Gary, Indiana.

This scene along Conneaut Creek is anything but peaceful as three Bessemer workhorses pull a loaded ore train out of the docks after bringing an empty train north earlier this morning. This was th... (more)

K311's pair of SD40-2's struggle to get their heavy coke train over the crest of Hicksville Hill as they pass under the ancient wooden bridge carrying CR 75 over the Garrett Sub.

In the final moments of sunlight, a quartet of EMD's power K634 east near Delaware Bend.

A matched pair of SD70ACe's lead Powder River bound empties through the sweeping curve at milepost 92 on the former B&O.

The calendar says it's a little past fall peak in the valley, but the trees say otherwise. Here, southbound iron ore loads roar through Oneida with a Bessemer cantilever signal and ancient pole li... (more)

Three classic EMD products are pulling for all their worth as they grind out of Conneaut with a heavy train of iron ore in tow.

After turning the corner in Deshler and meeting northbound Q272, the hogger of Q231 throttles up at South Deshler with a clear path to a crew change in Lima ahead.

This BC Rail GE seems a little out of place leading a short pig train through the flatlands of northwestern Ohio. Regardless, BCOL 4649 is the sole power for I05 (an extra section of 205) as they ... (more)

Southbound 19K roars uphill through a sea of corn and soybeans as the train climbs away from North Manchester. It's scenes like this that keep me coming back to the Marion Branch.

With 96 cars at the drawbar, this westbound Indiana Northeastern freight passes the distant signal for the switch at Pergo where the IN ties into Norfolk Southern's Huntington District. Freshly re... (more)

Westbound Q175 passes a barn west of Holgate on their trip to Chicago behind a pair of BNSF GE's.

A pair of Fauxbonnets and a Horsehead bring Q393 into Defiance on a warm fall afternoon.

A pair of red and silver SD75I's and a Norfolk Southern Dash-9 are in command of a monster Q393 as they roll west out of Holgate.