Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway

        Chillicothe Subdivision

Michigan 2007!

A Little More Weber Canyon Action last November.

Illinois Photos 2003 - 2004

Rochelle, Ill. 2003 Westbound Trailer Train                           BNSF Stack Train Westbound West on Chicago - 2004

Joliet, Ill., BNSF Westbound Manifest - 2004

Galesburg, IL.., Eastbound IC Power with Coal Train - 2003          Blue Island, Ill., IC Business Train in tow - 2004

                                               Gillman, Ill., Southbound IC Manifest - 2004

Ohio Photos

Marion, Ohio Restored AC Tower - 2003                         Lima, Ohio - CP Unit on A Southbound Manifest - 2004

EX-Toledo& Ohio Central Depot, dismantled, moved about 50 miles and restored on our property, near Wapakoneta, Ohio. Originally located in Williamstown, Ohio. Built about 1895.

         Marion, Ohio - 2003, Sunset on the Conrail.                  My old buddy, Garth Shiflett, train watching at Fostoria.

Gambier, Ohio - 2004 Restored C&O Caboose.                       Lima, Ohio, Ford Park - 2004 Ex-CNW, now painted                                                                                                          Chicago, Ft Wayne & Eastern, a new Railamerica venture.

Tontogany, Ohio - 2004, CSX Toledo Subdivision. CPL signals are disappearing. Note the bridge is already partial dismantled. The cantilever and dwarf are safe for now, but the clock is ticking!

Clear                                                                  Approach                                                         Stop & Proceed

Troy, Ohio - 2004. B&O CPL Signals on the Toledo Subdivision, looking northward. Indications showing from best to worst!

Ohio Central Railroad System     

Morgan Run, Ohio - 2004

Glenn Carpenter, keeping #6325 from rolling away!                                     WOW!

Thanks goodness, they only got a couple of these!

Last Steam Run in May of  2003 from Sugar Creek to Morgan Run, Ohio. Our motorcar group, the Ohio Valley Railcars, chartered the last train from Sugar Creek.

Denny Varian, of the Ohio Central, really knows to how to put on a show!

Indiana Photos

Mike Bergett and myself (that's Mike in the tower), discovered Haley Tower one night, while on a Hi -Rail Excursion in southern Indiana. If you love towers, then you got to see this one. It's been moved just off of original site and is restored and protected. It is in Terra Haute, In. where the  CSX mainline to Evansville, crosses the Ex-Conrail Indianapolis Line. Lot's of Trains!

Utah Photos - 2004

Ogden, Utah, Union Station Museum. I told Doug to stay away from               Transcontinental Railroad Grade, Promontory Point, Utah.

that Snow Blower. Let me tell ya, his wife wasn't to happy!

Weber Canyon Shots - On Union Pacific east and westbound trains, in the Wasatch Mountains. I could have spent a week here!

Misc. Railroad Shots + Other Photos

Cridersville, Ohio - Southbound Rack Train derails at 55MPH! There were nearly 200 automobiles and 18 autoracks destroyed! The line was closed for about 12 hours.

Alliance, Ohio 1979- These five photos were taken by my friend, Mike Woodburn, from the area. The top left photo is only a few hours after the derailment was reported. The crew fell a sleep and went through a slow speed crossover at over 50MPH. The towerman, knowing the train was coming, heard no horns as the train came through town, he knew something was wrong and he abandoned the tower just prior to the derailment! I believe there were at least four Conrail units involved, all ended up on there sides.

Piqua, Ohio - 2004- Most people think I'm full of it, when I tell them about the nuclear power in the city of Piqua! This nuclear power plant was built in the late 50's as a test unit. It was used with limited success. It was shut down in the 60's and reactor was dismantled and the core was filled in concrete and a lead shield. It still gets inspected annually, but this is suppose to end in about 25 years. This shot has nothing to do with railroads, although it can be seen from the CSX Toledo Subdivision. This place just has fascinated me since I was very young, it would make a great model!

Canada - 2004 A short Via passenger train flies by, westbound.

Nobelsville, IN. - 2003. Ex-NKP #587 2-8-2 sits ready to go! This museum, the Indiana Transportation Museum, and the Mad River &NKP Museum in Bellevue, Ohio are two of the best privately funded museums in the country!