After stopping in Holgate for congestion ahead to clear, Q135 gets back on the move west of town.

Amidst a barrage of westbounds, G345 slowly rolls up to the intermediate signals at milepost 78 on the Garrett Sub, running hot on the tail of T913 and K381.

As the westbounds stack up, T913 rides the approach blocks with a nice leader.

A very short Q135 blasts through Standley Township as they approach Defiance.

A loaded coke train blasts through the countryside west of Holgate on a beautiful evening.

The usual BNSF power leads western coal loads towards Defiance on a beautiful June morning.

On a gorgeous morning, N850 passes the defect detector at milepost 93 and approaches Tittle Road. In a few minutes this train will pass through Defiance.

Coal dust blows from the tops of the loaded cars as the train makes it's way west between Holgate and Defiance.

Because of Q389's dilemma the night before, several trains were running on late or alternate schedules on this day. Q135 was one of them, running instead as L135.

The engineer aboard this former Conrail EMD throttles up as his train has cleared the wye in Deshler and with Q340 tucked into the siding at Leipsic, they now have a clear path ahead of them.

The crew relaxes with a small snack while waiting for Q340 to clear the path their train will take in just a few moments. CSXT 2497, the last Conrail painted SD50 variant, is second out in the las... (more)

A former Conrail EMD leads 5 other CSXT locomotives south on Q339, which has just entered the Toledo Sub.

A pair of SD40-2's, one hailing from the Iowa Chicago & Eastern, lead an empty ethanol train west on a beautiful afternoon in the Corn City.

Our patience pays off as the parade begins. Q149 is the first of three westbounds we would catch in a 30 minute span after nothing happened for nearly 2 hours.

A former Conrail GE leads a long Q389 into Holgate on a brilliant afternoon on the Garrett Sub.