Eastern Railroad Discussion > Ohio Trip Photos

I had a great week in Ohio! The weather was hot (although coming from Needles, CA, it was actually a relief for me) but most importantly it was dry. I got to see all the spots I wanted to see and then some, and saw many interesting trains. Seeing all the standard cab power on NS and particularly CSX was quite a nice change from the BNSF Transcon out west. Thank you everyone who has helped me out with info!!

I shoot video, but also snap a few pics here and there with the Point and Shoot, and below are some of those shots.

1. NS train 184 with run-thru CN power crosses the Portage River in Oak Harbor
2. 14Q in Oak Harbor
3. 186 using the connector just west of Oak Harbor



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4. 206 on the ex-CR in Oak Harbor

5. The railfan platform in Vermilion. I was unaware that this existed.

6. 21Q passing the old depot in Vermilion

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7. 416 with run-thru BNSF power at Berea

8. Q022 at Berea

9. A pair of Rio Grande tunnel motors lead Wheeling's train from CSX's Willard yard at Spencer.

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10. A WLE Stone train for Carey gets underway at Spencer after the Willard train cleared the junction.

11. 233 at Marion

12. Q136 with Marion Union Depot as the backdrop.

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13. Q637 with a CP PacMan at Fostoria

14. 307 with a NS safety sign at Fostoria

15. Early morning sunrise at Fostoria



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16. Looking south down the C&O at Fostoria shows (L/R) Q634 which will turn east onto the Willard Sub, G877 which will eventually turn west on the Willard Sub, and some yard/local power.

17. Q500 turning east at Deshler.

18. Q161 heading east at Deshler and crossing the Toledo Sub.



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19. At Fostoria, a single lite engine for K904 sits while train Q637 heads south on the C&O being led by a single Helm Leasing locomotive that used to be a BN experimental SD40-2.

20. Train 14T (on the right) comes off the Toledo District and makes a side trip to the Fostoria Mixing Center as it meets train 146 in Bellevue.

21. An empty WLE stone train for Parkertown in Bellevue.



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22. Train 184 comes off the Toledo District into Bellevue with a BC Rail loco in the consist.

23. After tripling over their train, WLE's train from NS's Bellevue Yard poses for the camera.

24. The WLE posing with me.



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25. NS local B21 crosses Sandusky Bay as it heads east back to Sandusky.

26. B21 with the Cedar Point amusement park in the background.

27. E494 at Marion.



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The LAST group!! Can you tell I had a nice trip? ;)

28. K637 at Fostoria with some CEFX and ICE power.

29. G918 accelerates south out of Fostoria.

30. Q393 approaches Fostoria with some brand new BNSF C4s in the consist.



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Nice photos around the western side of Ohio, nice locations glad things worked out for you.

WOW, thanks for the nice series of pictures. Great shots for a point and shoot camera. Glad that you got to see some interesting trains in this part of the country.
John

Compared to California, there's such colorful mainline power and standard cabs, too! Thanks for such a wide variety of angles! Makes me want to take off East!

mapboy

I love that E-494 shot in Marion...nice rent a wreck power! Glad you had a good time!

Chris
Ft. Wayne, In

nice pics, looks like a fun trip, is Fostoria still a bottle neck nightmare.

espeesGeeps Wrote:
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> nice pics, looks like a fun trip, is Fostoria
> still a bottle neck nightmare.


Thanks! There were a few occasions when it was slow (a train every 30min. or so), but there were more occasions when I knew of 1 or many more trains being held out for other trains. It seemed like each afternoon the e/w CSX line would get busy just as the line out of Toledo would be trying to spit out train after train. Of course some NS trains were usually in the picture too trying to get through the CSX mess.

In one word: WOW!!!!!!

FAAAAANTASTIC set of pics!!!!! Thanks for sharing.