Knowing that this trestle is set for replacement made me want to make a trip back before it was gone. The NS 22K went by me in Vermilion, and I was able to get a shot of him a few hours later at t... (more)

The NS 15M, with the Interstate Heritage unit leading, heads west across the Conneaut Creek Trestle in Conneaut, Ohio. This bridge is slated for replacement sometime in the next year.

Kids & Dinos & Trains? Oh My! On Sunday, May 22, 2022, the Cincinnati Railway / LM&M Railroad made a special qualifying run for new Conductor Trainees on the I&O's Mason Subdivision, seen here pas... (more)

This unfortunate crew picked up their train ( which consisted entirely of bare tables ) only to find that they had no horn. This meant they had to stop and flag every single crossing for about 25 ... (more)

All that remain of a group of TFM SD40-2 is their cabs as they rust away at the Larry's Truck and Electric facility in Lordstown, Ohio. Photograph taken with special permission from LTEX.

Baldwin AS-16's 6206 (1600hp) and 6202 (1500hp), two of 16 owned by B&O. The second unit 6202 was the first BLW AS-16's built on a DRS-4-4-15 cast underframes. Beginning in October 1953 BLW AS-... (more)

CVSR 6777 leads the northbound evening "Steam in the Valley" excursion train as it prepares to duck beneath the Alexander Road overpass just outside of Independence, Ohio.

Spring flowers are in full bloom along the tracks of the Ohio Central, as a pair of GE Super 7's lead the westbound return of the Cambridge Job through Sonora, Ohio and towards the yard in Zanesvi... (more)

An I&O Railway stone train traverses the former C&O/Hocking Valley Railway line to Logan, OH during a thunderstorm.

An I&O Railway stone train traverses the former C&O/Hocking Valley Railway line to Logan, OH during a thunderstorm.

B&O Eastbound (CR Northbound) passing Conrail's South Akron Yard on the shared Conrail-B&O Akron Branch.

Our eight year old daughter (and potential future railfan) Naomi exchanges waves with the Engineer of CSX train Q361-15 as it crosses the Great Miami River in Hamilton on the former B&O Indianapol... (more)

Old Diesels and Fallen Flags

Indiana Harbor Belt 8739 rusts away in the company of Conrail and Wisconsin Central locomotives on a cold and rainy night at the Larry's Truck ... (more)

A winter storm is clearing the area as UP 2302 sits at the Larry's Truck and Electric facility in Lordstown, Ohio. Photograph taken with special permission from LTEX.

The NS 315 makes a golden hour trip across the Vermilion River, on it's way to Bellevue, Ohio.