T | L | Date | # | RR # | Type | Former # | Other Units | State | City | Comments |
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T | L | 12-21-1999 | 21 | P.C.C CAR | NY | SPRINGVILLE | AN OLD STREET CAR SANS OVERHEAD WIRE AT SPRINGVILLE. | |||
T | L | 07-13-2000 | 9 | 1085 B CRUZ AIR | CASE CRANE | OH | ROCKY RIVER | A CRANE THAT WAS PART OF THE HENKELS AND McCOY WORK TRAIN PARADE AT MOREWOOD STREET.  THEY WERE LAYING FIBEROPITC CABLE. | ||
T | L | 12-21-1999 | 5 | ADIRONDAK 28 | ALCO RS-3 | D&H | NY | EDEN | BOARDED UP RS-3 AT EDEN ON THE BUFFALO SOUTHERN. 1993/19930625_17.jpg 1993/19930625_18.jpg | |
T | L | 05-07-1999 | 2 | AHM | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | THAT IS ME. | |||
T | L | 05-16-1999 | 1 | ALLEGHENY & EASTERN 301 | EMD GP40 | PC 3242- CR 3242- ALLEGHENY 101 | PA | BUTLER | THE B&P OPERATES THIS FORMER ALLEGHENY UNIT THAT STARTED OUT ON THE PENN CENTRAL. | |
T | L | 05-16-1999 | 23 | AMTK | GE P42DC | AMTK | PA | ALTOONA | THE E/B PENNSYLVANIAN WAITS TO ENTER THE ALTOONA STATION PLATFROM, WHICH IS OCCUPIED BY THE W/B THREE RIVERS PASSENGER TRAIN ON THE LEFT. | |
T | L | 05-01-1999 | 1 | AMTK EMERYVILLE | STATION | CA | EMERYVILLE | EVENINGTIME AT THE EMERYVILLE STATION.  I WAITED FOR MY IN-LAW's TO ARRIVE ON A VERY VERY LATE TRAIN FROM CHICAGO ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY.  BY THE TIME IT CAME, IT WAS NEAR MIDNIGHT. | ||
T | L | 09-25-1999 | 7 | AMTK 1 | GE P42DC | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | UNIT NUMBER ONE LEADS A LATE E/B PENNSYLVANIAN AT OLMSTED FALLS. | ||
T | L | 05-10-1999 | 2 | AMTK 2 | GE P42DC | OH | VERMILION | THE E/B PENNSYLVANIAN ROLLS PAST THE VERMILION STATION AREA. | ||
T | L | 07-11-1999 | 6 | AMTK 4 | GE P42DC | OH | BEREA | THE EASTBOUND PENNSLYVANIAN HAD TO DETOUR ONTO THE CSX (BIG FOUR) AT BEREA SO AS TO BYPASS A DRAWBRIDGE AT THE MOUTH OF THE CUYAHOGA RIVER THAT WAS PUT OUT OF SERVICE BY LIGHTNING THE NIGHT BEFORE. | ||
T | L | 04-25-1999 | 10 | AMTK 11 | GE P42DC | OH | AMHERST | THE 'PENNSYLVANIAN' ROARS EAST AT JACKSON STREET ON THE x NYC MAIN. | ||
T | L | 01-28-2000 | 8 | AMTK 11 | GE P42DC | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | E/B PENNSYLVANIAN AS SEEN FROM THE PARKING LOT OF THE ENCHANTRESS HAIR SALON, A GREAT PLACE TO GET A CUP OF COFFEE AND A HAIR CUT. | ||
T | L | 08-06-2000 | 5 | AMTK 16 | GE P42DC | OH | BROOK PARK | TRAILING UNIT AT MILE 191. E/B AMTRAK PENNSYLVANIAN TRAIN AT MILE 191. | ||
T | L | 04-20-1999 | 3 | AMTK 17 | GE P42DC | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | THE EVENING PENNSYLVANIAN RIVERS AT OLMSTED FALLS. | ||
T | L | 08-06-2000 | 3 | AMTK 25 | GE P42DC | AMTK 16, NS 3521 | OH | BROOK PARK | NS 3521 WAS THE LAST OF 22 B30-7A's THAT WERE BOUGHT BY THE SOUTHERN RAILROAD.  MILE 191 ON THE x NYC MAIN. | |
T | L | 08-06-2000 | 4 | AMTK 25 | GE P42DC | OH | BROOK PARK | SIDE OF CAB VIEW OF AN AMTRAK ENGINE THAT IS ENDURING A DELAY.  E/B AMTRAK PENNSYLVANIAN TRAIN AT MILE 191, NEAR ROCKPORT YARD. | ||
T | L | 10-15-1999 | 1 | AMTK 25 ? | GE P42DC | OH | CLEVELAND | HERE WE SEE THE E/B CAPITOL LIMITED, WHICH WAS CHASING THE TAIL OF THE LAKESHORE LTD, OVER DETROIT ROAD, AT ABOUT 7:45 IN THE MORNING.  ANOTHER OF ARNIE's FAVORITES. | ||
T | L | 04-24-1999 | 15 | AMTK 27 | GE P42DC | AMTK 46 | OH | CLEVELAND | THE EASTBOUND PENNSYLVANIAN ROLLS TOWARDS THE STATION, WHICH IS JUST OFF TO THE RIGHT. | |
T | L | 04-24-1999 | 16 | AMTK 27 | GE P42DC | OH | CLEVELAND | THE EASTBOUND PENNSYLVANIAN ROLLS TOWARDS THE STATION, WHICH IS JUST OFF TO THE RIGHT, WHILE THE BROWNS STADIUM IS SEEN BEHIND THE UNITS.  WITH THE STATION BEING SO CLOSE TO THE STADIUM, I WONDER WHY THERE ARE NEVER ANY AMTRAK FOOTBALL GAME SPECIAL TRAINS IN CLEVELAND. | ||
T | L | 05-10-1999 | 11 | AMTK 29 | GE P42DC | AMTK 24 | OH | SANDUSKY | W/B PENNSYLVANIAN AT CAMP ROAD. | |
T | L | 10-30-1999 | 14 | AMTK 29 | GE P42DC | AMTK 63 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | AT 13:10, THE EASTBOUND PENNSYLVANIAN ROLLS THOUGH TOWN AT COLUMBIA ROAD.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 05-15-1999 | 8 | AMTK 34 | GE P42DC | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | THE PENNSYLVANIAN BRINGS YET ANOTHER AFTERNOON OF RAILROAD PHOTOGRAPHY TO A CLOSE. | ||
T | L | 05-16-1999 | 9 | AMTK 37 | GE P42DC | PA | CONPIT JCT. | AMTRAK's W/B PENNSLYVANIAN ROLLS WEST AT CONPIT JCT. | ||
T | L | 03-21-1999 | 6 | AMTK 39 | GE P42DC | OH | CLEVELAND | THE PENNSYLVANIAN, E/B AT MILE 184.  IT IS ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF THE CLEVELAND STATION. | ||
T | L | 05-03-1999 | 4 | AMTK 48 | GE P42DC | OH | CLEVELAND | THE W/B PENNSYLVANIAN BETWEEN TRISKETT AND WEST 140th STREETS.  THE SHUTTER SPEED OF 1/250th WAS NOT FAST ENOUGH. | ||
T | L | 05-30-1999 | 2 | AMTK 50 | GE P42DC | OH | CLEVELAND | W/B PENNSYLVANIAN, HEADING AWAY FROM DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND, ON WHISKEY ISLAND. | ||
T | L | 11-20-1999 | 4 | AMTK 55 | GE P42DC | OH | BEREA | A VERY LATE W/B LAKE SHORE LIMITED MAKES A NOONTIME APPEARANCE AT BEREA WITH A CALTRAN UNIT TUCKED INTO THE CONSIST. | ||
T | L | 05-27-1999 | 9 | AMTK 63 | GE P42DC | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | THE WESTBOUND PENNSYLVANIAN ROLLS PAST THE OLMSTED FALLS DEPOT, NOW A MODEL TRAIN CLUB. | ||
T | L | 05-28-1999 | 9 | AMTK 64 | GE P42DC | AMTK 71 | PA | CRESSON | THE EASTBOUND PENNSYLVANIAN, AS SEEN FROM THE FAMOUS PORCH OF THE STATION INN .  D. R. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 04-18-1999 | 10 | AMTK 69 | GE P42DC | OH | CLEVELAND | THE W/B PENNSYLVANIAN AT LAKEWOOD HEIGHTS BLVD.  ENGINE 69 DERAILED IN 2005 AFTER BEING HIT BY A GRAVEL TRUCK IN NORTH CAROLINA. | ||
T | L | 07-16-1999 | 7 | AMTK 70 | GE P42DC | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | A LATE PENNSYLVANIAN JUST WEST OF LEWIS ROAD. | ||
T | L | 03-28-1999 | 4 | AMTK 72 | GE P42DC | OH | CLEVELAND | E/B PENNSYLVANIAN RIVERS AT MP 185 ON THE OLD NYC. | ||
T | L | 05-04-1999 | 1 | AMTK 82 | GE P42DC | OH | BEREA | THE WESTBOUND PENNSYLVANIAN AT FRONT STREET IN FAVORABLE LIGHTING CONDITIONS.  THIS LOCOMOTIVE MANAGAGED TO REAR END A FREIGHT TRAIN ON SEPTEMBER 20TH OF 1999, IN A MINOR WRECK THAT HAPPENED IN CUMBERLAND MARYLAND. | ||
T | L | 05-07-1999 | 1 | AMTK 83 | GE P42DC | AMTK 65 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | AT 14:00, L. S. MELIN CAUGHT THIS E/B PENNSYLVANIAN PASSING THE FRONT DOOR OF HIS BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT. | |
T | L | 03-06-1999 | 4 | AMTK 89 | GE P42DC | FLORIDA FUN TRAIN | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | E/B PENNSYLVANIAN IN THE SNOW.  THE TRAILING UNIT IS IN THE PAINT SCHEME OF THE DEFUNCT FLORIDA FUN TRAIN. | |
T | L | 04-03-1999 | 2 | AMTK 92 | GE P42DC | OH | AMHERST | PENNSYLVANIAN, EASTBOUND AT MILE 215. | ||
T | L | 05-17-1999 | 8 | AMTK 92 | GE P42DC | AMTK 44 | PA | ALTOONA | W/B PENNYSLVANIAN APPROACHING THE ALTOONA STATION. | |
T | L | 08-19-1999 | 4 | AMTK 340 | EMD F40PH | CN 9671 | ALB | JASPER | THIS AMTRAK UNIT WAS TUCKED IN THE CONSIST OF CN POWER THAT WAS POWERING AN AMERICAN ORIENT EXPRESS TRAIN. | |
T | L | 05-22-2000 | 5 | AMTK 805 | GE P40 | AMTK 64 | PA | ALTOONA | WHILE INPECTING THE NEW FOOT BRIDGE IN ALTOONA, THE E/B PENNSYLVANIAN MADE ITS APPEARANCE. | |
T | L | 03-21-1999 | 7 | AMTK 60103 | ROADRAILER | OH | CLEVELAND | AMTRAK's PENNSYLVANIAN TRAIN IS MOSTLY FREIGHT WITH LOTS OF ROADRAILERS ON THE END. | ||
T | L | 11-20-1999 | 6 | AMTK 62045 | VIEWLINER | OH | BEREA | AN AMTRAK VIEWLINER CAR ON THE LAKESHORE LIMITED.  I ONCE RODE ON A VIEWLINER SLEEPER, AND FOUND IT TO BE QUITE A NICE CAR. | ||
T | L | 05-21-2000 | 21 | AMTK 410176 AMTZ | ROADRAILER | PA | GALLITZIN | ROADRAILERS BRING UP THE REAR OF THE E/B PENNSYLVANIAN, AS THE TRAIN HEADS INTO THE TUNNEL. | ||
T | L | 12-21-1999 | 25 | ARCADE & ATTICA 110 | GE 44 TON | NY | ARCADE | THE NUMBER ON THIS LITTLE BEAST WAS BADLY WORN ON BOTH SIDES.  I THINK IT WAS NUMBER 110, BUT I MAY BE WRONG.  IF IT IS 110, THEN IT WAS BUILT BY GE IIN 1941 AND WAS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER 12947. | ||
T | L | 05-22-2000 | 6 | ARMCO B-80 | EMD SW8 | PA | BUTLER | ARMCO UNIT IN THE BUTLER ENGINE FACILITY. | ||
T | L | 01-02-1999 | 3 | AT&SF | STATION | AZ | FLAGSTAFF | MORNING VIEW OF FLAGSTAFF's STATION. | ||
T | L | 11-20-1999 | 8 | AT&SF 538 | GE B40-8W | OH | BEREA | A PAIR OF RATHER TIRED LOOKING SANTA FE UNITS W/B ON THE OLD BIG FOUR.  ONLY 60 WIDE NOSED FOUR AXLED GE LOCOMOTIVE MADE IT TO REGULAR PRODUCTION.  THIS IS ONE SUCH UNIT. | ||
T | L | 01-02-1999 | 4 | AT&SF 2759 | EMD GP30 | AT&SF 1259- AT&SF 3259 | AZ | FLAGSTAFF | EMD GP30, A FEW MILES EAST OF FLAGSTAFF. | |
T | L | 01-02-1999 | 1 | AT&SF 5016 | EMD SD40 | BN 6785 | AZ | FLAGSTAFF | A WESTBOUND PASSES THE STATION AT FLAGSTAFF. | |
T | L | 09-20-1999 | 3 | AT&SF 5512 | EMD SD45-2B | AT&SF 5703 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | AN UNSUAL UNIT, AN SD45-2 BOOSTER UNIT THAT WAS BUILT AS A CAB UNIT SD45-2 IN 197.  TOO BAD IT WAS SUCH A DARK DAY.  THE SLOW TRAIN WAS STILL TOO FAST FOR MY VERY SLOWER EXPOSURE TIME. TRAIN 366. | |
T | L | 01-02-1999 | 7 | AT&SF 199796 | CRANE | AT&SF 490284 | AZ | WINSLOW | WHITELINED RAILROAD CRANE. | |
T | L | 01-02-1999 | 8 | AT&SF 490284 | CRANE BOOM CAR | AT&SF 199796 | AZ | WINSLOW | WHITELINED CRANE BOOM CAR THAT SEEMS TO BE MADE FROM AN OLD PASSENGER CAR. | |
T | L | 05-15-2000 | 1 | ATGX 5510 | GE C30-7 | BNSF 5510- BN 5510 | CSX 7670 | OH | CLEVELAND | LEASE POWER AT THE OLD B&O YARD AT CLARK AVENUE, NEXT TO THE OLD CLARK AVENUE BRIDGE PILLARS. |
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 5 | ATGX 5515 | GE B30-7 | BN 5515 ? | OH | EUCLID | THIS UNIT, STILL BN GREEN, AT STATION "E",IS ABOUT TO BE REFUELED.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 27 | ATGX 5515 | GE C30-7 ? | BN 5515 | OH | EUCLID | LEASE UNIT ON CSX RAILS, AT STATION "E", JUST EAST OF COLLINWOOD. | |
T | L | 06-27-1999 | 7 | B&LE 643 | 2-10-4 STEAM | PA | MCKEES ROCKS | A BIG B&LE STEAM ENGINE, NUMBERED 643, BUT WITHOUT A LETTERED ROAD NAME.   L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | ||
T | L | 12-21-1999 | 15 | B&O 78 | ALCO S4 | B&O 9078- DONNER HANNA COKE 78 | NY | GOWANDA | A HEAVY SNOWFALL BEGAN AS I SET UP TO TAKE THIS PHOTO OF AN ALCO SWITCHER IN B&O COLORS ON THE NEW YORK AND LAKE ERIE RAILROAD. | |
T | L | 12-21-1999 | 23 | B&P | STATION | NY | SPRINGVILLE | A NICE LOOKING FORMER B.R.& P. STATION. | ||
T | L | 05-21-2000 | 8 | B&P 450 | EMD SD45 | SSW 9153- SP 7357 | B&P 452 | PA | BUTLER | FORMER SOUTHERN PACIFIC SD45's NEXT TO THE ENGINE HOUSE AT BUTLER. |
T | L | 05-21-2000 | 9 | B&P 452 | EMD SD45 | SP 8824 | B&P 450 | PA | BUTLER | REMANTS OF THIS UNIT'S SOUTHERN PACIFIC PAST IS VISIBLE IN THE ODDLY SHAPED HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLEY. |
T | L | 05-16-1999 | 4 | B&P 455 | EMD SD45 | SP 9026- SP 7564- SP 9026 | B&P 3000 | PA | BUTLER | FORMER SOUTHERN PACIFIC SD45 AT BUTLER. |
T | L | 05-22-2000 | 7 | B&P 456 | EMD SD45 | SP 8973 | PA | BUTLER | A NICE OVERHEAD SHOT OF A FORMER SOUTHERN PACIFIC (COTTON BELT) SD45. | |
T | L | 05-21-2000 | 4 | B&P 626 | EMD GP9 | NW- NS | B&P 7803, B&P 926 | PA | BUTLER | OVERHEAD VIEW OF B&P POWER. |
T | L | 05-21-2000 | 3 | B&P 926 | EMD GP18 | NW 926- NS 926 | B&P 626 | PA | BUTLER | A GAGGLE OF POWER AT THE BUTLER ENGINE FACILITY. |
T | L | 05-21-2000 | 6 | B&P 926 | EMD GP18 | NW 926- NS 926 | PA | BUTLER | GP18, AT THE BUFFALO AND PITTSBURGH FACILITY IN BUTLER. | |
T | L | 05-22-2000 | 8 | B&P 1510 | EMD SW1500 | RDG ?- CR | B&P 926 | PA | BUTLER | FORMER CONRAIL (AND PERHAPS READING) SWITCHER AT BUTLER, BUT WHAT WAS ITS FORMER NUMBER? |
T | L | 05-16-1999 | 7 | B&P 3000 | EMD GP40 | B&O 4025- CSX 6600 | B&P 3001, B&P 455 | PA | BUTLER | MORE UNITS BEING HOSTLED ABOUT MEANT THAT I COULD TAKE YET ANOTHER PHOTO AT BUTLER. |
T | L | 05-16-1999 | 2 | B&P 3001 | EMD GP40 | CSX | B&P 3000 | PA | BUTLER | GP40's AT THE BUTLER ENGINE FACILITY. |
T | L | 05-16-1999 | 6 | B&P 3001 | EMD GP40 | CSX | B&P 3000, ROCHESTER & SOUTHERN 104 | PA | BUTLER | MORE NICELY PAINTED B&P UNITS AT BUTLER. |
T | L | 05-16-1999 | 3 | B&P 3102 | EMD GP40 | NYC 3096- PC 3096- CR 3096- KYLE 3102 | PA | BUTLER | FORMER KYLE UNIT BEING SERVICED AT BUTLER. | |
T | L | 05-21-2000 | 2 | B&P 7803 | EMD GP38 | PC 7803- CR 7803- QUABOAG 7803 | PA | BUTLER | A FORMER CONRAIL UNIT AT THE FUEL RACK AT BUTLER. | |
T | L | 08-22-2000 | 1 | BARGE | SHIP | GERMANY | MEHRING | A DUTCH BARGE ON THE MOSEL RIVER.  THESE BARGES ARE FAMILY AFFAIRS, WITH A FAMILY CAR, BELONGINGS, AND PLANTS AROUND THE "HOUSE". | ||
T | L | 10-02-1999 | 2 | BN 4065 | GE B30-7A (B) | OH | BEREA | A QUARTET OF GE "B" UNITS, WITH COVERED STACKS, HEAD EAST AT LEWIS ROAD, ON THE WAY TO STORAGE AT ALTOONA. | ||
T | L | 09-20-1999 | 2 | BN 8144 | EMD SD40-2 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | A BLURRED DARK DAY PHOTO WITH A 1/60th OF A SECOND EXPOSURE TIME.  E/B NEARING THE LAKE ROAD EXIT MARION RAMP OVERPASS.  TRAIN 366. | ||
