Eastern Railroad Discussion > Weekend Round UP for April 13th - Lake Erie Land

Sunday, April 13, 2025
Vermilion Area - North Central Ohio
60 degrees today, mixed sun and clouds

On a scale of one to ten, my enthusiasm and energy level lately has been about a three. With that said, here is a sample of some of the scenes seen in Lake Erie Land this weekend.
Saturday April 12th

1.  West of Vermilion on the NKP at GC and looking over as Train 309 crosses Coen Road with NS 3602 up front, and NS 1037 as a mid train DPU. He's had a lot of work at Fairlane Yard and is just getting a roll on them westbound.

2. And looking west on the NKP is 18N coming up from Bellevue. This train will take the east leg connector just behind me and hit the Lake Shore line to go east to Conway Yard - Pittsburgh. Power is NS 4350 solo up front, and NS 8174 as a mid-train DPU. As seen here, he's coming through the turnout for the west-leg connector.

3. We go west down the NKP and find this egret near the tracks at Shinrock. All is quiet as he enjoys the solitude, so we move on.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/13/25 13:46 by train1275.

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4. & 5. Train 65K, mty ethanol is westbound through Huron with CN 2326 and 2578.

6. 22X rounds the sweeping curve at Joppa Road passing MP 226 on the Lake Shore line west of Vermilion with NS 3636 and 4172.

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7. 22H roars overhead at the Vermilion docks with NS 1132, 3622 and 4483. The fishermen are out in force this weekend.

Sunday April 13th

8. This location has been an intrigue and a goal for over three years. It is a little estuary that backs up where Brownhelm Creek drains into Lake Erie. For all of that time there was a big dead tree limb right smack in the middlle of the pond. Then that got cleaned up, but for two years there have been some T-Boxes stored down here blocking the background of the lake. So, now with the tree cleaned up and the storage cars gone, it was time to test a shot out here. This is 28B with NS 4176 and 7700. The location is east of Vermilion, and just east of Helen Drive and west of Oak Point - Baumhardt Road, essentially between Vermilion and Lorain. Somehow, somewhere too the Lake Shore Electric interurban line was here  also. Well anyway, had to try the shot.

9. Ten minutes behind the 28B was the 316, which we see here rounding the big curve overlooking Lake Erie at Beaver Park Marina just a short distance east of the last image. Power on 316 is NS 4114 and 1172.



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10. & 11. 23G is westbound at Joppa Road on the Lake Shore line with NS 1127, 4447 and 4444.

12. Then we follow the NKP west towards Bellevue. At Strecker Road near Avery is a railfan out watching like a hawk for anything coming east out of Bellevue Yard. All is quiet, and he flies off. We also take off, back towards Vermilion.

 

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13. & 14. At Joppa Road all sorts of action happens ! Train 11K is moving west behind NS 4384 and 4904, while over on the NKP Train 258 is eastbound out of Bellevue with NS 1837 and BNSF 6624. Somehow that 258 came out of Bellevue and was right on our tail as we made our way back east and we didn't even know it. So much for Mr. Hawk-eyes out at Strecker Road. 

15. Another winged fan hovers overhead checking out the action happening on both lines and he says "hold on" !



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16.  "Hold on" because now train 22H is coming east. Two rail lines and three trains all at once ! The 22H has NS 1096 and 3619.

17. & 18.  Since 22H was on Track 2, this held up Train 258 coming off the NKP to the Lake Shore line, and so we catch up to him as he pops off the east-leg connector at CP 222 onto the Lake Shore line to go east to Conway.

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You can really see where the brush cutter has been working in the first photo of the thread I am replying to; it appears that NS is trying to open up sight lines down the tracks from the crossings; which may explain what was happening near Jeffries Road/Shinrock.