34N rolls east through Toledo on a sunny July morning.
A nice posed shot during the Friday night photo session of the West Virginia festival featured Flagg Coal 75 (receiving some attention), New Hope Valley 17 and B&O 722.
Though many mainline trains aren't running, two hump jobs are working the hump at Bellevue on a sunny & hot fourth of July.
On the Thursday before the scheduled 7/5/10 diamond replacement at Galatea the 'big crane' is already in place along with the pre-fab diamonds ready to lift into place.
Rolling north over the Portage river on their way west NS 864 is about to fly over the NS Chicago main and then take the Oak Harbor connection to join it.
The West Virginia Rails festival offered the opportunity to get a cab-view peek of the engineer's seat of SBVR 181 with other SBVR units parked alongside.
A nearly 9 hour late Capitol Limited is heading into Cumberland through the narrows.
With no less than 6 units on the point S539 glides past the "Railfan Marriott" in Covington on its way south. The train is stretched out over the huge Ohio river bridge with the Cincy skyline in ... (more)
I love riding trains and I love taking pictures of them. Sometimes both come together. Thanks to SBVR for a great all day excursion to the festival.
Tank of gas for the drive down, $30, nice room with a view at the Radisson for a family vacation, $165/night, getting a northbound not blocked by a southbound and right after the sun came out agai... (more)
An eastbound unit John Deere train is rolling through Toledo under the old NKP bridge as they head towards the Maumee river.
The DPU's of an eastbound stack train are trailing down towards the Colorado river at Topock.
After a crew change in Needles this westbound intermodal is grinding upgrade and about to duck under I40 on their way to the west coast.
A S231 has just come down from Michigan and is pulling around on the Terminal heading for a crew change as they roll past the "sugar shack".
Ottawa Hills is the home of the #1 rated public school district in the state of Ohio and the occasional NS grain train. A yard job with some empty grain cars is heading up the Clinton for an elev... (more)