T | L | 01-02-1999 | 9 | BNSF | STATION | AZ | FLAGSTAFF | EVENING VIEW OF STATION. | ||
T | L | 01-02-1999 | 10 | BNSF | STATION | AZ | FLAGSTAFF | WARM EVENING LIGHT SHINES ON THE RED SANDSTONE FREIGHT STATION AT FLAGSTAFF. | ||
T | L | 01-02-1999 | 6 | BNSF 980 | GE C44-9W | AZ | FLAGSTAFF | PUSHERS, W/B JUST EAST OF FLAGSTAFF.  980 WAS BUILT IN 1996. | ||
T | L | 05-03-1999 | 3 | BNSF 1058 | GE C44-9W | OH | CLEVELAND | A WARM COLORED PAINT SCHEME ON THE GUEST BNSF POWER AT WEST 14Oth STREET, IN THE WARM EVENING LIGHTING. | ||
T | L | 01-02-1999 | 12 | BNSF 3033 | EMD GP40X | AT&SF 3803 | AZ | FLAGSTAFF | A BLURRED QUICK GRAB SHOT OF AN EMD GP40X, E/B AT FLAGSTAFF.  ONLY 23 GP40X's WERE EVER BUILT, THE SANTA FE HAD 10 OF THEM. | |
T | L | 07-15-1999 | 4 | BNSF 4474 | GE C44-9W | CSX, CSX | OH | BROOKLYN | A VERY WELL POWERD EVENING TRAIN, WITH SOME 16,400 HORSEPOWERS, AT MILE 15, ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE. | |
T | L | 01-30-1999 | 1 | BNSF 4974 | GE C44-9W | CR 5546, AT&SF 7435 | OH | BEREA | W/B BNSF UNITS ON THE FORMER NYC MAIN AT MILE 195, NEAR LEWIS ROAD. | |
T | L | 07-15-1999 | 1 | BNSF 6513 | EMD SD45-2 | AT&SF 5636 | OH | BROOKLYN | THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE PASSES OVER RIDGE ROAD NEXT TO I-480.  HERE WE SEE E/B TV-100 ZIPPING BY WITH A BIG SANTA FE SD45-2. | |
T | L | 10-07-1999 | 2 | BNSF 7016 | EMD SD40-2 | BN 7016 | BN 8108 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | A NICELY LET W/B ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, AT MILE 12, OVER THE I-480 BRIDGE AND UNDER THE JENNINGS FREEWAY OVERPASS. |
T | L | 08-08-1999 | 2 | BNSF 7095 | EMD SD40-2 | BNSF 8046 | OH | LAKEWOOD | CRAPPY LIGHTING, BUT INERESTING POWER FOR OHIO.  E/B TRAIN 366 ON THE x NKP VIADUCT OVER THE ROCKY RIVER AT 14:30. | |
T | L | 04-06-2000 | 11 | BNSF 7324 | EMD SD40 | CN 5016- BN 6984 | HLCX 6406 | OH | BEREA | THE AUTOMATIC EQUIPMENT IDENTIFYING EQUIPMENT CAN BE SEEN ALONSIDE THIS W/B TRAIN NEARING BAGLEY ROAD, ON THE x BIG FOUR.  I WAS DRIVING ALONG AND THE CROSSING GATE LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING, SO I STOPPED, AND GOT OUT, AND TOOK THIS PHOTO.  THE MOTORISTS BEHIND ME WERE NOT AMUSED.  LEAD UNIT WAS BUILT IN 1968.  IN 2023 IT WAS ON THE SOUTH KANSAS & OKLAHOMA. |
T | L | 01-02-1999 | 5 | BNSF 8260 | EMD SD75 | BNSF 4941 | AZ | FLAGSTAFF | W/B TRAIN WITH A COLORFUL LASHUP, A FEW MILES EAST OF FLAGSTAFF. | |
T | L | 10-30-1999 | 7 | BNSF 8908 | EMD SD70MAC | BN 9645 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | BRILLIANT FALL COLORS MAKE THIS PHOTO YET ANOTHER OF MANY FAVORITES.  W/B ON THE x NYC MAIN AT COLUMBIA ROAD.  THE LEAD UNIT WAS ASSEMBLED BY BOMBARDIER IN SAHAGUN, MEXICO USING KITS FROM GM. | |
T | L | 09-01-1999 | 5 | BNSF 314006 | GUNDERSON AUTO RACKS | OH | CLEVELAND | BRAND NEW WHITE 'AUTO MAX' ARTICULATED AUTO RACKS AT CP-9.  THESE CARS CAN HOLD 17 S.U.V.s. | ||
T | L | 06-30-2000 | 9 | BROOKS-SCANLON CORP. 1 | BLW 2-6-2 | CARPENTER-O'BRIAN LUMBER 1- BROOKS-SCANLON 1- LEE TIDEWATER CYPORESS 1- J. C. TURNER LUMBER 1 | PA | SCRANTON | A CUTE LITTLE ENGINE AT THE STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM, BUILT 1914.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO.  THIS ENGINE WAS SOLD TO F. NELSON BLOUNT IN 1962 AND JOINED THE ORIGINAL VERMONT STEAMTOWN COLLECTION. | |
T | L | 12-21-1999 | 14 | BUFFALO SOUTHERN | STATION | ERIE- EL | NY | NORTH COLLINS | THE FORMER ERIE RAILROAD's WOODEN STATION AT NORTH COLLINS. | |
T | L | 12-21-1999 | 3 | BUFFALO SOUTHERN 107 | ALCO S2 | LV 151- SBRY 107 | NY | EDEN | GRAFFITTI ARTISTS HAVE NOT BEEN KIND TO THIS FORMER LEHIGH VALLEY UNIT. 1993/19930625_15.jpg | |
T | L | 12-21-1999 | 1 | BUFFALO SOUTHERN 45218 | BROWNHOIST STEAM CRANE | PRR- PC- CR 45218 | NY | EDEN | A BIG OLD RAILROAD CRANE ON THE BUFFALO SOUTHERN. | |
T | L | 12-21-1999 | 2 | BUFFALO SOUTHERN 45218 | BROWNHOIST STEAM CRANE | PRR- PC- CR 45218 | NY | EDEN | THE BOOM END OF THE RAILROAD CRANE AT EDEN. | |
T | L | 05-27-1999 | 3 | C&NS 8687 | GE C44-9W | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | C&NW POWER ON TRAIN ELBU (ELKHART TO BUFFALO). | ||
T | L | 11-20-1999 | 5 | CALTRAN 400 | EMD F40PH-2 | OH | BEREA | A CALTRAN ENGINE TRAILING ON THE LAKE SHORE LIMITED. | ||
T | L | 05-22-2000 | 4 | CEFX 135 | EMD SD9043MAC | CEFX 133 | PA | ALTOONA | BIG NEW EMD UNITS FOR THE LEASE OUTFIT WITH THE REPORTING MARKS OF CEFX.  THE "C" IN CEFX STANDS FOR THE "CIT FINANCIAL GROUP", "CIT" BEING "COMMERCIAL INVESTMENT TRUST".  SO, "CEFX" IS "CIT EQUIPEMENT FINANCE" X. | |
T | L | 10-16-1999 | 5 | CEFX 9330 | EMD SD45T-2 | SP 9330 | OH | COLUMBIA STATION | THIS SPOT AT STATION STREET OFFERED SOME INTERESTING PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES.  ALL THAT I NEEDED WAS A WESTBOUNDER INSTEAD OF THIS CLEVELAND BOUND TRAIN. | |
T | L | 06-11-1999 | 5 | CHESSIE SYSTEM 3675 | CABOOSE | C&O 3675 | OH | LESTER | AN OLD C&O CABOOSE SITTING AT LESTER STATION.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 11-24-1999 | 8 | CHESSIE SYSTEM 3679 | CABOOSE N-12 | C&O | OH | LESTER | A FORMER C&O CABOOSE, STILL IN CHESSIE SYSTEM COLORS.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 04-17-2000 | 1 | CHTT 640615 | GONDOLA | OH | ROCKY RIVER | A MILD DERAILMENT JUST WEST OF SMITH COURT STREET.  SEEMS THAT THIS GONDOLA HAD ROLLED DOWNHILL FROM ITS PARKING SPOT A FEW HUNDRED FEET EAST OF HERE, AND ENCOUNTERED THE DERAIL DEVICE.  THE LATTER DID ITS JOB AND PREVENTED THE ERRANT GONDOLA FROM FOULING THE MAIN.  THE GON WAS GONE BY THE NEXT DAY.  BY THE WAY, THE REPORTING MARKS "CHTT" STAND FOR THE "CHICAGO HEIGHTS TERMINAL". | ||
T | L | 08-19-1999 | 2 | CN 2514 | GE C44-9CWL | CN 2570 | ALB | JASPER | WHILE I WAS WAITING TO BOARD MY TRAIN TO VANCOUVER, I PHOTOED THESE BACK LIT BIG CANADIAN NATIONAL UNITS AT JASPER. | |
T | L | 08-31-1999 | 1 | CN 5708 | EMD SD75 | CN 5436 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | A SURPRISE TREAT AT 7:55 IN THE MORNING, TRAIN 146 WITH CN POWER IN GOOD LIGHTING AT A FAVORITE SPOT, LINDA STREET. | |
T | L | 06-15-1999 | 1 | CN 5709 | EMD SD75 | CN 5756 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | A FAVORITE LOCATION ON THE x NKP MAIN IN MY HOME TOWN.  TRAIN 145 HEADS WEST AT 16:56. | |
T | L | 08-17-1999 | 1 | CN 6015 | 4-8-2 STEAM | ALB | JASPER | A NICE CANADIAN NATIONAL 4-8-2 ON DISPLAY AT JASPER, ALBERTA.  A SMALLISH TENDER IS NOTED WITH A CAPACITY OF 19 TONS COAL AND 10,000 GALLONS OF WATER. | ||
T | L | 08-16-1999 | 1 | CN 7253 | EMD GP9 | ALB | EDMONTON | A CANADIAN NATIONAL GP9 IN THE DEAD LINE AT EDMONTON, ALBERTA. | ||
T | L | 09-20-1999 | 1 | CN 9417 | EMD GP40-2L | OH | ROCKY RIVER | A DIFFICULT BLURRY RAINY DAY PHOTO OF E/B CANADIAN POWER ON THE x NKP AT LINDA STREET.  TRAIN 146 AT 14:15. | ||
T | L | 05-21-2000 | 12 | CN 9646 | EMD GP40-2L | PA | CRESSON | WIDE NOSED CANADIAN NATIONAL UNIT. | ||
T | L | 08-19-1999 | 1 | CN 9672 | EMD GP40-2L | CN 9671, AMTK 340 | ALB | JASPER | CANADIAN BUILT GP40-2W, WITH AN EARLY VERSION OF THE WIDE NOSED SAFTEY CAB.  THESE UNITS ARE ON THE HEAD END OF AN AMERICAN ORIENT EXPRESS EXCURSION TRAIN. | |
T | L | 08-19-1999 | 3 | CN 9672 | EMD GP40-2L | ALB | JASPER | A CLOSE-UP OF THAT CANADIAN CREATION, THE WIDE NOSED SAFTEY CAB. | ||
T | L | 08-19-1999 | 10 | CN 9672 | EMD GP40-2L | CN 9671, AMTK 340 | ALB | JASPER | THE CONSIST OF THIS AMERICAN ORIENT EXPRESS TRAIN HAS BACKED AWAY FROM THE STATION AND INTO A SMALL PATCH OF WEAK SUNLIGHT. | |
T | L | 06-30-1999 | 7 | CNJ 1554 | ALCO RS-3 | CNJ 1554- GEORGE HART'S RAIL TOURS BLACK RIVER & WESTERN 1554 | PA | JIM THORPE | ROUNDED CORNERS OF THE RS-3 ARE EVIDENT IN THIS PRESERVED UNIT AT JIM THORPE.  IT WAS OWNED BY THE HAWK MOUNTAIN CHAPTER OF THE NRHS AND SEEMINGLY LATER BY THE DELAWARE & LACKAWANNA RR.   L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 12-21-1999 | 22 | CONCORD COUNTY CABOOSE | CABOOSE | NY | SPRINGVILLE | THIS CABOOSE IS NEXT TO THE OLD B.R.& P. LINE.  THE SIGNS READ ' ICE CREAM, CUSTARD, FROZEN TREATS' AND ' CLOSED FOR THE SEASON, REASON… FREEZIN'. | ||
T | L | 06-30-1999 | 3 | CP ? | 2-6-0 STEAM | PA | JIM THORPE | AN UNNUMBERED CANADIAN PACIFIC TEN WHEELER AT JIM THORPE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | ||
T | L | 10-11-1999 | 2 | CP 5418 | EMD SD40-2 | KCS 673 | CP 6603 | OH | BEREA | A SURPRISE OF RED COLOR AT BEREA AS THIS W/B ZIPS PAST ON THE x BIG FOUR. |
T | L | 09-30-2000 | 6 | CP 5493 | EMD SD45 | D&RGW 5333 | CP 5601 | OH | CLEVELAND | RARE CANDIAN PACIFIC SD45 AT MILE 5 ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE.  UNIT 5601 WENT TO SCRAP IN 2007. |
T | L | 09-30-2000 | 7 | CP 5493 | EMD SD45 | D&RGW 5333 | CP 5601 | OH | CLEVELAND | E/B ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, MILE 5, NEAR QUINCY AND EAST 105.  THIS IS WHERE THE LINE HAS A FLY-OVER, CROSSING THE RAPID TRANSIT LINE, x NKP MIAN, AND THE FORMER RIGHT OF WAY OF THE CLEVELAND UNION TERMINAL TRACKAGE.  UNIT 5601 WENT TO SCRAP IN 2007. |
T | L | 12-23-1999 | 1 | CP 5565 | EMD SD40-2 | CP 5647 | NY | BUFFALO | RATHER WORN LOOKING CP POWER IN THE SNOW AT SK YARD. | |
T | L | 10-16-1999 | 4 | CP 5601 | EMD SD40-2 | CP 5515 | OH | COLUMBIA STATION | A FAVORITE BLEND OF AUTUMN COLOR AND BRIGHT CP UNITS, W/B ON THE x BIG FOUR AT JAQUAY ROAD.  12:54.  UNIT 5601 WENT TO SCRAP IN 2007. | |
T | L | 09-12-1999 | 5 | CP 5621 | EMD SD40-2 | SOO 6021 | OH | CLEVELAND | WITH THE NS TRAIN STILL STANDING IN THE BACKGROUND, ANOTHER E/B CSX TRAIN ROLLS PAST ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, AT CP-17. | |
T | L | 09-22-1999 | 1 | CP 5646 | EMD SD40-2 | OH | BROOKLYN | THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE PASSES OVER TIEDEMAN ROAD AT MILE 16.03.  HERE IS A W/B TRAIN IN FINE LIGHTING. | ||
T | L | 07-03-2000 | 4 | CP 5655 | EMD SD40-2 | PA | PALMERTON | CP POWER IN THE ANTHRACITE RAILROADS' TERRITORY.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO.  5565 WAS RETIERED IN 3-2007. | ||
T | L | 09-24-1999 | 2 | CP 5749 | EMD SD40-2 | CSX 8717 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | A BRIGHT RED UNIT ROARS PAST THE STATION AT ROCKY RIVER, ON W/B TRAIN 269 AT 17:50.  UNIT WAS REBUILT IN 2018 BY NOXVILLE LOCOMOTIVE WORKS INTO A SE32C. | |
T | L | 09-28-1999 | 1 | CP 5756 | EMD SD40-2 | CP 5604 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | W/B TRAIN 145 FEATURES RED CANADIAN PACIFIC POWER, AT 15:52 OVER SMITH COURT. | |
T | L | 12-23-1999 | 14 | CP 6620 | EMD SD40-2 | SOO | NS 3047 | NY | BUFFALO | ANOTHER TRAIN DEPARTS FORNTIER YARD FOR THE WEST, OVER BROADWAY STREET.  THIS ONE IS LED BY A UNIT IN SOO LINE COLORS. |
T | L | 08-18-1999 | 1 | CP 401036 | WEDGE PLOW | CP 400840 | ALB | BANFF | WEDGE SNOW PLOWS AT BANFF ENJOY A SUMMER REST. | |
T | L | 03-28-1999 | 9 | CR | SIGNAL | OH | CLEVELAND | PRR POSITION LIGHT SIGNAL AT C.P. HARVARD, LOOKING NORTH, DISPLAYING A STOP INDICATION. | ||
T | L | 03-28-1999 | 10 | CR | SIGNAL | OH | CLEVELAND | STRANGE PRR POSITION LIGHT SIGNAL AT C.P. HARVARD, WITH A FULLY CIRCULAR LOWER FACE.  I DO NOT RECALL EVER SEEING ANY OTHER PRR SIGNALS WITH A FULLY CIRCULAR LOWER DISK.  VIEW TO THE NORTH. | ||
T | L | 05-16-1999 | 8 | CR | SIGNAL | PRR- PC | PA | CONPIT JCT. | FULLY EQUIPPED PRR SYTLE POSITION LIGHT SIGNALS FOR WESTBOUND MOVEMENTS AT CONPIT JCT.  I AM TOLD THAT THE EXTRA SIGNAL LIGHT WITH THE LETTER 'C' INDICATES 'STOP AND CHECK'.  THE STOP AND CHECK WOULD COVER THINGS LIKE SPRING SWITCHES, DERAILS, CROSSINGS ETC.  IF THE WAY IS CLEAR, THEN PROCEED AT RESTRICTED SPEED.  BUT HERE IS YET ANOTHER EXPLANATION: conpit jct c signal | |
T | L | 04-18-1999 | 6 | CR ? | TAMPER | OH | CLEVELAND | A TAMPER UNDER WEST 140th STREET. | ||
T | L | 04-18-1999 | 4 | CR BB 2003 | BALLAST BRUSH? | OH | CLEVELAND | SOME KIND OFMAINTENANCE OF WAY UNIT, BUT WHAT? AT WEST 140th. | ||
T | L | 04-06-2000 | 7 | CR BR 1156 | BRUSH | OH | BEREA | BRUSH MACHINE. | ||
T | L | 04-18-1999 | 5 | CR BR 5007 | BALLAST REGULATOR? | OH | CLEVELAND | ANOTHER MAINTENANCE OF WAY UNIT.  AT WEST 140th ON THE x NYC LAKEFRONT MAIN. | ||
T | L | 05-21-2000 | 20 | CR MP 1903 | M OF W BALLAST TAMPER | PA | GALLITZIN | A HIGH TECH LOOKING BALLAST TAMPER M of W UNIT RESTING AT GALLITZEN.  NOTE THE EUROPEAN STYLE BUFFERS AND COUPLERS. | ||
T | L | 04-06-2000 | 5 | CR MP 9006 | TAMPER | OH | BEREA | TAMPER AT BEREA. | ||
T | L | 04-06-2000 | 6 | CR MP 9006 | TAMPER | CR BR 1156 | OH | BEREA | TAMPER AND BRUSH MACHINES AT BEREA. | |
T | L | 07-11-1999 | 12 | CR SL 3035 | JET BLOWER | OH | CLEVELAND | A JET ENGINE POWERED ICE AND SNOW BLOWER, RESTING FOR THE SUMMER, AT ROCKPORT YARD. | ||
T | L | 04-18-1999 | 3 | CR TS 1005 | STAMPER? | OH | CLEVELAND | A MAINTENANCE OF WAY UNIT, PERHAPS A STAMPER, AT WEST 140th STREET ON THE x NYC LAKEFRONT MAIN. | ||
