The westbound NS 852 makes its way through Kingston, heading over the State Route 159 overpass, with a former Conrail Dash 8, that really needs a new coat of paint, trailing.

Rounding the curve, and coming out from US 23, all 4 engines on this long coal train work hard to keep the train up to speed as it heads up the grade.

With a rapidly growing healthy crop of corn growing in the foreground, the NS 274 continues its eastbound trip on the Columbus District.

The NS 862 rolls through the Emerson Rd crossing, as the storm clouds begin to roll in.

About to enter Lucasville, a westbound grain train parallels US 23, with the good Southern Ohio scenery in the background.

The NS 862 rounds the bend and passes by the Scioto County Sheriff's Department, as it heads west through Portsmouth.

A former Conrail Dash 8 with a beat up BNSF nose door provides the power for a short work train past the signals at Lunbeck.

Shortly after departing Rickenbacker, the 233 heads by the only spot that still has light making it to the track, as it runs parallel to Obetz-Reese Rd.

With a rapidly growing crop of corn in the foreground, the NS 852 with a ES40DC leading, and a beat up former Conrail Dash 8 trailing, head through the Delano Rd grade crossing, with some Southern... (more)

The NS 274 heads east over the long bridge over the Kinnikinnick Creek and State Route 180.

Heading around the bend, out of downtown, on the Western Branch, the NS 578 heads under the Greenlawn Ave overpass, in the late evening.

A local sits by the old C&O signal bridge, as the conductor off to the right makes sure the switch to the siding is lined properly, before they shove off of the main, to switch out a warehouse.

The I&O head into Columbus on the Logan Sub, with the late evening light reflecting off the nose of the engine.

A SD40-2 leads this westbound empty Herzog ballast train, as it approaches the Musgrove Rd overpass, heading to Columbus on a very warm afternoon.

Passing behind a field of wheat, and the Keynes Brothers Elmwood Elevator, the NS 64A heads west on the Columbus District, with the last bit of sunlight for the day.