T | L | 05-11-1999 | 6 | CR 10 | OBSERVATION CAR | OH | BEDFORD | OFFICE CARS ON AN OFFICE CAR SPECIAL.  THIS WAS THE LAST DAY OR TWO OF THE INTACT CONRAIL BUSINESS TRAIN.  AFTER THIS, IT WAS SPLIT UP BETWEEN NS AND CSX. | ||
T | L | 05-11-1999 | 5 | CR 11 | BUSINESS CAR | OH | BEDFORD | OFFICE CARS ON AN OFFICE CAR SPECIAL.  THIS WAS THE LAST DAY OR TWO OF THE INTACT CONRAIL BUSINESS TRAIN.  AFTER THIS, IT WAS SPLIT UP BETWEEN NS AND CSX. | ||
T | L | 05-04-1999 | 2 | CR 1679 | EMD GP15-1 | OH | BEREA | RARE (FOR OHIO) GP15-1 E/B ON THE BIG FOUR AT BARRETT ROAD.  UNTIL THE 1998 CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WAS FINISHED, THE BARRETT ROAD (ON THE RIGHT) USED TO GO UNDER THE SMALLER ARCH TO ITS IMMEDIATE LEFT. | ||
T | L | 09-12-1999 | 2 | CR 2557 | EMD SD70 | OH | BROOK PARK | THIS W/B TRAIN HAS JUST COME OFF THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE AND DUCKED UNDER I-480 IN THE DISTANCE.  IT NOW IS ON THE OLD BIG FOUR, AND IS CROSSING OVER THE WEST 150th STREET BRIDGE. | ||
T | L | 03-28-1999 | 7 | CR 2563 | EMD SD70 | CR 2576 | OH | CLEVELAND | A TRAIN CLIMBS AWAY FROM THE SHORT LINE ON THE HARVARD CONNECTION AND HEADS TOWARDS THE EAST TO THE CLEVELAND AND PITTSBURGH. | |
T | L | 05-17-1999 | 11 | CR 2566 | EMD SD70 | CR 6635 | PA | ALTOONA | E/B POWER AT ALTOONA. | |
T | L | 05-11-1999 | 1 | CR 2573 | EMD SD70 | OH | BEDFORD | WHILE WAITING FOR AN INSPECTION TRAIN AT CP MAPLE, TV-1 SHOWED UP. | ||
T | L | 04-25-1999 | 9 | CR 2575 | EMD SD70 | CR 2580 | OH | AMHERST | E/B TRAIN ELSE 5 (ELKHART- SELKIRK 5) AT JACKSON STREET. | |
T | L | 05-15-1999 | 4 | CR 2577 | EMD SD70 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | CONRAIL's LAST BATCH OFNEW POWER, THE SD70's (SANS A.C. TRACTION) AS SPECIFIED BY THE UNITS' FUTURE OWNER, THE NORFOLK SOUTHERN. | ||
T | L | 08-31-1999 | 6 | CR 3310 | EMD GP40-2 | HLCX 6311, NS 34 | OH | BEREA | A LITTLE NS INSPECTION TRAIN WITH A SLUG LIKE THING THAT WAS LETTERED 'NS 34 RESEARCH'.  THAT CAR IS A TRACK GEOMETRY CAR WHICH STARTED OUT AS AN SD35.  IT WAS WRECKED IN MAY OF 1976 AND REBUILT INTO A SLUG.  IT WAS RETIRED IN 1989 AND THEN RESURRECTED IN 1994 AS A TRACK GEOMETRY TEST CAR. | |
T | L | 04-10-1999 | 2 | CR 3319 | EMD GP40-2 | CR 3381 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | GP40-2's ON THE EMBANKMENT. | |
T | L | 07-16-1999 | 6 | CR 3341 | EMD GP40-2 | CR 718 (LMSX) | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | ROADRAILER, 261 JUST PAST LEWIS ROAD. | |
T | L | 05-17-1999 | 17 | CR 3359 | EMD GP40-2 | NS 3060 (PRR), NS 8488 (PRR), CR 6442 | PA | GALLITZIN | A WELL POWERED TRAILER TRAIN HEADS WEST BETWEEN GALLITZEN AND CRESSON. | |
T | L | 04-24-1999 | 22 | CR 3379 | EMD GP40-2 | CR 6821 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | TV-77 AT OLMSTED FALLS. | |
T | L | 05-16-1999 | 19 | CR 3384 | EMD GP40-2 | PA | CASSANDRA | A WESTBOUND ROLLS TOWARDS THE NICE FOOTBRIDGE AT CASSANDRA, ON WHICH I AM STANDING. | ||
T | L | 05-11-1999 | 3 | CR 4020 | EMD E8 | PRR 5809- PRR 4309- PC 4309- AMTK 315- AMTK 498 | OH | BEDFORD | OUCH, OUCH, OUCH.  DISASTER.  WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN THE BEST PHOTO OF THE YEAR ( OF A THREE E UNIT CONRAIL O.C.S. SPECIAL) GOT MESSED UP AS A DOUBLE EXPOSURE.  DARN, OF ALL THE IMAGES TO GET MESSED UP, IT HAD TO BE THIS ONE. | |
T | L | 05-17-1999 | 6 | CR 4020 | EMD E8 | PRR 5809- PRR 4309- PC 4309- AMTK 315- AMTK 498 | PA | ALTOONA | THE CONRAIL FLEET OF 3 E UNITS WAS BEEN BROKEN UP A WEEK BEFORE THIS PHOTO.  CSX GOT 2 OF THE UNITS, AND NS ENDED UP WITH THIS LONELY E UNIT.  IT WAS SOLD TO IN 2000 TO JUNIATA TERMINAL FOR $184,000. | |
T | L | 05-11-1999 | 2 | CR 4021 | EMD E8 | PRR 5711- PRR 4311- PC 4311- AMTK 317- AMTK 499 | CR 4020, CR 4022 | OH | BEDFORD | AFTER MESSING UP THE FIRST UNIT's PHOTOS, I MANAGED TO SNAP THIS IMAGE OF THE SECOND OF THREE CR E UNITS ON AN O.C.S. TRAIN AT CP MAPLE. |
T | L | 05-11-1999 | 4 | CR 4022 | EMD E8 | ERIE 833- EL 833 | CR 4021, CR 4020 | OH | BEDFORD | THREE CR E UNITS ON AN O.C.S. TRAIN AT CP MAPLE. |
T | L | 05-17-1999 | 2 | CR 4100 | EMD SD80MAC | CR 4106 | PA | GALLITZIN | CR 4100, EASTBOUND, ON A MULTITRACK RAILROAD, BETWEEN CRESSON AND GALLITZEN.  ABOUT A HALF HOUR BEFORE TAKING THIS PICTURE, I PURCHASED A T-SHIRT WITH AN IMAGE OF CR 4100 ON IT. | |
T | L | 05-17-1999 | 3 | CR 4100 | EMD SD80MAC | CR 4106 | PA | GALLITZIN | CR 4100, EASTBOUND, ON THE FROMER NEW PORTAGE RAILROAD, PASSING 'AR' TOWER. | |
T | L | 05-17-1999 | 12 | CR 4114 | EMD SD80MAC | CR 4129 | PA | ALTOONA | THE SECOND UNIT OF THIS WESTBOUND TRAIN WAS ONCE AN EMD DEMONSTRATOR FOR THE SD80 SERIES. | |
T | L | 04-24-1999 | 13 | CR 4117 | EMD SD80MAC | OH | CLEVELAND | A FEW ORANGE SEATS FOR THE NEW CLEVELAND BROWNS STADIUM ARE ALREADY INSTALLED.  NOW THE BROWNS HAVE A NICE NEW STADIUM IN WHICH TO LOSE GAMES IN. | ||
T | L | 04-24-1999 | 4 | CR 4132 | EMD SD70MAC | CR 4142 | OH | CLEVELAND | NEW POWER NEAR THE DRAWBRIDGE. | |
T | L | 01-30-1999 | 8 | CR 4133 | EMD SD70MAC | CR 4142 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | W/B OVER THE VIADUCT ON THE x NYC MAIN. | |
T | L | 04-03-1999 | 6 | CR 4134 | EMD SD70MAC | OH | AMHERST | AN ARTSY THOUGH- THE- TREES- PHOTO AT QUARRY ROAD. | ||
T | L | 05-16-1999 | 22 | CR 5016 | GE B36-7 | METRO NORTH 2011 | PA | ALTOONA | THIS BLUE UNIT's BODY SUFFERED WRECK DAMAGE AT LYONS, NY IN 6-1996 AND HAS SHIFTED FORWARDS ON THE FRAME.  A METRO NORTH UNIT IN NEW HAVEN COLORS IS VISIBLE BEHIND IT. | |
T | L | 07-11-1999 | 7 | CR 5077 | GE B40-8 | OH | BROOK PARK | E/B NS TRAIN DETOURING ON THE CSX AT ENGLE ROAD AT MILE 19.2 ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE. | ||
T | L | 04-24-1999 | 19 | CR 5505 | EMD SD60M | OH | CLEVELAND | ANOTHER W/B AT MP 182 NEXT TO THE BROWNS STADIUM ON THE x NYC LAKEFRONT MAIN. | ||
T | L | 07-11-1999 | 3 | CR 5506 | EMD SD60M | NS 5169 | OH | BEREA | WITH AN ANCIENT STONE BRIDGE IN THE FOREGROUND, THIS WESTBOUND TRAIN HEADS OVER THE VIADUCT OVER THE EAST BRANCH OF THE ROCKY RIVER ON THE x NYC MAIN. | |
T | L | 05-31-1999 | 1 | CR 5508 | EMD SD60M | NS 8548 (PRR) | OH | CLEVELAND | IT IS MY 40th BIRTHDAY, AND DEATH DAY FOR CONRAIL.  TOMORROW, JUNE 1st WILL BRING THE "DAY ONE" BREAKUP OF CONRAIL.  THE SECOND UNIT ( IF MY ROSTER CONVERSION IS CORRECT) WAS ONCE PAINTED IN THE GREY BALLAST EXPRESS PAINT SCHEME.  I AM SURPRISED THAT IT IS BLUE IN THIS SCENE.  GOOD BYE CONRAIL, IT WAS NICE KNOWING YOU. | |
T | L | 04-24-1999 | 18 | CR 5511 | EMD SD60M | OH | CLEVELAND | W/B COMING OFF THE x PRR C&P LINE AT THE BROWNS STADIUM AND MILEPOST 182.  THE NEW SILVER SIGNAL BRIDGE WAS NOT YET IN SERVICE AT THIS TIME. | ||
T | L | 06-09-1999 | 1 | CR 5518 | EMD SD60M | OH | LAKEWOOD | ANOTHER FAVORITE IMAGE, HERE WE SEE WESTBOUND TRAIN 287 ON THE OLD NKP AT EDWARDS STREET.  THE LEAD UNIT WENT TO CSX AFTER THE CONRAIL BREAKUP, YET HERE IT IS ON THE NS. | ||
T | L | 05-11-1999 | 9 | CR 5526 | EMD SD60M | CR 6392 | OH | BEDFORD | TV-11 ROLLS THROUGH CP MAPLE ON THE FORMER PRR's C&P LINE.  NOTE THE, PERHAPS UNIQUE, SWITCH HEATER ON THE DERAIL. | |
T | L | 05-28-1999 | 3 | CR 5527 | EMD SD60M | OH | CLEVELAND | TRAIN TOMT (TOLEDO TO METUCHEN, NJ) PASSING THROUGH THE TREES OF GORDON PARK ON THE x NYC LAKEFRONT MAIN IN THE NEAR EAST SIDE OF CLEVELAND. | ||
T | L | 06-20-1999 | 2 | CR 5527 | EMD SD60M | OH | CLEVELAND | A CLOUDY DAY SHOT AT CP-14 ON THE CSX's CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, SHOWING W/B TRAIN BUCI (BUFFALO TO CINCINNATI). | ||
T | L | 04-03-1999 | 3 | CR 5534 | EMD SD60M | CR 6760 | OH | AMHERST | E/B ACTION AS SEEN FROM THE QUARRY ROAD BRIDGE. | |
T | L | 04-24-1999 | 25 | CR 5534 | EMD SD60M | CR 5626 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | E/B ON THE VIADUCT ON THE x NYC MAIN. | |
T | L | 06-04-1999 | 3 | CR 5535 | EMD SD60M | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | EVENING SUN GLARES OFF THE WINDSHEILD OF THIS SD60M ON THE FORMER CLEVELAND SHORT LINE VIADUCT. | ||
T | L | 05-04-1999 | 3 | CR 5543 | EMD SD60M | CR 6452 | OH | BEREA | ANOTHER FAVORITE PHOTO.  HERE WE SEE A WESTBOUND OVER BARRETT ROAD.  AND YES, HEED THE SIGN AND 'YIELD TO THE (IRON) HORSES'. | |
T | L | 01-30-1999 | 2 | CR 5546 | EMD SD60M | CR 6612, CR 6175 | OH | BEREA | W/B TRAIN ON THE SIDING AT MILE 195 ON THE x NYC CHICAGO LINE. | |
T | L | 01-30-1999 | 3 | CR 5546 | EMD SD60M | OH | BEREA | SIDE OF CAB PHOTO. | ||
T | L | 01-30-1999 | 13 | CR 5546 | EMD SD60M | CR 6610, CR 6175 | OH | BEREA | A FAVORITE PHOTO OF SIGNALS AND A W/B TRAIN IN THE SIDING AT MP 195. | |
T | L | 01-30-1999 | 14 | CR 5546 | EMD SD60M | OH | BEREA | NOSE VIEW OF SD60M. | ||
T | L | 05-17-1999 | 15 | CR 5550 | EMD SD60M | CR 6048 | PA | GALLITZIN | EVENING ACTION BETWEEN GALITZEN AND CRESSON. | |
T | L | 05-17-1999 | 13 | CR 5552 | EMD SD60M | PA | ALTOONA | SLOPE TOWER ONCE STOOD WHERE THE INTERLOCKER BOX NOW SITS.  SOMEONE CUT A NICE LITTLE HOLE IN THE CHAIN LINK FENCE, ALLOWING THIS PHOTO OF AN E/B TRAIN. | ||
T | L | 04-20-1999 | 5 | CR 5557 | EMD SD60M | NS 6795 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | TV5 ROLLS ACROSS COLUMBIA ROAD ENDING ANOTHER DAY OF TRAIN WATCHING AT OLMSTED FALLS. | |
T | L | 04-10-1999 | 7 | CR 5561 | EMD SD60M | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | STANDING ON THE ROOF OF A TRUCK, I MANAGED TO GET THIS LATE AFTERNOON SHOT OF A TRAIN ON THE VIADUCT. | ||
T | L | 01-09-1999 | 3 | CR 5564 | EMD SD60M | BNSF 6395 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | A FAVORITE PHOTO OF A EASTBOUND TRAIN BLASTING THROUGH THE PLOWED SNOW ON COLUMBIA ROAD.  A SECOND AFTER THE SHUTTER CLICKED, I WAS HIT WITH FLYING CHUNKS OF ICE, WET SNOW AND ROCKS. | |
T | L | 03-06-1999 | 1 | CR 5566 | EMD SD60M | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | AN ICE ENCRURSTED EASTBOUND MEETS ME AND MY STICKING SHUTTER IN THE SNOW AND FREEZING COLD.  I JUST HAD THE SHUTTER OF MY CAMERA FIXED, AND AGAIN, IT IS ACTING UP. | ||
T | L | 02-14-1999 | 6 | CR 5574 | EMD SD60M | CR 6832 | OH | BEREA | W/B AT MP 195 ON THE FORMER NYC's CHICAGO LINE. | |
T | L | 04-08-1999 | 5 | CR 5575 | EMD SD60M | CR 6163 | OH | CLEVELAND | TV-1 HUSTLES UPGRADE AT MP 185. | |
T | L | 07-11-1999 | 2 | CR 5576 | EMD SD60M | OH | BEREA | CSX TOOK OVER THE BIG FOUR IN 1999, AND QUICKLY TURNED IT INTO A RACE TRACK.  E/B, NEARING BEREA INTERLOCKING. | ||
T | L | 01-09-1999 | 7 | CR 5578 | EMD SD60M | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | W/B IN SNOW AT COLUMBIA ROAD ON THE OLD NYC MAIN. | ||
T | L | 05-27-1999 | 4 | CR 5581 | EMD SD60M | NS 9076, NS 4075 (PRR) | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | MORE W/B ACTION AT OLMSTED FALLS.  I HAD SURGERY ON THE MORNING OF THIS PHOTO, BUT THAT DID NOT DETER ME FROM WATCHING THE FINAL FEW DAYS OF THE GREAT CONRAIL SHOW. | |
T | L | 05-08-1999 | 4 | CR 5584 | EMD SD60M | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | MORE WESTBOUND ACTION IN THE FADING LIGHT. | ||
T | L | 05-28-1999 | 5 | CR 5589 | EMD SD60M | OH | CLEVELAND | A DUSK PHOTO OF AN EMPTY IRON ORE TRAIN ARRIVING AT THE x PRR WHISKEY ISLAND FACILITY, WITH CLEVELAND's SKYLINE BEHIND. | ||
T | L | 05-08-1999 | 8 | CR 5590 | EMD SD60M | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | AND THE FIFTH WESTBOUND, (IN ADDITION TO 2 EASTBOUNDS) IN ONE HOUR, ROLLS PAST. | ||
T | L | 05-28-1999 | 2 | CR 5591 | EMD SD60M | OH | CLEVELAND | THE EVENING TV-7 AT MARQUETTE STREET AT 18:04. | ||
T | L | 04-10-1999 | 6 | CR 5596 | EMD SD60M | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | W/B JUST PAST MAPLEWAY STREET. | ||
T | L | 06-23-1999 | 5 | CR 5610 | EMD SD60M | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | A CSX TRAIN ( Q-117 ), WITH CONRAIL POWER THAT IS GOING TO JOIN THE NS CAMP.  PHOTO AT MILE 15, COLUMBIA ROAD, ON THE FORMER BIG FOUR. | ||
T | L | 01-30-1999 | 6 | CR 5615 | EMD SD60M | CR 5546, CR 6612 | OH | BEREA | AFTERNOON ACTION AT MILE 195. | |
T | L | 04-24-1999 | 8 | CR 5615 | EMD SD60M | CSX 7530 | OH | CLEVELAND | E/B CR AND CSX POWER ROLL OFF THE DRAWBRIDGE AND ONTO THE x NYC LAKEFRONT MAIN TOWARDS COLLINWOOD AND BUFFALO. | |
T | L | 01-09-1999 | 2 | CR 5616 | EMD SD60M | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | MORE W/B ACTION IN THE SNOW. | ||
T | L | 01-09-1999 | 1 | CR 5619 | EMD SD60M | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | SNOWY VIEW OF AN W/B ON THE OLD NYC CHICAGO MAIN NEARING COLUMBIA ROAD. | ||
T | L | 05-27-1999 | 2 | CR 5630 | EMD SD60M | NS 9072 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | OFFICIAL DAY ONE OF THE MERGER IS STILL A FEW DAYS AWAY, BUT ALREADY, THE BLACK PLAGUE OF NS UNITS IS SEEN CREEPING ONTO CR PROPERTY. | |
T | L | 05-16-1999 | 10 | CR 5631 | EMD SD60M | CR 5633 | PA | CONPIT JCT. | E/B AT CONPIT JCT. | |
T | L | 04-24-1999 | 17 | CR 5635 | EMD SD60M | OH | CLEVELAND | A FAVORITE PHOTO OF A W/B ON THE x NYC PASSING THE BROWNS STADIUM WITH THE x PRR's C&P LINE JOINING IN AT THE RIGHT. | ||
T | L | 05-10-1999 | 5 | CR 5640 | EMD SD60M | OH | VERMILION | W/B AT CP 222.  THE SIX MONTH OLD CR / NS CONNECTOR, WAS STILL SPIKED SHUT AT THIS DATE. | ||
T | L | 04-10-1999 | 5 | CR 5645 | EMD SD60M | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | W/B IN OLMSTED FALLS.  NOTE THAT CRAZY CURVED INDUSTRIAL LEAD ON THE LEFT. | ||
T | L | 05-08-1999 | 7 | CR 5652 | EMD SD60M | CR 6704 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | AND YET ANOTHER DISMAL W/B ON THE x NYC. | |
T | L | 07-24-1999 | 2 | CR 6001 | GE C39-8 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | SIX ENGINES HAVE THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM WITH A BIGGER THAN USUAL TRAIN 310.   11:24 IN THE MORNING. | ||
T | L | 01-30-1999 | 7 | CR 6004 | GE C39-8 | CR 6151 | OH | BEREA | E/B TRAILING SHOT AT MILE 195.  6004 WOULD SERVE ON THE PENNSYLVANIA NORTHERN MANY YEARS LATER. | |
T | L | 05-10-1999 | 4 | CR 6016 | GE C39-8 | OH | VERMILION | A WESTBOUND ON THE x NYC ROLLS PAST THE NEW CR / NS CONNECTION TRACK AT CP 222. | ||
T | L | 05-16-1999 | 21 | CR 6031 ? | GE C40-8 | PA | ALTOONA | A WRECKED AND FIRE DAMAGED UNIT SITS IN CONTRAST NEXT TO DOZENS OF BRAND NEW WHEELS.  I COULD NOT SEE ANY NUMBER ON THIS UNIT, BUT I KNOW THAT CR 6031 WAS WRECKED IN EARLY 1999, SO THIS COULD BE IT. | ||
T | L | 06-04-1999 | 1 | CR 6038 | GE C40-8 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | THIS WESTBOUND ON THE x CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, HAS JUST COME OFF THE BIG CUYAHOGA RIVER VIADUCT.  THIS LOCATION WAS SINGLE TRACKED JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT NOW IS FANCY HIGH SPEED DOUBLE TRACK LINE OF CSX. | ||
T | L | 03-06-1999 | 3 | CR 6044 | GE C40-8 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | E/B AT BROOKSIDE AVENUE IN A SNOW STORM. | ||
T | L | 05-17-1999 | 1 | CR 6056 | GE C40-8W | NS 8682 | PA | CRESSON | AFTER A SATISFYING NIGHT AT THE STATION INN AT CRESSON, WE GOT UP, STRETCHED, AND WATCHED THE MORNING PARADE OF TRAINS. | |
T | L | 04-08-1999 | 6 | CR 6059 | GE C40-8W | OH | CLEVELAND | MORE UPGRADE ACTION AT MP 185, NEAR DETROIT ROAD. | ||
T | L | 03-06-1999 | 5 | CR 6064 | GE C40-8W | CR 6759 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | DARK E/B IN THE SNOW. | |
T | L | 03-21-1999 | 3 | CR 6064 | GE C40-8W | OH | CLEVELAND | A DARK DAY WITH HORRIBLY DARK PHOTO OF A W/B AT MILE 185, ON THE x NYC LAKEFRONT MAIN. | ||
T | L | 03-28-1999 | 6 | CR 6068 | GE C40-8W | OH | CLEVELAND | A WESTBOUND LEANS IN THE CURVE ON THE x PRR's C&P LINE, WITH ANOTHER BARELY VISIBLE TRAIN ON THE HARVARD CONNECTION ON THE RIGHT. | ||
T | L | 04-18-1999 | 8 | CR 6077 | GE C40-8W | CR 6626 | OH | CLEVELAND | AN RTA 'RAPID TRANSIT' IS VISIBLE ON THE LEFT, UNDER THE CATENARY, AS WESTBOUND TV-1 ROARS BY AT TRISKETT ROAD.  TRAILING GE WENT TO BRAZIL LATER. | |
T | L | 02-14-1999 | 1 | CR 6085 | GE C40-8W | OH | CLEVELAND | EASTBOUND MAIL 8 AT CP-17, WHICH USED TO BE CALLED CP SHORT.  NOTE THE NEW SIGNALS FOR CSX. | ||
T | L | 06-23-1999 | 2 | CR 6091 | GE C40-8W | OH | BEREA | THIS TRAIN IS HEADED EAST ON THE OLD BIG FOUR AT BAGLEY ROAD.  CSX HAS RE-DOUBLE TRACKED THE LINE, AND AS A BONUS, HAS INSTALLED TRACK SIGNAGE AT THIS POINT.  THE TRACKS SWAP NUMBER ONE AND TWO DESIGNATIONS RIGHT HERE. | ||
T | L | 06-01-1999 | 1 | CR 6097 | GE C40-8W | CR 6062 | OH | BEREA | A BIG POWER MOVE AT FRONT STREET ON THE INFAMOUS "DAY ONE" BREAK UP OF CONRAIL BY CSX AND NS.  LITTLE DID WE KNOW WHAT A MESS THIS MERGER BUSINESS WOULD CAUSE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. | |
T | L | 03-21-1999 | 5 | CR 6102 | GE C40-8W | OH | CLEVELAND | TRAIN PIEL (PITTSBURGH TO ELKHART) AT MP 184.  FOR A MARCH DAY, THE WEATHER VERY NICE, WINDY, WARM, AND DARK. | ||
T | L | 07-10-1999 | 7 | CR 6107 | GE C40-8W | NS 2551 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | TV-265 NEARING COLUMBIA ROAD. | |
T | L | 05-15-1999 | 7 | CR 6113 | GE C40-8W | CR 6447 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | CR 6113 WAS THE VERY FIRST CONRAIL UNIT TO BE FITTED WITH DITCH LIGHTS.  WESTBOUND, AT OLMSTED FALLS, AT ABOUT 195 AND A HALF MILES FROM BUFFALO. | |
T | L | 04-20-1999 | 1 | CR 6115 | GE C40-8W | CR 5522 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | W/B ON THE EMBANKMENT BETWEEN COLUMBIA ROAD AND THE VIADUCT OVER THE ROCKY RIVER's WEST BRANCH. | |
T | L | 04-24-1999 | 20 | CR 6115 | GE C40-8W | CR 6449 | OH | CLEVELAND | TRAIN TV-1 AT MILE 182 NEXT TO THE NEW BROWNS STADIUM.  THIS TRAIN HAS JUST JOINED THE x NYC LAKEFRONT MAIN, AFTER HAVING SWUNG DOWN ON THE x PRR C&P LINE ON THE RIGHT.  SECOND UNIT WAS DAMAGED IN A WRECK IN EFFINGHAM, IL IN THE WINTER OF 1995-96.  CR 6449 WAS WRECK IN 1995, AND ITS BETTER REMAINS WERE PUT INTO CR 6244 WHICH THEN WAS NUMBERED TO 6449.  IN 2018 CR 6649 SD40 WOULD BE REBUILT AT ALTOONA AS AN EMD SD33CO AND RENUMBERD FROM NS 3383 TO NS 6220. | |
T | L | 04-03-1999 | 4 | CR 6124 | GE C40-8W | OH | AMHERST | E/B AT QUARRY ROAD.  THE HIGHWAY BRIDGE IN THE DISTANCE IS OHIO ROUTE 2. | ||
T | L | 04-20-1999 | 2 | CR 6125 | GE C40-8W | CR 6814 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | TRAIN COMING WEST OFF THE VIADUCT ON THE x NYC MAIN. | |
T | L | 05-10-1999 | 10 | CR 6139 | GE C40-8W | CR 5630 | OH | SANDUSKY | EAST OF SANDUSKY, AT CAMP ROAD, I STOOD ON A BIG MOUND OF DIRT TO CATCH THIS E/B ACTION. | |
T | L | 05-11-1999 | 8 | CR 6150 | GE C40-8W | NS 5454 (PRR) | OH | BEDFORD | MAIL 8M AT CP MAPLE. | |
T | L | 05-27-1999 | 6 | CR 6151 | GE C40-8W | CR 5531 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | AND YET MORE ACTION ON THE VERY BUSY OLD NYC MAIN IN OLMSTED FALLS, HERE IS TRAIN TV-11. | |
T | L | 04-24-1999 | 23 | CR 6155 | GE C40-8W | CR 6797 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | W/B TRAIN SEEL (SE lkirk - EL khart) HAS JUST CROSSED COLUMBIA ROAD ON THE x NYC MAIN. | |
T | L | 04-25-1999 | 6 | CR 6155 | GE C40-8W | OH | AMHERST | IT LOOKS LIKE THE DRAINAGE IN THIS AREA COULD USE SOME HELP.  E/B AS SEEN FROM JACKSON STREET. | ||
T | L | 04-10-1999 | 1 | CR 6168 | GE C40-8W | CSX | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | THE COLUMBIA ROAD CROSSING WITH AN E/B TRAIN. | |
T | L | 04-24-1999 | 21 | CR 6172 | GE C40-8W | CR 6229 | OH | CLEVELAND | TWO LIGHT UNITS AT MP 182. | |
T | L | 05-28-1999 | 6 | CR 6177 | GE C40-8W | CR 6756 | PA | CRESSON | DOUGLAS R. MELIN CAME OUT OF A LONG DORMANT PERIOD TO SNAP THIS PHOTO FROM THE PORCH OF THE STATION INN AT CRESSON, PA.  DOUG MELIN STARTED TAKING RAILROAD PHOTOS BACK IN 1974 OR SO, AND THROUGH HIS BROTHER, INFECTED ME WITH THE RAILROAD CHASING AND PHOTOGRAPHING VIRUS.  D. R. MELIN PHOTO AT 18:00. | |
T | L | 05-28-1999 | 8 | CR 6180 | GE C40-8W | NS 9292 | PA | CRESSON | AT 18:20, WE SEE A W/B TRAIN FROM THE STATION INN, WITH A NEW NS GENERAL ELECTRIC IN GREY PRIMER.  D. R. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 05-03-1999 | 1 | CR 6181 | GE C40-8W | NS 5454 (PRR) | OH | CLEVELAND | CONSTRUCTION ON THE WEST 140th STREET OVERPASS ALLOWED A FENCE- FREE PHOTO OF THIS WESTBOUND.  AS AN ADDED BONUS, THERE WAS NONE OF THE USUAL ANNOYING VEHICULAR TRAFFIC. | |
T | L | 02-14-1999 | 3 | CR 6183 | GE C40-8W | CR 6747 | OH | BEREA | MILITARY TRAIN MIL 301 WITH TANKS AT MP 195 IN THE EVENING. | |
T | L | 06-21-1999 | 8 | CR 6186 | GE C40-8W | NS (PRR) | OH | WELLINGTON | THIS TRAIN WAS STANDING FOR A FAIRLY LONG TIME ON THE NORTH SIDE OF WELLINGTON, AT MP 36 ON THE OLD BIG FOUR. | |
T | L | 05-15-1999 | 5 | CR 6194 | GE C40-8W | NS 8332 (PRR) | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | W/B HUSTLING ACROSS THE BARELY NOTICABLE, YET SIZABLE, VIADUCT IN OLMSTED FALLS. | |
T | L | 04-24-1999 | 12 | CR 6203 | GE C40-8W | CR 6622 | OH | CLEVELAND | THE NEW CLEVELAND BROWNS STADIUM IS TAKING SHAPE BEHIND THIS TRAIN. | |
T | L | 05-27-1999 | 7 | CR 6205 | GE C40-8W | CR 6044 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | THE AFTERNOON ROADRAILER 261 ROLLS OFF THE VIADUCT, OVER THE WEST BRANCH OF THE ROCKY RIVER. | |
T | L | 09-01-1999 | 7 | CR 6206 | GE C40-8W | HLEX | OH | CLEVELAND | ANOTHER WESTBOUND AT CP-9 ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE.  THIS IS NOW A PART OF CSX's MAIN LINE FROM BUFFALO TO GREENWICH AND THE WEST. | |
T | L | 01-09-1999 | 4 | CR 6209 | GE C40-8W | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | W/B ACTION IN THE SNOW AT COLUMBIA ROAD. | ||
T | L | 04-25-1999 | 5 | CR 6215 | GE C40-8W | CR 6069 | OH | AMHERST | THE SCENE FROM THE ROUTE ROUTE 58 OVERPASS AT 12:20. | |
T | L | 04-03-1999 | 5 | CR 6219 | GE C40-8W | OH | AMHERST | THE FLIMSY LOOKING OLD QUARRY ROAD BRIDGE IS BARELY HIGH ENOUGH TO CLEAR THE STACK TRAINS. | ||
T | L | 05-10-1999 | 7 | CR 6224 | GE C40-8W | OH | HURON | THIS W/B IS ON THE LITTLE BRIDGE OVER THE NS ( x W&LE ) TRACK TO THE FLOUR MILL ON LAKE ERIE. | ||
T | L | 05-16-1999 | 17 | CR 6229 | GE C40-8W | PA | SUMMERHILL | BIG TIME ACTION ON THE x PRR MAIN.  A WESTBOUND SLIDES DOWN THE HILL ON THE LEFT, WHILE THE EASTBOUND WORKS UPGRADE ON THE RIGHT. | ||
T | L | 08-26-1999 | 1 | CR 6243 | GE C40-8W | NS 3232 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | THIS GE HAS ESCAPED THE NS RENUMBERING, SO FAR.  BUT IT ASHAMEDLY DISPLAYS A LITTLE NS STICKER ON ITS CAB SIDE. | |
T | L | 05-28-1999 | 1 | CR 6244 | GE C40-8W | HLCX 6400 | OH | CLEVELAND | CONRAIL's FINAL FEW DAYS OF OPERATION, ("DAY ONE" TOOK PLACE ON JUNE 1st, 1999).  THE NUMBER TWO MAIN WAS ALREADY SEVERED AND GETTING A BIT RUSTY, AS THIS W/B ROLLED PAST ON THE x NYC LAKEFRONT MAIN.  CSX WOULD GET THIS BIT OF TRACKAGE UP TO THE DRAWBRIDGE A FEW MILES WEST.  NOTE THE UNUSUAL STYLE OF NUMBER BOARDS ON THIS FAVORITE IMAGE's LOCOMOTIVE.  TRAILING UNIT IS A FOMRER PRR UNIT, IT WAS THE FIRST, AND ONLY, OF A MAJOR PLANNED C&NW SD45 UPGRADE PROGRAM.  MARQUETTE STREET WITH TRAIN ML-433. | |
T | L | 06-02-1999 | 3 | CR 6249 | GE C40-8W | OH | CLEVELAND | THE SECOND DAY AFTER THE BREAKUP OF CONRAIL, AND THE SKY IS FITTINGLY OVERCAST.  EASTBOUND ACTION AT CP-17 ON THE x CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, NOW A CSX MAIN. | ||
T | L | 05-15-1999 | 6 | CR 6263 | GE C40-8W | CR 6154, CR 6816 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | TV-1, WEST AT OLMSTED FALLS. | |
T | L | 09-25-1999 | 5 | CR 6267 | GE C40-8W | CR 741 | CSX 9024 | OH | BROOK PARK | THE LEAD UNIT ON THIS TRAIN AT HOLLAND ROAD SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN CR OR LMS 741 AT ONE POINT IN TIME. |
T | L | 04-08-1999 | 1 | CR 6268 | GE C40-8W | LMSX 742 | CR 5514 | OH | CLEVELAND | A WESTBOUND ON THE OLD NYC LAKEFRONT MAIN NEAR MP 185, WITH THE RAPID TRANSIT CATENARY DIVING DOWN BEHIND THE TRAIN. |
T | L | 05-10-1999 | 9 | CR 6281 | GE C40-8W | LMSX 755 | OH | SANDUSKY | HERE WE SEE A LATE AFTERNOON ROADRAILER TRAIN JUST EAST OF DOWNTOWN SANDUSKY. | |
T | L | 04-24-1999 | 9 | CR 6283 | GE C40-8W | LMSX 757 | NS 2547 | OH | CLEVELAND | BIRDS FLY AS THREE UNITS PASS UNDER THE RTA RAPID LAKEFRONT OVERPASS. |
T | L | 09-08-1999 | 1 | CR 6363 | EMD SD40-2 | CSX 7716 | OH | BEREA | W/B ON THE RECENTLY RE- INSTALLED NUMBER TWO TRACK OF THE x BIG 4, PASSING A NEW SIGNAL AND A NEW BUILDING.  THE BUILDING ON THE RIGHT SITS ON A FORMER PARKING LOT THAT WAS ONCE A FAVORITE RAILFAN HANGOUT.  LUCKILY, EVEN BETTER SPOTS HAVE BEEN CREATED IN BEREA FOR RAILFANS TO WATCH TRAINS. | |
T | L | 05-17-1999 | 7 | CR 6374 | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6366 | PA | ALTOONA | HELPERS DRIFTING BY THE LOCATION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROADER's MUSEUM. | |
T | L | 05-17-1999 | 4 | CR 6376 | EMD SD40-2 | PA | ALTOONA | AN SD40-2 IS PULLED ONTO THE TURNTABLE. | ||
T | L | 05-16-1999 | 20 | CR 6377 | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6375 | PA | CASSANDRA | HELPERS, UPGRADE.  THIS UNIT WAS WRECKED IN EAST MUNCY, PA ON 1-21-1979, BUT WAS LUCKY AND GOT REBUILT. | |
T | L | 05-17-1999 | 9 | CR 6382 | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6434, CR 6412, CR 6387 | PA | ALTOONA | A QUARTET OF EMD SD40-2's PASSING THE OLD PASSENGER EQUIPMENT SITTING AT THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROADER's MUSEUM. | |
T | L | 05-16-1999 | 13 | CR 6384 | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6368 | PA | CONPIT JCT. | THESE PUSHERS HAVE JUST BEEN ADDED TO THIS TRAIN AT CONPIT JCT, AND NOW ARE WORKING EAST. | |
T | L | 05-17-1999 | 14 | CR 6384 | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6368 | PA | ALTOONA | HELPERS DRIFT DOWN INTO TOWN ON THE END OF THIS E/B. | |
T | L | 05-17-1999 | 16 | CR 6389 | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6365, CR 6364, CR 6388 | PA | GALLITZIN | QUARTET OF HELPERS AT ROUTE 53. | |
T | L | 05-16-1999 | 18 | CR 6390 | EMD SD40-2 | PA | SOUTH FORK | MORE DOWNGRADE ACTION ON THE FORMER PRR MAIN.  THIS IS THE TOWN OF SOUTH FORK, PA. MADE FAMOUS BY BEING THE LOCATION WHERE THE RAMPAGING FLOODWATERS OF THE GREAT JOHNSTOWN FLOOD ENTERED THE CONNEMAUGH VALLEY ON THE WAY TO JOHNSTOWN. | ||
T | L | 07-07-1999 | 3 | CR 6391 | EMD SD40-2 | CSX 8211 | OH | CLEVELAND | A REBUILT EMD SD40-2 LEADS THIS TRAIN INTO THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF FIVE OR SO TUNNELS IN CLEVELAND, ON THE FORMER NEW YORK CENTRAL's CLEVELAND SHORT LINE.  THIS IS NOW RUN BY CSX.  THIS TRAIN IS HEADED EAST. | |
T | L | 05-03-1999 | 2 | CR 6392 | EMD SD40-2 | OH | CLEVELAND | E/B FRIEGHT ON THE x NYC MAIN AT WEST 140th STREET, WITH THE RAPID TRANSIT TRACKS TO THE RIGHT.  CONRAIL's LAKEFRONT MAIN AND THE CHICAGO LINE WERE WONDERFULLY BUSY BEFORE THE BIG CONRAIL BREAKUP IN THE END OF MAY, 1999.  LEAD ENGINE WOULD LATER WORK AT THE CONRAIL SHARED ASSETS AREAS. | ||
T | L | 05-16-1999 | 15 | CR 6397 | EMD SD40-2 | NS 5278 (PRR), CR 8070 | PA | CRESSON | A GAGGLE OF UNITS AT BY THE SAND TOWER AT CRESSON.  THIS IS A FAVORITE PHOTO OF MINE, ESPECIALLY SINCE I REMEMBER STEPPING INTO A VERY DEEP OILY MUD HOLE JUST AFTER SNAPPING THE SHUTTER. | |
T | L | 04-25-1999 | 4 | CR 6437 | EMD SD40-2 | OH | AMHERST | AH, GOOD OLD CONRAIL.  BEFORE THE BIG CORPORATE BREAKUP, CONRAIL SERVED UP SOME INCREDIBLE TRAFFIC ON THE x NYC MAIN WEST OF CLEVELAND.  TRAIN TV 205A IS THE FIRST OF TWO EASTBOUND TRAINS AT CP 212, AS SEEN FROM ROUTE 58. | ||
T | L | 05-15-1999 | 2 | CR 6440 | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6626 | OH | BROOK PARK | TV-11 PASSING EASTLAND ROAD AND THE BIG FIRESTONE SIGN AT 15:32 ON THE x NYC LAKEFRONT MAIN.  TRAILING GE WENT TO BRAZIL (MINAS GERAIS, RIO DE JENEIRO AND SAO PAULO) LATER. | |
T | L | 05-27-1999 | 1 | CR 6493 | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6465 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | THE LAST FEW DAYS OF CONRAIL ACTION, BEFORE THE BIG MERGER DAY OF JUNE 1ST, 1999. | |
T | L | 09-09-1999 | 1 | CR 6574 | GE C30-7A | OH | BROOKLYN | W/B AT MILE 14.5 OF THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE.  THE TRAIN IS PASSING UNDER ROUTE 42, OR PEARL ROAD, SEEN IN THE DISTANCE.  UNIT WENT TO A 1.6 METER GUAGE LINE IN BRAZIL IN 2004. | ||
T | L | 06-14-1999 | 3 | CR 6595 | GE C30-7A | OH | CLEVELAND | AT CSX's CP-9, ON THE FORMER CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, WE SEE THIS LATE AFTERNOON TRAIN HEAD TOWARDS THE FIRST OF SEVERAL TUNNELS ON THE SHORT LINE.  THE NS's FORMER PRR CLEVELAND AND PITTSBURGH LINE RUNS ATOP THIS FIRST TUNNEL.  THUS, WE HAVE MAINLINE CROSSING MAINLINE, SORT OF.  CR 6595 WENT TO FERRONORTE IN 2006 OR THERE ABOUTS. | ||
T | L | 01-30-1999 | 4 | CR 6612 | GE C32-8 | CR 6175, CR 5546 | OH | BEREA | GREY 'BALLAST EXPRESS' UNIT.  IT SEEMS TO ME THAT I THESE UNITS USUALLY WERE NOT ON BALLAST TRAINS. | |
T | L | 01-30-1999 | 5 | CR 6612 | GE C32-8 | OH | BEREA | SOMEONE WAS NOT PLEASED WITH THIS GENERAL ELECTRIC PRODUCT AND WROTE 'NICE PIECE OF JUNK' ON THE SIDE OF THIS UNIT. | ||
T | L | 10-26-1999 | 3 | CR 6654 | EMD SD45-2 | EL 3669 | EMD 6411 | OH | CLEVELAND | A FINE LOOKING FORMER ERIE LACKAWANNA SD45-2 ROLLS WEST ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE AT CP-14.  THIS WAS EL's VERY FIRST SD45-2.  THE SECOND UNIT IS IN AN EMD SCHEME, A FORMER CONRAIL AND PENN CENTRAL UNIT.  THIS UNIT LATER WORK IN THE CONRAIL SHARED ASSETS AREA AND IN 2015 WAS GIVEN A FANTASTIC HERITAGE BACK INTO THE ERIE LACKAWANNA PAINT SCHEME.  SECOND UNIT IS IN AN EMD PAINT SCHEME. |
T | L | 04-25-1999 | 3 | CR 6723 | EMD SD50 | OH | AMHERST | TV-10B SPLITS THE SIGNALS, EASTBOUND AT CP 212. | ||
T | L | 04-24-1999 | 7 | CR 6725 | EMD SD50 | CR 6726 | OH | CLEVELAND | CONSECUTIVELY NUMBERED SD50's AT THE LAKEFRONT. | |
T | L | 03-24-1999 | 2 | CR 6726 | EMD SD50 | CR 5594 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | THIS UNIT WAS SUPPOSEDLY DESTROYED IN A WRECK AT CODY, KANSAS, IN 1991.  YET HERE IT IS IN 1999. | |
T | L | 04-24-1999 | 6 | CR 6726 | EMD SD50 | CR 6725 | OH | CLEVELAND | CONSECUTIVELY NUMBERED SD50's AT THE LAKEFRONT. | |
T | L | 04-24-1999 | 5 | CR 6737 | EMD SD50 | CR 6555 | OH | CLEVELAND | E/B OFF THE DRAWBRIDGE ONTO THE x NYC BUFFALO LINE AT MILE 182.  THE TRACKS TO THE LEFT ARE THE x PRR C&P LINE, WHICH HEADS BEHIND THE CAMERA TOWARDS PITTSBURGH. | |
T | L | 06-14-1999 | 5 | CR 6737 | EMD SD50 | CSX 9042 | OH | CLEVELAND | E/B AT CP-9 ON THE CSX's NEWLY AQUIRED CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, BUILT BY THE NEW YORK CENTRAL, AT CP-9. | |
T | L | 07-11-1999 | 8 | CR 6741 | EMD SD50 | OH | BROOK PARK | W/B ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, UNDER THE INTERESTING LOOKING SNOW ROAD BRIDGE.  THIS SPAN WAS BUILT AROUND 1970 OR SO, USING SOME SWEDISH DESIGN, AND THEN FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS, MULTITUDES OF CRACKS DEVELOPED IN THE BRIDGE THAT NEEDED WELDING TO KEEP IT SAFE. | ||
T | L | 08-31-1999 | 4 | CR 6755 | EMD SD50 | HLCX 6311 | OH | BEREA | A STANDING FREIGHT IN THE HOLE, JUST AROUND THE CURVE FROM BEREA TOWER. | |
T | L | 03-28-1999 | 11 | CR 6759 | EMD SD50 | OH | CLEVELAND | W/B TRAIN PASSING THE OLD PRR PASSENGER STATION AT BROADWAY STREET.  THE GREEN STATION ROOF IS LOW DOWN ON THE LEFT WITH THE OLD PASSENGER PLATFORM BETWEEN THE TRACKS.  THE TRACK WAS ELEVATED THOUGH THIS PART OF TOWN. | ||
T | L | 04-24-1999 | 24 | CR 6764 | EMD SD50 | NS 8426 (PRR) | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | E/B ON THE VIADUCT.  USUALLY I DO NOT TAKE TRAILING PHOTOS, BUT WITH THE END OF CONRAIL GETTING NEAR, I ENTERED A PERIOD OF REDUCED SELECTIVITY. | |
T | L | 07-07-1999 | 5 | CR 6764 | EMD SD50 | OH | CLEVELAND | W/B ACTION AT THE TUNNEL AT CP-9.  THE ANGLE OF THE TUNNEL TENDS TO CAUSE ME TO HOLD THE CAMERA AN IMPROPER ANGLE HERE. | ||
T | L | 02-14-1999 | 2 | CR 6765 | EMD SD50 | CR 6080 | OH | CLEVELAND | TRAIN WITH AN OUTLAWED CREW, AT CP-17 ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE (x NYC). | |
T | L | 01-30-1999 | 9 | CR 6767 | EMD SD50 | CR 6627, CR 3324 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | E/B ON THE ROCKY RIVER VIADUCT. | |
T | L | 05-08-1999 | 5 | CR 6774 | EMD SD50 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | A BRAODSIDE VIEW OF A UNIT ABOVE THE BEETLER AUTO BODY REPAIR YARD. | ||
T | L | 07-25-1999 | 1 | CR 6776 | EMD SD50 | NS 8512 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | MY NEW USED MINOLTA SRT-101's FIRST PHOTO.  W/B NEAR COLUMBIA ROAD.  THE C36-7 UNIT WAS SCHEDULED TO GO MRS (MINAS GERAOS, RIO DE JANEIRO, Y SAO PAULO IN 2003. | |
T | L | 06-02-2000 | 5 | CR 6789 | EMD SD60M | CR 5546 | SUPERTANKER 106 | OH | CLEVELAND | A SAD COMMENTARY OF RAILROAD PLANNING.  HERE WE SEE NS POWER BEING REFUELD, BY TANKER TRUCK OF ALL THINGS, AT ROCKPORT YARD.  ONE WOULD HOPE THAT THE FUEL COULD AT LEAST BE DELIVERED VIA A RAIL TANK CAR.  CR 5546 WENT TO THE APPALACHIAN & OHIO IN 2005. |
T | L | 03-21-1999 | 4 | CR 6801 | EMD SD50 | OH | CLEVELAND | E/B DOWNGRADE ON THE WATER LEVEL ROUTE.  NOTE THE GRADE MARKER ON THE SIGNAL.  MILE 184 ON THE x NYC LAKEFRONT MAIN. | ||
T | L | 04-24-1999 | 26 | CR 6803 | EMD SD50 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | YET ANOTHER E/B ON THE VIADUCT.  WERE CONRAIL'S DAYS NOT NUMBERED, I WOULD NOT HAVE WASTED FILM ON SUCH 'TRAILING' SHOTS. | ||
T | L | 05-10-1999 | 3 | CR 6806 | EMD SD50 | CR 6176, CR 6210 | OH | VERMILION | THE NEW CR / NS CONNECTION TRACK AT CP 222, LOOKING EAST AS A TRAIN ROLLS ON THE x NYC MAIN. | |
T | L | 04-10-1999 | 3 | CR 6820 | EMD SD50 | CR 5542 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | TRAIN JUST COMING OFF THE WEST END OF THE VIADUCT. | |
T | L | 07-22-1999 | 1 | CR 6824 | EMD SD50 | OH | LAKEWOOD | TRAIN 145 AT 18:10 AT BONNIEVIEW STREET, ON THE OLD NKP MAIN. | ||
T | L | 04-06-1999 | 2 | CR 6840 | EMD SD60 | EMD 1 | CR 6016 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | STANDING TRAIN ON THE VIADUCT IN OLMSTED FALLS.  FORMER EMD SD60 DEMONSTRATOR. 1985/19850907_01.jpg 1999/19990530_01.jpg |
T | L | 05-30-1999 | 1 | CR 6840 | EMD SD60 | EMD 1 | OH | CLEVELAND | A TRAIN ON THE x NYC LAKEFRONT MAIN HEAD EAST TOWARDS THE DRAWBRIDGE.  THIS TRACKAGE WOULD BE CONVEYED TO NS AFTER THE BIG CONRAIL BREAKUP.  6840 WAS AN EMD DEMONSTRATOR. 1985/19850907_01.jpg 1999/19990406_02.jpg | |
T | L | 09-22-1999 | 3 | CR 6841 | EMD SD60 | EMD 2 | CSX 7841, CSX 7696 | OH | BROOKLYN | AN E/B OVER TIEDEMAN ROAD ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE. |
T | L | 01-30-1999 | 12 | CR 6844 | EMD SD60 | CR 6115 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | VERY LATE AFTERNOON LIGHT ON THIS W/B TRAIN, WHICH IS JUST PASSING A BRIGHT RED CP COVERED COILED STEEL CAR. | |
T | L | 07-11-1999 | 1 | CR 6848 | EMD SD60 | NS 8316 (PRR) | OH | BEREA | IN THE TANGLE OF THE POST CONRAIL DISECTION, NS HAD TRAINS STANDING EVERYWHERE.  HERE IS ONE EXAMPLE AT BEREA, TRAINS WAITING TO HEAD EAST INTO THE INTERLOCKING. | |
T | L | 05-08-1999 | 2 | CR 6849 | EMD SD60 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | A CRAPPY BLURRED TRAILING SHOT.  BUT CONRAIL WAS IN ITS LAST FEW WEEKS OF OPERATIONS, SO I AM EXCUSED. | ||
T | L | 08-06-1999 | 2 | CR 6855 | EMD SD60 | NS 6700 | OH | CLEVELAND | EMD SD60's AT ROCKPORT YARD.  NS 6700 WAS THE HIGHEST NUMBERED NS SD60, PRIOR TO THE CONRAIL ADDITIONS. | |
T | L | 07-10-1999 | 8 | CR 6863 | EMD SD60 | CSX 8718 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | A NARROW NOSED SD60 HEADS AWAY TOWARDS BEREA. | |
T | L | 05-15-1999 | 3 | CR 6865 | EMD SD60 | CR 6470 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | AN EASTBOUND GETS CAUGHT IN A TRAILING SHOT NEXT TO THE VIADUCT. | |
T | L | 05-16-1999 | 11 | CR 6990 | EMD SD40 | PC 6282- CR 6282 | PA | CONPIT JCT. | AN ELDERLY SD40, BUILT FOR THE PENN CENTRAL, AT CONPIT JCT. | |
T | L | 05-16-1999 | 12 | CR 6990 | EMD SD40 | PC 6282- CR 6282 | CR 5633, CR 5631 | PA | CONPIT JCT. | TRAILING SHOT OF AN OLD, YET FUNCTIONAL, REBUILT SD40 E/B AT CONPIT JCT. |
T | L | 04-24-1999 | 10 | CR 7670 | EMD GP38 | PC 2010 | OH | CLEVELAND | FORMER PENNSYLVANIA READING SEASHORE LINES GP38 AT THE DRAWBRIDGE. | |
T | L | 09-01-1999 | 2 | CR 7671 | EMD GP38 | PC 2011 | OH | CLEVELAND | A FORMER PENNSYLVANIA READING SEASHORE LINE UNIT ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE (x NYC). ABOVE THE TUNNEL A TRAIN IS VISIBLE ON THE NS (x PRR) CLEVELAND AND PITTSBURGH LINE.  IF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS BETTER, THIS WOULD BE AN EVEN MORE FAVORITE SPOT TO VISIT. | |
T | L | 04-08-1999 | 2 | CR 7680 | EMD GP38 | PC 7680 | CR 8140 | OH | CLEVELAND | LIGHT POWER MOVE NEAR WEST 117th STREET.  AGAIN, THE RAPID TRANSIT CATENARY IS SEEN AS IT DUCKS DOWN AND EVENUTALLY UNDER THE x NYC MAIN. |
T | L | 04-24-1999 | 1 | CR 7682 | EMD GP38 | PC 7682 | OH | CLEVELAND | THE LOOP OF THE BOONDOGGLE RTA LAKEFRONT RAPID TRANSIT OVERPASS FORMS THE BACKDROP IN THIS PHOTO.  MUCH TAXPAYER MONEY WAS SQUANDERED UPON A SHORT TRANSIT LIMB THAT SERVES BARS, STRIP JOINTS, A FOOTBALL STADIUM, AND TWO MUSEUMS. | |
T | L | 04-24-1999 | 2 | CR 7682 | EMD GP38 | PC 7682 | OH | CLEVELAND | A BETTER VIEW OF HOW THE BOONDOGGLE RTA LAKEFRONT RAPID TRANSIT CURVES UP AND OVER THE x NYC LAKEFRONT MAIN WITH THE x NYC DRAWBRIDGE IN THE BACKGROUND. | |
T | L | 07-07-1999 | 4 | CR 7689 | EMD GP38 | PC 7689 | OH | CLEVELAND | A FAVORITE PHOTO OF AN AFTERNOON YARD JOB BACKING INTO THE WESTERNMOST TUNNEL ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, NEAR CP-9. | |
T | L | 07-07-1999 | 6 | CR 7689 | EMD GP38 | PC 7689 | OH | CLEVELAND | AFTER HAVING BACKED PAST HERE AN HOUR EARLIER, THE LOCAL YARD PULLER RETURNS, THIS TIME HEADED WEST OUT OF THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE TUNNEL INTO THE EVENING SUN.  THIS FAVORITE LOCATION HOSTS THE CSX IN THE TUNNEL, AND THE NS ABOVE THE TUNNEL. | |
T | L | 07-26-1999 | 3 | CR 7689 | EMD GP38 | PC 7689 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | A VETERAN OF THE PENN CENRTAL, THIS GP38 IS ROLLING AWAY FROM THE CAMERA TO THE EAST, UNDER SCHAFF ROAD.  THIS IS YARD JOB YDMA-20 ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE. | |
T | L | 06-02-1999 | 1 | CR 7892 | EMD GP38 | PC 7892 | OH | CLEVELAND | A GLOOMY DAY MARKS THE FIRST OPERATIONAL DAY OF THE NS IN THE POST CONRAIL WORLD.  A LONELY GEEP TRUNDLES OUT OF ROCKPORT YARD (NOW NS PROPERTY) ONTO THE CSX's CLEVELAND SHORT LINE AT CP-17 (FORMERLY CP-SHORT). | |
T | L | 09-22-1999 | 5 | CR 7925 | EMD GP38 | PC 7925 | CR 8249 | OH | BROOKLYN | A YARD TRANSFER LEAVES PARMA YARD AT MILE 16 ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, AND HEADS EAST TO MARCY YARD. |
T | L | 12-23-1999 | 12 | CR 8064 | EMD GP38-2 | PC 8064- CR 8064 | NY | BUFFALO | THIS MAY WELL BE THE LAST PHOTO THAT I EVER GOT OF AN UNRENUMBERED ACTIVE FORMER CONRAIL UNIT. | |
T | L | 03-28-1999 | 8 | CR 8141 | EMD GP38-2 | PC 8141 | CR 2576, CR 2563 | OH | CLEVELAND | A TRAIN CLIMBS AWAY FROM THE SHORT LINE ON THE HARVARD CONNECTION AND HEADS TOWARDS THE EAST TO THE CLEVELAND AND PITTSBURGH. |
T | L | 07-07-1999 | 1 | CR 8144 | EMD GP38-2 | PC 8144 | CSX 2693 | OH | CLEVELAND | THIS GP38-2 IS SITTING IN THE OLD B&O YARD, NEXT TO THE CONCRETE FOUNDATION OF THE DEMOLISHED CLARK AVENUE BRIDGE. |
T | L | 06-02-1999 | 2 | CR 8200 | EMD GP38-2 | OH | CLEVELAND | THIS TRANSFER RUN, ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE AT CP-17 IS HEADED UP BY CR 8200, WHICH WAS CLAIMED BY BOTH NS AND CSX ON EARLY MERGER ROSTERS, BUT CSX SEEMS TO HAVE WON THIS LITTLE BATTLE. | ||
T | L | 08-06-1999 | 1 | CR 8232 | EMD GP38-2 | OH | CLEVELAND | NS TOOK OVER CONRAIL's (FORMER NYC) ROCKPORT YARD IN 1999.  HERE IS CR 8232 AT THE WEST END OF ROCKPORT YARD, UNDER I-480.  THE LEAD UNIT WENT TO THE BELT RAILWAY OF CHICAGO IN 2002. | ||
T | L | 08-31-1999 | 2 | CR 8232 | EMD GP38-2 | OH | BROOK PARK | A QUICK GRAB SHOT OF A LONE GP AT MILE 192 ON THE OLD NYC LAKEFRONT MAIN, AT 15:30. | ||
T | L | 08-31-1999 | 10 | CR 8756 | EMD SD60M | CR 5500 | OH | BROOK PARK | WHAT WAS ONCE CONRAIL 5500, IS SEEN ON THE x BIG FOUR AT HUMMEL ROAD AT 18:55. | |
T | L | 01-09-1999 | 8 | CR 9722 | EMD SD50 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | PILES OF SNOW HAVE LITTLE EFFECT ON THIS E/B AT COLUMBIA ROAD. | ||
T | L | 05-30-1999 | 8 | CR 18564 | N-11E TRANSFER CABOOSE | PRSL 251 | PA | JIM THORPE | IT IS GOOD TO SEE THAT THIS TRANSFER CABOOSE AT JIM THORPE MAY BE PRESERVED.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 09-19-2000 | 9 | CR 21307 | CABOOSE N-21 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | CONRAIL BOUGHT 213 CLASS N-21 CABOOSES BACK IN 1978. | ||
T | L | 01-28-2000 | 1 | CR 21307 MO 22 | CABOOSE N-21 | OH | CLEVELAND | A FORMER MOTOR YARD CABOOSE AT ROCKPORT YARD.  THE N-21 CLASS OF CABOOSES WAS BOUGHT NEW BY CONRAIL IN 1978. | ||
T | L | 06-02-2000 | 4 | CR 80087 | SCALE TEST CAR | OH | CLEVELAND | AN UNUSUAL SCALE TEST CAR, LETTERED AS THE "ASHTABULA SCALE MONITOR CAR".  IT LOOKS LIKE A MODIFIED COAL PORTER CAR.  ROCKPORT YARD. | ||
T | L | 06-02-1999 | 4 | CR 528069 (NYC) | COILED STEEL CAR | OH | CLEVELAND | A BAD ORDERED CAR AT CP-17.  NOTE THE 'RUNAROUND HOSE' WHICH IS USED TO TRANSMIT THE AIR BRAKE LINE AROUND THE CAR.  THIS CAR MUST HAVE A BAD AIR LEAK THAT NEEDED TO BE BYPASSED. | ||
T | L | 12-09-2000 | 1 | CR 913035 | CRANE | CR 715922 | OH | CLEVELAND | AN "AMERICAN diesELelectric" CRANE AT ROCKPORT YARD. | |
T | L | 03-23-2000 | 1 | CSX BC CO 4173 | BURRO CRANE | CR | OH | BEREA | BURRO CRANE. | |
T | L | 07-11-1999 | 16 | CSX BR 77 | BRUSH | PANDROL JACKSON ST 599 | OH | PARMA HEIGHTS | TRACK MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT AT THE OLD B&O YARD NEXT TO THE CHEVROLET PLANT. | |
T | L | 10-15-2000 | 2 | CSX C. U. T. 21 | MILEPOST | OH | BEREA | MILEPOST 21 OF CLEVELAND UNION TERMINAL.  THIS IS LOCATED JUST EAST OF FRONT STREET, AT ABOUT MILE 21 OF THE BIG FOUR.  ACTUALLY, THIS WOULD BE FORMER BIG FOUR TRACKAGE, AND THE MILAGE OF 21 INDICATED HERE WOULD THE DISTANCE FROM COLLINWOOD, BY EITHER THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE ROUTE, OR THE C. U. T. ROUTE THROUGH THE BIG DOWNTOWN PASSENGER STATION. | ||
T | L | 06-21-1999 | 9 | CSX GRAFTON | TOWER | OH | GRAFTON | OH, OH, GRAFTON TOWER's LEGS HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND THE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN MOVED A FEW HUNDRED FEET TO THE NORTH.  I HOPE THE TOWER SURVIVES. 1997/19970806_05.jpg | ||
T | L | 04-12-1999 | 3 | CSX STATION | STATION | OH | LESTER | AKWARD ROOF LINES DOMINATE THIS VIEW OF THE FROMER B&O STATION AT LESTER.  THE B&O's CLEVELAND AND LORAIN LINES SPLIT AT LESTER. | ||
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 25 | CSX STATION "E" | FUEL RACK | OH | EUCLID | BALLAST AND TRACKS HAVE YET TO BE INSTALLED AT STATION "E", THE NEW FUEL AND SERVICE FACILITY EAST OF COLLINWOOD YARD. | ||
T | L | 06-04-1999 | 2 | CSX 17 | GE AC4000CW | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | E/B ON THE NEWLY RE-DOUBLE TRACKED CLEVELAND SHORT LINE VIADUCT OVER THE CUYAHOGA RIVER. | ||
T | L | 05-21-2000 | 10 | CSX 80 | GE AC44CW | CSX 288 | PA | BUTLER | TWO AC4400CW's, THE TRAILING ONE FITTED WITH RADIAL TRUCKS, THE LEADER NOT.  SEEN JUST EAST OF BUTLER. | |
T | L | 09-12-1999 | 12 | CSX 100 | GE AC44CW | OH | CLEVELAND | I AM STANDING UNDER THE I-480 BRIDGE AT CP-17 ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE.  THE W/B IS SWINGING ONTO THE BIG FOUR IN A FAVORITE PHOTO OF MINE. | ||
T | L | 10-19-2000 | 1 | CSX 122 | GE AC44CW | OH | BROOKLYN | AUTUMN ACTION ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, AT MILE 16.  W/B AT TIEDEMAN ROAD. | ||
T | L | 09-01-1999 | 3 | CSX 159 | GE AC44CW | OH | CLEVELAND | A BIG ALTERNATING CURRENT UNIT, W/B, COMING OUT OF A CLEVELAND SHORT LINE TUNNEL. | ||
T | L | 10-30-1999 | 3 | CSX 216 | GE AC44CW | BNSF | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | A FAVORITE PHOTO OF BIG GE POWER, W/B ON THE FORMER BIG FOUR, JUST WEST OF COLUMBIA ROAD, IN FALL COLORS. | |
T | L | 06-02-2000 | 8 | CSX 297 | GE AC44CW | OH | BROOK PARK | W/B ON THE OLD BIG FOUR.  I AM STANDING UNDER THE I-71 BRIDGE IN THIS PHOTO, TAKEN AT 16:05. | ||
T | L | 12-23-1999 | 3 | CSX 317 | GE AC44CW | CSX 612 | NY | BUFFALO | BIG AND BIGGER GE's AT FRONTIER YARD.  I LIKE THE WAY THE CSX LETTERING IS DONE IN YELLOW WITH BLUE TRIM ON THE SECOND UNIT.  IT WOULD BE EVEN BETTER IF THE LETTERING WAS BLUE WITH YELLOW TRIM.  AS A RULE OF THUMB, THE GREY AND BLUE SHOULD ALWAYS BE SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER BY THE COLOR YELLOW.  GREY SHOULD CONTACT YELLOW NOWHERE.  A THIN YELLOW LINE WOULD DO THE TRICK.  THIS WOULD MAKE FOR AN REALLY FINE PAINT SCHEME. | |
T | L | 09-01-1999 | 4 | CSX 330 | GE AC44CW | OH | CLEVELAND | THIS W/B ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE (x NYC) HAS EXITED THE TUNNELS AND IS ABOUT TO PASS CP-9, WHERE A TRACK, SEEN ON THE RIGHT, JOINS THE SHORT LINE FROM THE x PRR ABOVE. | ||
T | L | 10-20-2000 | 2 | CSX 379 | GE AC44CW | OH | BEREA | THIS BRIDGE OVER EASTLAND ROAD ONCE HAD TRIPLE TRACKAGE ON IT.  W/B. | ||
T | L | 10-27-1999 | 4 | CSX 394 | GE AC44CW | CSX 7723 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | VERY FAVORABLE LIGHTING AND FALL COLORS MAKE THIS PHOTO OF A W/B ON THE x NYC MAIN OVER THE WEST BRANCH OF THE ROCKY RIVER. | |
T | L | 10-03-2000 | 8 | CSX 405 | GE AC44CW | CSX 810 | OH | CUYAHOGA HEIGHTS | ACTION AT EAST 49TH STREET ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE.  A NICELY LIT W/B PASSING A STANDING E/B THAT IS WAITING TO GO THROUGH THE SINGLE TRACK TUNNELS. | |
T | L | 09-09-2000 | 1 | CSX 603 | GE AC6000CW | CSX 5805, RMGX 5574 | OH | COLLINWOOD | UNITS IN FRONT OF THE OLD COALING TOWER AT COLLINWOOD.  I THINK THE GREEN UNIT WENT TO THE BRASIL FERROVIAS IN 2004. | |
T | L | 04-06-2000 | 2 | CSX 604 | GE AC6000CW | OH | CLEVELAND | E/B TRAIN ON THE OLD BIG FOUR, JUST HAVING CROSSED BROOKPARK ROAD. | ||
T | L | 09-12-1999 | 6 | CSX 607 | GE AC6000CW | CR 6489 | OH | CLEVELAND | A BIG 6000hp AC DRIVE GE UNIT AT CP-17.  THIS TRAIN IS COMING OFF THE BIG FOUR AND CURVING OVER TO THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE.  IN DAYS PAST, THE BIG FOUR WOULD CROSS THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE ON SOME DIAMONDS THAT WERE LOCATED IN THE GRAVEL, JUST ABOVE THE EXHAUST STACK OF THE CSX DIESEL.  ROCKPORT YARD IS OFF TO THE LEFT. 2000/20000503_11.jpg | |
T | L | 05-03-2000 | 11 | CSX 607 | GE AC6000CW | OH | BROOKLYN | MORE BIG GE's ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, AT RIDGE ROAD. 1999/19990912_06.jpg | ||
T | L | 07-04-1999 | 2 | CSX 612 | GE AC6000CW | OH | EUCLID | THAT RADIATOR OVERHANG IS A BIT MUCH.  THIS 6000hp UNIT IS EQUIPED WITH RADIAL TRUCKS AND ALTERNATING CURRENT TRACTION MOTORS.  I DO LIKE THE WAY THE YELLOW CSX LETTERS ARE OUTLINED IN BLUE.  TIME 14:15. | ||
T | L | 06-04-2000 | 2 | CSX 614 | GE AC6000CW | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | E/B AT SCHAFF ROAD ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE.  I-480 PASSES UNDER THE TRACK ABOUT 10 CARS BACK. | ||
T | L | 06-08-2000 | 1 | CSX 619 | GE AC6000CW | CSX 719 | OH | BEREA | GE AND EMD AC POWER, W/B AT BARRETT ROAD, ON THE OLD BIG FOUR.  MOMMENTS BEFORE, I SCRAMBLED TO LUG SHOPPING CARTS AND JUNK OFF THIS VERY TRACK.  16:01. | |
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 36 | CSX 620 | GE AC6000CW | OH | PERRY | NO TIME WASTED HERE, THIS TRAIN WAS MOVING AS FAST AS POSSIBLE, IF NOT MORE.  W/B. | ||
T | L | 10-30-1999 | 4 | CSX 631 | GE AC6000CW | CSX | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | THE BIG FOUR HAS A HARD TO PHOTOGRAPH VIADUCT OVER THE WEST BRANCH OF THE ROCKY RIVER.  HERE IS MY RENDITION OF IT, AS AN E/B ROARS BY WITH 12,000hp ON THE POINT. | |
T | L | 05-03-2000 | 10 | CSX 632 | GE AC6000CW | OH | BROOKLYN | W/B ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, AT RIDGE ROAD.  THAT IS I-480 I THE BACKGROUND. | ||
T | L | 07-22-2000 | 8 | CSX 640 | GE AC6000CW | CSX | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | RECOGNIZABLE BY THE DRUMMING SOUND OF THE ENGINES, TWO BIG 6000hp GE's ROLL EAST ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE AT SCHAAF ROAD. | |
T | L | 10-03-2000 | 4 | CSX 642 | GE AC6000CW | OH | CLEVELAND | THANKS TO THE RECENT CUTTING OF BRUSH, THIS PHOTO WAS POSSIBLE.  A WESTBOUND CSX TRAIN IS COMING OUT OF ONE OF THE TUNNELS ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE AND ABOUT TO ENTER ANOTHER UNDER BROADWAY STREET, WHERE I AM STANDING. 2001/20010318_08.jpg 2000/20001014_02.jpg | ||
T | L | 10-14-2000 | 2 | CSX 642 | GE AC6000CW | CSX 661 | OH | BROOKLYN | I HAD TO WAIT A LONG TIME FOR THIS PHOTO, BUT IT WAS WORTH IT.  E/B IN THE CUT ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE MILE 15. 2001/20010318_08.jpg 2000/20001003_04.jpg | |
T | L | 05-28-1999 | 4 | CSX 647 | GE AC6000CW | OH | CLEVELAND | E/B ACTION WITH "CLOSE CLEARANCE", AT MARQUETTE STREET.  THE TRAIN IS ON TRACK ONE.  TRACK TWO, BEHIND THE TRAIN, IS ALREAD OUT OF SERVICE IN PREPARATION FOR THE BIG "DAY ONE" DIGESTION OF CONRAIL BY NS AND CSX. | ||
T | L | 10-01-2000 | 5 | CSX 647 | GE AC6000CW | CSX | OH | COLUMBIA STATION | W/B AT JAQUAY ROAD ON THE x BIG FOUR. | |
T | L | 10-07-1999 | 1 | CSX 649 | GE AC6000CW | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | A SPOTTING FEATURE OF THE BIG 6000 HORSEPOWER GE's IS THE HUGE RADIATOR OVERHANG THAT EXTENDS OVER THE REAR END PLATFORM OF THE UNIT.  WE ARE AT MILE 12 ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, THIS E/B TRAIN IS ABOUT TO PASS UNDER THE JENNING'S FREEWAY RAMP AND OVER I-480. | ||
T | L | 06-04-2000 | 8 | CSX 658 | GE AC6000CW | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | A PAIR OF 6000 HORSEPOWER UNITS MAKE SHORT WORK OF THIS CLEVELAND SHORT LINE TRAIN AT SCHAAF ROAD. | ||
T | L | 07-02-2000 | 3 | CSX 659 | GE AC6000CW | OH | BEREA | THE STATION FLAG POLE, AND THE BEREA BRICKYARD, FIXTURES OF THIS LOCATION, ALONG THE OLD BIG FOUR. | ||
T | L | 09-30-1999 | 1 | CSX 661 | GE AC6000CW | CR 6377 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | W/B ON THE GIANT CLEVELAND SHORT LINE VIADUCT.  THIS BRIDGE PASSES OVER THE CUYAHOGA RIVER AND THE REMAINS OF THE OHIO RIVER TO LAKE ERIE CANAL. | |
T | L | 09-09-2000 | 7 | CSX 661 | GE AC6000CW | OH | MADISON | TWO GE AC6000CW's HUSTLE EAST. | ||
T | L | 06-08-2000 | 2 | CSX 670 | GE AC6000CW | CSX 7378 | OH | BEREA | W/B AT BARRETT ROAD, ON THE OLD BIG FOUR.  CSX 670 WAS SCRAPPED AT THE END OF 2021. | |
T | L | 09-19-2000 | 5 | CSX 673 | GE AC6000CW | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | W/B ON THE OLD BIG FOUR AT COLUMBIA ROAD. | ||
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 38 | CSX 680 | GE AC6000CW | OH | PERRY | AMPLE GE POWER, W/B ON THE x NYC MAIN. | ||
T | L | 07-21-2000 | 1 | CSX 685 | GE AC6000CW | OH | BEREA | W/B ON THE x BIG FOUR WITH THE STATION FLAG ABOVE.  THE TRACK THAT I AM STANDING ON JOINS THE x NYC CHICAGO MAIN. | ||
T | L | 09-30-2000 | 9 | CSX 688 | GE AC6000CW | OH | CLEVELAND | W/B ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, AT MILE 5.11.  THIS IS WHERE THE LINE HAS A FLY-OVER, CROSSING THE RAPID TRANSIT LINE, x NKP MAIN, AND THE FORMER RIGHT OF WAY OF THE CLEVELAND UNION TERMINAL TRACKAGE. | ||
T | L | 10-21-2000 | 3 | CSX 688 | GE AC6000CW | CSX 684 | OH | BEREA | A GRAB SHOT AT BARRETT STREET, WITH AN EAST BOUND CSX TRAIN ON THE OLD BIG FOUR VIADUCT.  UNTIL THE BRIDGE WAS MODIFIED A FEW YEARS AGO, THE ROADWAY USED TO TRAVEL UNDER THE SMALLER ARCHWAY, WHERE A BIKE PATH NOW RUNS. | |
T | L | 05-03-2000 | 6 | CSX 694 | GE AC6000CW | CSX | OH | BROOKLYN | TWO UNITS, WITH A TOTAL OF 12,000 HORSEPOWER, ON THIS W/B ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, NEARING MILE 15. | |
T | L | 10-11-2000 | 1 | CSX 694 | GE AC6000CW | OH | BROOKLYN | W/B ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE AT MILE 14.9. | ||
T | L | 11-29-1999 | 2 | CSX 697 | GE AC6000CW | CSX 8552, HLCX 5058 | PA | PITTSBURGH | SHADOWS, A BRIDGE, AND SNOW, CONSPIRE AGAINST PHOTOGRAPHY ON THIS DAY.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. 2000/20000128_07.jpg | |
T | L | 11-29-1999 | 3 | CSX 697 | GE AC6000CW | CSX 8552, HLCX 5058 | PA | PITTSBURGH | L. S. MELIN PHOTO TAKEN RIGHT NEAR THE OLD P&LE STATION. | |
T | L | 11-29-1999 | 4 | CSX 697 | GE AC6000CW | PA | PITTSBURGH | A BIG 6000hp GE UNIT UNDER A BRIDGE ALONG THE MONONGAHELA RIVER.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | ||
T | L | 11-29-1999 | 7 | CSX 697 | GE AC6000CW | PA | PITTSBURGH | A SHADOWY PHOTO, WITH THE STEELER's STADIUM IN THE DISTANCE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | ||
T | L | 01-28-2000 | 7 | CSX 697 | GE AC6000CW | CSX, CSX 4287 | OH | BEREA | A PARADOXICAL LASHUP.  THE LEAD UNIT HAS 1000hp PER AXLE.  THE TRAILING SLUG-MOTHER PAIR HAS ONLY ABOUT 575hp PER AXLE.  TOO BAD I DID NOT GET THE NUMBER ON THE SLUG.  THAT THIRD UNIT IS A FAIRLY UNCOMMON GP39, ONLY 23 WERE EVER BUILT. 1999/19991129_02.jpg | |
T | L | 05-19-2000 | 1 | CSX 710 | EMD SD70MAC | CSX 784 | OH | BEREA | THIS PAINT SCHEME AND PHOTO ANGLE MAKE THIS UNIT ALMOST LOOK SHARK-LIKE.  W/B AT BAGLEY ROAD ON THE OLD BIG FOUR.  THE AUTOMATIC EQUIPMENT IDENTIFIER SETUP IS VISIBLE AT TRACKSIDE. | |
T | L | 10-21-2000 | 4 | CSX 758 | EMD SD70MAC | OH | BEREA | A FAVORITE BEREA PHOTO, TRAIN Q-289, W/B, JUST HAVING PASSED BAGLEY ROAD ON THE OLD BIG FOUR. | ||
T | L | 10-02-1999 | 3 | CSX 789 | EMD SD70MAC | CR 4144 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | IF MY ROSTER IS CORRECT, THIS IS THE VERY LAST AC DRIVE LOCOMOTIVE THAT CONRAIL EVER OBTAINED.  SEEN HERE E/B ON THE OLD BIG FOUR, JUST EAST COLUMBIA ROAD. | |
T | L | 07-04-1999 | 1 | CSX 805 | EMD SD80MAC | CR 4112 | CSX 612 | OH | EUCLID | ON A HOT FOURTH OF JULY DAY, I FOUND THESE VERY MODERN, AND BIG, AC DRIVE UNITS JUST EAST OF COLLINWOOD.  TWO UNITS AND 11,000 HORSEPOWER. |
T | L | 12-23-1999 | 4 | CSX 1007 | ALCO MT6 SLUG | PRR 8665- PC 6865- CR 1104 | CSX 2464 | NY | BUFFALO | SLUG AND MOTHER WORKING AT FRONTIER IN THE SNOW. 2001/20010414_03.jpg |
T | L | 12-23-1999 | 11 | CSX 1072 | EMD SW1500 | PC 9526- CR 9526 | CR 8064 | NY | BUFFALO | EMD SWITCHER AT SNOWY FRONTIER YARD. |
T | L | 10-26-1999 | 2 | CSX 1237 | EMD MP15T | SBD 1237 | CSX 6574 | OH | CLEVELAND | A RATHER ODD UNIT FOR OHIO, AN EMD MP15T, HEADS UP THIS SHORT WELDED RAIL TRAIN THAT HAS A REEFER ON THE HEAD END.  CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, CP-14 AT PEARL ROAD. |
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 2 | CSX 1238 | EMD MP15T | SBD 1238 | CSX 8678, CSX 2753 | OH | COLLINWOOD | ONLY 43 MP15T's WERE MANUFACTURED, 42 OF WHICH WENT TO THE SEABOARD SYSTEM, LIKE THIS ONE.  OF OTHER INTEREST IS THE x PENN CENTRAL GP38 IN THE LEFT DISTANCE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 16 | CSX 1238 | EMD MP15T | SBD 1238 | CSX 2753 | OH | COLLINWOOD | BROADSIDE VIEW OF A STRANGER TO COLLINWOOD, AN EMD MP15T SWITCHER. |
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 21 | CSX 1238 | EMD MP15T | SBD 1238 | OH | COLLINWOOD | ANOTHER ANGLE OF THAT MP15T. | |
T | L | 05-03-2000 | 13 | CSX 1529 | EMD GP15-1 | CR 1604 | CSX 6044 | OH | PARMA HEIGHTS | UNITS RESTING AT PARMA YARD, NEAR THE CHEVY PLANT. |
T | L | 05-15-2000 | 6 | CSX 1565 | EMD GP15-1 | CR 1689 | CSX 1977 | OH | CUYAHOGA HEIGHTS | AN ELDERLY FORMER PENN CENTRAL UNIT LEADS THIS TRAIN EAST, AT EAST 71st STREET ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE. 1998/19981004_01.jpg 1992/19920125_01.jpg |
T | L | 07-07-1999 | 2 | CSX 2219 | EMD GP35 SLUG | C&O 3529 | CSX 6934 | OH | CLEVELAND | HERE IS MY FIRST SPOTTING OF A CSX SLUG IN THE CLEVELAND AREA.  IT LOOKS LIKE A CONVERTED EMD GP35.  THIS IS THE OLD B&O YARD AT CLARK AVENUE.  NOTE THE WIND SOCK ON THE SAND TOWER. |
T | L | 05-03-2000 | 14 | CSX 2230 | EMD GP35 SLUG | C&O 3539 | CSX 6044, CSX 6457 | OH | PARMA HEIGHTS | GP35 SLUG, WITH ITS SLUG MOTHER (UNIT 6457) NEAR THE CHEVY PLANT. |
T | L | 12-23-1999 | 5 | CSX 2464 | EMD SD38 | PC 6953- CR 6953 | CSX 1007 | NY | BUFFALO | EMD SD38 SLUG MOTHER, BUILT BACK IN 1970 FOR THE PENN CENTRAL. 2001/20010414_02.jpg |
T | L | 05-03-2000 | 7 | CSX 2508 | EMD GP38-2 | SCL 508 | OH | BROOKLYN | A LOCAL IN THE CUT, W/B ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, NEARING MILE 15. | |
T | L | 11-24-1999 | 4 | CSX 2526 | EMD GP38-2 | SCL 526 | CSX 6061, CS 3679 | OH | LESTER | MORE IMAGES OF THE SCENE IN LESTER OHIO.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 11-24-1999 | 5 | CSX 2526 | EMD GP38-2 | SCL 526 | CSX 6061, CS 3679 | OH | LESTER | CSX UNIT WITH THE SIMPLE PAINT SCHEME VERSION OF THE YELLOW NOSE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 11-24-1999 | 6 | CSX 2526 | EMD GP38-2 | SCL 526 | CSX 6061, CS 3679 | OH | LESTER | L. S. MELIN PHOTO AT LESTER, WHERE THE B&O LINES TO CLEVELAND AND LORAIN SPLIT. |
T | L | 05-03-2000 | 8 | CSX 2569 | EMD GP38-2 | L&N 2569 or L&N 4059 ? | OH | BROOKLYN | A QUARTET OF POWER ROLLS AWAY FROM ME ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE. | |
T | L | 06-11-1999 | 2 | CSX 2691 | EMD GP38-2 | L&N 6040 | CSX 2695 | OH | LESTER | LESTER IS THE LOCATION WHERE THE B&O BRANCH FROM STERLING, WHICH IS ON THE B&O MAIN, SPLITS.  THE RESULTING TWO BRANCHES HEAD NORTH TO CLEVELAND AND LORAIN.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 9 | CSX 2691 | EMD GP38-2 | L&N 6040 | CSX 4445 | OH | CLEVELAND | STANDING POWER AT OLD B&O YARD AT CLARK AVENUEAT CLARK AVENUE. |
T | L | 06-11-1999 | 3 | CSX 2693 | EMD GP38-2 | L&N 6042- SBD 6042- SBD 2693 | OH | LESTER | LESTER STATION WITH A CSX UNIT ALONG SIDE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 06-11-1999 | 4 | CSX 2693 | EMD GP38-2 | L&N 6042- SBD 6042- SBD 2693 | OH | LESTER | ANOTHER VANTAGE POINT SHOWING LESTER STATION WITH A CSX UNIT ALONG SIDE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 06-11-1999 | 6 | CSX 2693 | EMD GP38-2 | L&N 6042- SBD 6042- SBD 2693 | CHESSIE SYSTEM 3679 | OH | LESTER | CSX UNIT AND CABOOSE PARKED NEAR THE STATION.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 06-11-1999 | 7 | CSX 2693 | EMD GP38-2 | L&N 6042- SBD 6042- SBD 2693 | CHESSIE SYSTEM 3679 | OH | LESTER | AT 14:30, MY FRIEND KINDLY SNAPPED THIS PHOTO FOR ME, USING A CAMARA THAT I PROVIDED HIM WITH, FOR JUST SUCH OCCASIONS.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 07-11-1999 | 14 | CSX 2695 | EMD GP38-2 | L&N 6044- SBD 6044- SBD 2695 | OH | PARMA HEIGHTS | A CLEAN CSX UNIT AT THE CHEVROLET PLANT WITH A LIMA CRANE LOOKING ON. | |
T | L | 12-23-1999 | 10 | CSX 2718 | EMD GP38-2 | PC 8045- CR 8045 | CR 8059, CR 1955 | NY | BUFFALO | SOME UN-RENUMBERED UNITS WERE STILL TO BE FOUND AT THE END OF 1999.  FRONTIER YARD. |
T | L | 05-03-2000 | 1 | CSX 2753 | EMD GP38-2 | PC 8144, CR 8144 | CSX 2790 | OH | BROOKLYN | LOOKING MIGHTY DAPPER, THIS FORMER PENN CENTRAL UNIT LEADS A FORMER CONRAIL UNIT WEST AT RIDGE ROAD ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE. |
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 20 | CSX 2753 | EMD GP38 | PC 8144- CR 8144 | CSX 1238, RMGX 9307 | OH | COLLINWOOD | FROMER PENN CENTRAL UNIT IN THE COLORS OF ITS THIRD OWNER. |
T | L | 12-23-1999 | 8 | CSX 2769 | EMD GP38-2 | CR 8183 | HLGX 6805 | NY | BUFFALO | BRRRRR.  A FAVORITE ICY PHOTO OF A FORMER CONRAIL UNIT AT FORNTIER YARD, WEARING A NEW CSX NUMBER AND SNOW. |
T | L | 09-30-1999 | 2 | CSX 2782 | EMD GP38-2 | CR 8206 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | A YARD TRANSFER JOB SCURRIES BACK EAST OVER THE BIG SHORT LINE VIADUCT, AWAY FROM THE CAMERA, TOWARDS MARCY YARD ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE. | |
T | L | 10-25-1999 | 1 | CSX 2782 | EMD GP38-2 | CR 8206 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | YARD JOB, YDMA, BACKS TOWARDS THE EAST ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE.  WE ARE BETWEEN BROADWAY STREET AND THE JENNINGS FREEWAY OVERPASS (VISIBLE IN THE DISTANCE). | |
T | L | 01-28-2000 | 2 | CSX 2800 | EMD GP38-2 | CR 8246 | CSX 2787 | OH | CLEVELAND | A FAVORITE WINTER PHOTO, TAKEN AT ROCKPORT YARD UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYES OF THE EAST TOWER. |
T | L | 05-29-2000 | 4 | CSX 2801 | EMD GP38-2 | CR 8249 | OH | STRONGSVILLE | HEAD END OF A WRECK CLEAN UP TRAIN AT STRONGSVILLE.  ABOUT A DOZEN CARS FELL OFF THE TRACK THE NIGHT BEFORE. | |
T | L | 12-23-1999 | 13 | CSX 3165 | GE B23-7 | CR 1964 | CSX 1979 | NY | BUFFALO | THERE ALMOST ALWAYS IS SOMETHING TO SEE NEXT TO FRONTIER YARD'S PARKING LOT. |
T | L | 09-12-1999 | 4 | CSX 4420 | EMD GP40-2 | CR 3325 | CSX 7584 | OH | CLEVELAND | MORE E/B ACTION AT CP-17 OF THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE.  I AM STANDING ON THE EMBANKMENT OF THE I-480 HIGHWAY.  THE THIRD UNIT WAS INVOLVED IN A WRECK AT PENCE, ILLINOIS ON MARCH 23, 1999. |
T | L | 09-19-2000 | 4 | CSX 4426 | EMD GP40-2 | CR 3342 | CSX 4490 ? | OH | BEREA | GP40-2's DOING WHAT THEY ARE INTENDED TO DO, MOVE TRAINS QUICKLY. |
T | L | 08-31-1999 | 8 | CSX 4436 | EMD GP40-2 | CR 3363 | CR 7670 | OH | BEREA | THE SECOND UNIT OF THIS CONSIST IS A FORMER PENNSYLVANIA READING SEASHORE LINE UNIT.  IT IS SEEN HERE AT A FAVORITE BIG FOUR SPOT OF MINE, AT BARRETT ROAD, JUST WEST OF BEREA TOWER. |
T | L | 07-05-2000 | 2 | CSX 4445 | EMD GP40-2 | CR 3380 | OH | CLEVELAND | UNIT IN FORMER B&O YARD AT CLARK AVENUE AND QUIGLEY ROAD.  16:50. | |
T | L | 03-24-2000 | 3 | CSX 5003 | GE AC6000CW | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | THIS TRAIN, SEPARTED ME FROM TWO APPROACHING POLICEMEN.  I MADE GOOD MY ESCAPE BY CLIMBING UP THE EMBANKMENT BEFORE THE TRAIN WAS FULLY PAST.  THIS TURNED OUT TO BE A FAVORITE PHOTO DESPITE THE THREAT OF THE LAW WHEN I WAS SNAPPING THE SHUTTER.  W/B AT SCHAAF ROAD, ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE. | ||
T | L | 05-03-2000 | 12 | CSX 5014 | GE AC6000CW | CSX 607 | OH | BROOKLYN | NEAT LIGHTING EFFECTS ON THIS E/B ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, AT RIDGE ROAD. | |
T | L | 10-11-2000 | 2 | CSX 5014 | GE AC6000CW | HLCX 7183 | OH | BROOKLYN | W/B ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE CUT AT MILE 14.9. | |
T | L | 06-20-1999 | 1 | CSX 5390 | GE B40-8 | NYS&W 4010 | CSX 7748 | OH | CLEVELAND | A FORMER SUSQUEHANNA UNIT HEADS THIS WESTBOUND ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE AT CP-14, BETWEEN STATE AND PEARL ROADS. |
T | L | 04-30-2000 | 3 | CSX 5785 | GE B36-7 | CR 5005 | OH | BEREA | THIS GE IS VINTAGE 1983.  UNIT WAS OFF THE CSX ROSTER BY 2001. | |
T | L | 10-14-2000 | 1 | CSX 5790 | GE B36-7 | CR 5015 | NREX 254, RMGX 5021 | OH | BROOKLYN | W/B IN THE CUT ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE MILE 15.  THE BIG BUILDING ABOVE THE GREEN UNIT IS THE PLAIN DEALER NEWSPAPER FACILITY.  5790 WENT TO EFVM IN BRAZIL IN 2003 AND WAS LENGTHNED A BIT, AND FITTED WITH 8 AXLES, ONE METER GAUGED ESTRALA DE FERRO VITORIA-MINAS |
T | L | 05-15-2000 | 2 | CSX 5796 | GE B36-7 | CR 5031 | OH | CLEVELAND | BROADSIDE VIEW OF A FORMER CONRAIL UNIT IN THE OLD B&O YARD, AS SEEN FROM CLARK AVENUE.  UNIT WENT TO EFVM IN BRAZIL IN 2003. | |
T | L | 10-16-1999 | 3 | CSX 5818 | GE B36-7 | SBD 5818 | OH | COLUMBIA STATION | THE INTERSECTION OF OSBORNE AND JAQUAY ROADS USED TO BE RIGHT AT THE TRACKS ON THE BIG FOUR.  IN 1999 THE INTERSECTION WAS RELOCATED SO THAT IT IS ABOUT 50 FEET OR SO NORTH OF THE TRACKS.  PHOTO AT 12:39. | |
T | L | 06-21-1999 | 4 | CSX 5879 | GE B36-7 | SBD 5879 | OH | GREENWICH | A LONE UNIT LEADS THIS TRAIN WESTBOUND OFF THE OLD B&O MAIN AND ONTO THE BIG FOUR TO THE SOUTHWEST. | |
T | L | 07-22-2000 | 12 | CSX 5883 | GE B36-7 | SBD 5883 | CSX 5903, UP 949, UP 951, LRCX 9529 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | A UNION PACIFIC BUSINESS TRAIN, HEADED EAST TO THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE AT SCHAAF ROAD. |
T | L | 09-09-2000 | 9 | CSX 5883 | GE B36-7 | SBD 5883 | OH | MADISON | MORE MADISON E/B ACTIVITY. | |
T | L | 04-06-2000 | 3 | CSX 5897 | GE B36-7 | SBD 5897 | SP | OH | CLEVELAND | A CLOULDY BRIGHT DAY, WITH A W/B UNDER I-480.  THIS TRAIN HAS JUST COME OFF THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE AND HAS SWUNG ONTO THE BIG FOUR. |
T | L | 12-23-1999 | 6 | CSX 5904 | GE B36-7 | SBD 5904 | CSX 2769, HLGX 6805 | NY | BUFFALO | ICY UNITS AT FRONTIER YARD ALONG BROADWAY STREET. |
T | L | 12-23-1999 | 7 | CSX 5904 | GE B36-7 | SBD 5904 | CSX 2769 | NY | BUFFALO | THIS IS THE KIND OF WEATHER THAT CAN MAKE YOU GET A COLD.  I GOT A REALLY BAD PNEUMONIA A FEW DAYS AFTER THIS PHOTO.  FRONTIER YARD. |
T | L | 09-22-1999 | 4 | CSX 5907 | GE B36-7 | SBD 5907 | OH | BROOKLYN | W/B IN THE LATE AFTERNOON LIGHT AT MILE 16 ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE. | |
T | L | 09-25-1999 | 2 | CSX 5911 | GE B36-7 | SBD 5911 | OH | BROOK PARK | A DEAD UNIT LEADS THIS W/B UNDER SNOW ROAD ON THE OLD BIG FOUR. | |
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 4 | CSX 5920 | GE B36-7 | SBD 5920 | HLCX 5056 | OH | EUCLID | THE NEW FUEL STATION "E" IS ALMOST READY, AT THE EAST END OF COLLINWOOD YARD.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 6 | CSX 5920 | GE B36-7 | SBD 5920 | HLCX 5056 | OH | PERRY | BAD LIGHTING ON THIS EVENING EASTBOUNDER.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 31 | CSX 5920 | GE B36-7 | SBD 5920 | HLCX 5056, CSX 7753 | OH | PERRY | DIFFICULT LIGHTING CONDITIONS MAR THIS E/B ON THE x NYC MAIN.  WE SPENT ABOUT 3 HOURS IN PERRY AND SAW ABOUT 15 TRAINS. |
T | L | 06-04-2000 | 5 | CSX 6038 | EMD GP40-2 | B&O 4138 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | A LONE UNIT STROLLS BY AT SCHAAF ROAD, ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE.  INTERSTATE I-480 DUCKS UNDER THE TRACK IN THE DISTANCE, AS THE JENNING'S FREEWAY RAMP PASSES ABOVE IT. | |
T | L | 11-24-1999 | 7 | CSX 6061 | EMD GP40-2 | B&O 4161 | OH | LESTER | A GEEP ASIDE THE LESTER STATION AND AN OIL TANK.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 11-24-1999 | 9 | CSX 6061 | EMD GP40-2 | B&O 4161 | OH | LESTER | L. S. MELIN PHOTO AT THE LESTER STATION. | |
T | L | 06-04-1999 | 4 | CSX 6212 | EMD GP40-2 | WM 4313 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | ANOTHER E/B ON THE FORMER CLEVELAND SHORT LINE VIADUCT. | |
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 10 | CSX 6279 | EMD GP40-2 | C&O 4381 | MKCX 1506 | OH | CLEVELAND | IDLE POWER IN OLD B&O YARD, AT WHAT WAS ONCE THE CLARK AVENUE BRIDGE. 1992/19920718_02.jpg |
T | L | 09-08-1999 | 2 | CSX 6301 | EMD GP40-2 | C&O 4403 | LLPX 6001 | OH | BEREA | THE SECOND UNIT OF THE W/B IS LETTERED 'LOCOMOTIVE PARTNERS 6001'.   IT WAS ONCE AN EMD DEMONSTRATOR GP60. |
T | L | 05-29-2000 | 3 | CSX 6347 | EMD GP40-2 | SCL 1637 | OH | STRONGSVILLE | UNIT IN A WRECK CLEAN UP TRAIN AT STRONGSVILLE. | |
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 8 | CSX 6352 | EMD GP40-2 | SCL 1642 | CSX 2641 | OH | CLEVELAND | STANDING POWER AT OLD B&O YARD AT CLARK AVENUE, WHERE THE CLARK AVENUE BRIDGE ONCE WAS. |
T | L | 11-15-2000 | 2 | CSX 6452 | EMD GP40-2 | B&O 4438- CSX 6336 | CSX 2209 | OH | CLEVELAND | MOTHER AND SLUG COMBO AT CLARK AVENUE. |
T | L | 05-03-2000 | 15 | CSX 6457 | EMD GP40-2 | B&O 4800 | CSX 2230 | OH | PARMA HEIGHTS | SLUG MOTHER, WITH SLUG, AT THE CHEVROLET PLANT. |
T | L | 07-05-2000 | 1 | CSX 6532 | EMD GP40 | B&O 3756 | CSX 4445 | OH | CLEVELAND | THE REMAINS OF THE OLD CLARK AVENUE VIADUCT FRAME THIS ELDERLY GP40 IN THE x B&O YARD.  16:50. |
T | L | 09-01-1999 | 6 | CSX 7041 | GE C30-7 | L&N 7041 | OH | CLEVELAND | IN A FAVORITE POSE, THIS WESTBOUND IS PASSING BETWEEN THE SIGNALS AT CP-9, ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE.  THE TAIL END OF THE TRAIN IS SNAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE SERIES OF TUNNELS ON THIS LINE.  LEAD UNIT WENT TO A 1.6 METER GUAGED LINE IN BRAZIL IN 2004. | |
T | L | 06-04-1999 | 5 | CSX 7044 | GE C30-7 | L&N 7044 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | A FAVORITE PHOTO OF A NICELY LIT W/B ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE AT MILE 11. | |
T | L | 02-05-2000 | 4 | CSX 7066 | GE C30-7 | L&N 7066 | OH | BEREA | A NICELY LIT WESTBOUND ON THE BIG FOUR, HAVING JUST CROSSED BARRETT ROAD.  THE LEAD UNIT WENT TO A 1.6 METER GUAGED LINE IN BRAZIL IN 2004. | |
T | L | 06-23-1999 | 3 | CSX 7101 | GE C30-7A | CR 6568 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | A RARE PHOTO.  THIS UNIT WAS IN CSX HANDS FOR LESS THAN A YEAR.  ITS LEASE EXPIRED AND IT WAS RETURNED AND THEN PROMPTLY BECAME AN NS UNIT.   WESTBOUND SELKIRK TO TOLEDO TRAIN ( SETO) AT WEST ROAD, ON THE OLD BIG FOUR AT 19:01.  THE LEAD UNIT WENT TO A 1.6 METER GUAGE LINE IN BRAZIL IN 2004. | |
T | L | 09-04-1999 | 1 | CSX 7102 | GE C30-7A | CR 6571 | EESTI RAUDTEE 1573 | OH | BEREA | AN EASTBOUNDER ZIPS PAST ON THE NEWLY RE- INSTALLED SECOND TRACK OF THE BIG FOUR, RIGHT BEHIND A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED BUILDING.  'MILE 22' ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE.  THIS UNIT'S LEASE SOON EXPIRED AND IT HEADED OFF TO THE NS AFTER LESS THAN A YEAR ON CSX, AND IN 2002, IT HEADED OFF TO FAR AWAY ESTONIA. |
T | L | 03-23-2000 | 2 | CSX 7307 | GE C40-8W | CR 6067 | OH | BEREA | W/B CSX TRAIN WITH FORMER CR POWER, AT BEREA. | |
T | L | 03-24-2000 | 2 | CSX 7319 | GE C40-8W | CR 6095 | 6381 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | ANOTHER W/B AT SCHAAF ROAD ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE.  THE SECOND UNIT SEEMS TO BE A LEASE UNIT OF SOME TYPE. |
T | L | 10-20-2000 | 3 | CSX 7324 | GE C40-8W | CR 6115 | OH | BEREA | W/B ON THE BIG FOUR, PASSING CLEVELAND UNION TERMINAL MILEPOST 21.  WE ARE JUST EAST OF FRONT STREET. | |
T | L | 10-21-2000 | 6 | CSX 7331 | GE C40-8W | CR 6129 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | FALL COLORS ARE EVIDENT, AS A W/B ROLL OVER SPRAGUE ROAD.  THE STREET IS THE CUYAHOGA COUNTY- LORAIN COUNTY LINE.  FORMER BIG FOUR ROUTE. | |
T | L | 09-25-1999 | 4 | CSX 7339 | GE C40-8W | CR 6147 | CSX 802 | OH | BROOK PARK | A FAVORITE IMAGE, A W/B AT HOLLAND ROAD.  BY THE WAY, THIS WAS THE VERY FIRST TIME I SAW A CONRAIL UNIT PAINTED INTO THE FULL POST-CONRAIL CSX PAINT SCHEME. |
T | L | 07-21-2000 | 7 | CSX 7346 | GE C40-8W | CR 6163 | OH | BEREA | FADING SUN WITH A W/B PASSING THE OLD BIG FOUR STATION. | |
T | L | 03-24-2000 | 1 | CSX 7357 | GE C40-8W | CR 6192 | CSX 8780 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | A FAVORITE PHOTO, WITH TWO FORMER CONRAIL UNITS IN FRESH CSX PAINT, LEADING THIS W/B ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE AT SCHAAF ROAD, AT MILE 11.  THIS UNIT'S NOSE WAS REPLACED AFTER A WRECK.  THE ORIGINAL NUMBERBOARDS WERE ON THE NOSE. |
T | L | 12-23-1999 | 16 | CSX 7358 | GE C40-8W | CR 6193 | NY | BUFFALO | FORMER CONRAIL POWER OVER HOWARD STREET. | |
T | L | 09-01-1999 | 1 | CSX 7361 | GE C40-8W | CR 6201 | OH | CLEVELAND | ANOTHER FAVORITE SPOT, THE TUNNELS ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE.  HERE WE SEE A WESTBOUND NEARING CP-9. | |
T | L | 04-06-2000 | 1 | CSX 7365 | GE C40-8W | CR 6208 | OH | CLEVELAND | FORMER CONRAIL POWER ON THE LEAD OF THIS E/B TRAIN ON THE OLD BIG FOUR, JUST HAVING CROSSED BROOKPARK ROAD. | |
T | L | 10-19-2000 | 2 | CSX 7371 | GE C40-8W | CR 6224 | OH | BROOKLYN | W/B FORMER CONRAIL UNIT, PASSING TIEDEMAN ROAD ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE. | |
T | L | 06-04-2000 | 6 | CSX 7374 | GE C40-8W | CR 6232 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | A LITTLE BIT OF LEFT HAD RUNNING ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, AT SCHAAF ROAD, NEAR MILE 12. | |
T | L | 12-23-1999 | 15 | CSX 7376 | GE C40-8W | CR 6238 | CP 5961, CSX 7358 | NY | BUFFALO | A LANDMARK OF SORTS, MILEPOST ZERO, JUST WEST OF FRONTIER YARD.  IS THIS WHERE THE NYC's 'LINES WEST' AND 'LINES EAST' WERE DIVIDED? W/B OVER HOWARD STREET. |
T | L | 12-23-1999 | 17 | CSX 7376 | GE C40-8W | CR 6238 | CP 5961 | NY | BUFFALO | HOWARD STREET IS THE LOCATION OF THE MILEPOST ZERO MARKER, WHICH IS JUST LEFT OF THE CAMERA. |
T | L | 07-22-2000 | 2 | CSX 7382 | GE C40-8W | CR 6249 | CSX 650, HLCX 5062 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | A FAVORITE PHOTO, A NICELY LIT AND COLORFUL LASHUP AT SCHAAF ROAD, ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, E/B. |
T | L | 09-25-1999 | 3 | CSX 7387 | GE C40-8W | CR 6263 | OH | BROOK PARK | A BAG OF BEEF JERKY KEPT ME BUSY WHILE I WAITED FOR THIS W/B AT HOLLAND ROAD ON THE x BIG FOUR. | |
T | L | 10-15-1999 | 2 | CSX 7477 | GE C32-8 | CR 6612 | CSX 6048 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | THIS FORMER CONRAIL GE WAS REBUILT WITH THE CAB OF A C40-8.  THAT GREY UNIT LASTED LESS THAN A YEAR ON CSX BEFORE BEING TRADED AFTER ITS LEASE EXPIRED.  AFTER THAT, NS PICKED THE UP THE UNIT.  E/B AT MILE 16 ON THE ON THE OLD BIG 4. |
T | L | 07-22-2000 | 6 | CSX 7488 | GE C39-8 | CR 6020 | CSX 7511 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | E/B ACTION AT SCHAAF ROAD, ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE. |
T | L | 11-28-1999 | 7 | CSX 7490 | GE C40-8 | OH | BEREA | W/B AT BAGLEY ROAD ON THE OLD BIG FOUR. | ||
T | L | 05-03-2000 | 2 | CSX 7491 | GE C40-8 | CR 6036 | OH | BROOKLYN | E/B IN THE CUT ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, JUST EAST OF MILE 15. | |
T | L | 11-05-2000 | 1 | CSX 7492 | GE C40-8 | CR 6037 | HATX 900 | OH | BEREA | WHILE A RAILFAN WAVES, THE CREW OF A W/B TRAIN ON THE OLD BIG FOUR IS TREATED TO THE SPECTACLE OF A TWO- HEADED PERSON SITTING AT TRACKSIDE ON A ENJOY A NICE NOVEMBER AUTUMN DAY.  THE TWO HEADED MONSTER IS REALLY MY LONGTIME FRIENDS, THE MELEN BROTHERS. |
T | L | 10-07-1999 | 4 | CSX 7493 | GE C40-8 | CR 6038 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | LIGHT IS FAILING AT THIS W/B TRAIN 'BUCI' ROARS OVER THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE's I-480 BRIDGE. | |
T | L | 05-03-2000 | 5 | CSX 7498 | GE C40-8 | CR 6049 | CSX 7682 | OH | BROOKLYN | CSX 7498 WAS FORMER CR CONRAIL 6049, THE HIGHEST NUMBERED C40-8 ON THE CR ROSTER.  W/B ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, NEARING MILE 15. |
T | L | 07-02-2000 | 4 | CSX 7555 | GE C40-8 | OH | BEREA | FORMER BIG FOUR ACTION, E/B, JUST EAST OF FRONT STREET. | ||
T | L | 06-25-1999 | 1 | CSX 7564 | GE C40-8 | CSX 7645 | OH | COLLINWOOD | WITH QUACKER TOWER (QD) LOOKING ON, AN EASTBOUND ROLLS OFF THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE FLYOVER AND ENTERS COLLINWOOD YARD. THIS TOWER's DESIGN REMINDS ME OF THE TOWER AT BEREA. | |
T | L | 06-21-1999 | 10 | CSX 7574 | GE C40-8 | OH | GRAFTON | THE CREW ON THIS BIG FOUR TRAIN HAS OUTLAWED THIS EVENING AND HAVE COVERED THE CAB WINDOW WITH NEWSPAPER SO AS TO KEEP THE HOT SUN OUT OF THE CAB, WHILE WAITING ENDLESSLY FOR A VAN TO PICK THEM UP. | ||
T | L | 06-10-1999 | 1 | CSX 7591 | GE C40-8 | OH | BEREA | THE NEWLY INSTALLED SIGN READS 'THANK YOU FOR WORKING SAFELY ON THE INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION'.  THE SIGN LASTED ONLY A FEW WEEKS.  E/B NEARING BAGLEY ROAD ON THE OLD BIG FOUR. | ||
T | L | 07-10-1999 | 2 | CSX 7609 | GE C40-8 | GECX 9009- MEC 7609 | CSX 7025 | OH | BEREA | A CSX FREIGHT ZIPS PAST TO THE WEST ON THE NOW RE-DOUBLE TRACKED BIG FOUR. |
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 33 | CSX 7613 | GE C40-8 | HLCX 6308 | OH | PERRY | A GIANT PILE OF BAGS FILLED WITH MULCH PROVIDED A HANDY PHOTO PLATFORM FOR THIS W/B ON THE x NYC MAIN. | |
T | L | 11-15-2000 | 1 | CSX 7627 | GE C40-8 | CSX 7789 | OH | CLEVELAND | EVENING PHOTO ALONG CLARK AVENUE. | |
T | L | 07-22-2000 | 7 | CSX 7629 | GE C40-8 | HCLX 6056 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | MORE E/B ACTION AT SCHAAF ROAD, ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE TRACK 1. | |
T | L | 03-30-2000 | 1 | CSX 7634 | GE C40-8 | OH | COLUMBIA STATION | W/B ON THE OLD BIG FOUR, AT JAQUAY ROAD. | ||
T | L | 10-11-1999 | 1 | CSX 7660 | GE C40-8W | OH | BEREA | A NICE NEW PARKING LOT AT BEREA IS PERFECTLY PLACED FOR RAILFANS TO WATCH THE ACTION, YET MAINTAIN A CLOSE ENOUGH DISTANCE TO THE SECURITY OF THE BEREAN RESTAURANT's BEER TAPS. | ||
T | L | 02-05-2000 | 6 | CSX 7671 | GE C40-8W | NYS&W 4050 | OH | BEREA | CSX AND SUSQUEHANNA POWER NEAR BARRETT ROAD. | |
T | L | 10-16-1999 | 1 | CSX 7672 | GE C40-8W | CSX | OH | COLUMBIA STATION | A GP30 SLUG TRAILS THIS E/B, ON THE OLD BIG FOUR AT THE FORMER ALIGNMENT OF OSBORNE ROAD.  THIS ENGINE WAS BADLY DAMAGED ON 4-22-2006 AFTER HITTING A TRUCK LOADED WITH DRYWALL IN SHARPSVILLE, GEORGIA. | |
T | L | 09-12-1999 | 10 | CSX 7679 | GE C40-8W | HLCX 5058 | OH | CLEVELAND | FINALLY, A WESTBOUND.  THIS TRAIN IS 'BUCI' (BUFFALO TO CINCINNATI) AT CP-17 ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE. | |
T | L | 09-12-1999 | 11 | CSX 7679 | GE C40-8W | HLCX 5058 | OH | CLEVELAND | A FAVORITE IMAGE.  I HAD TO WAIT ABOUT 2 HOURS FOR THIS TRAIN, 'BUCI'.  THE SECOND UNIT IS SUFFERING FROM A NON FUCTIONING RADIATOR FAN, PROMPTING THE TRAIN TO STOP FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT.  THEY COULD NOT FIX IT ON THE SPOT, SO IT WAS SENT ON TO WILLARD WITH ONLY 2 WORKING FANS.  LOCATION IS CP-17 OF THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE. | |
T | L | 06-08-2000 | 3 | CSX 7688 | GE C40-8W | CSX | OH | BEREA | W/B ON THE BIG FOUR, AT BAGLEY ROAD AT CP13.  THIS IS WHERE TRACK TWO AND TRACK ONE SWAP DESIGNATIONS. | |
T | L | 06-07-1999 | 1 | CSX 7690 | GE C40-8W | CSX 7679 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | A WIDE ANGLE PHOTO OF TRAIN ML 401X COMING OF THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE VIADUCT ON A VERY VERY HOT AND HUMID DAY. | |
T | L | 11-05-2000 | 2 | CSX 7706 | GE C40-8W | OH | BEREA | A FINAL FEW RAYS OF SUNLIGHT ILLUMINATE THIS W/B IN FRONT OF THE OLD BIG FOUR STATION AT BEREA.  ONE OF MY FAVORITE EVENING PHOTOS. | ||
T | L | 09-12-1999 | 8 | CSX 7713 | GE C40-8W | CSX 7842 | OH | CLEVELAND | MATCHED GE's E/B AT CP-17 OF THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE. | |
T | L | 09-12-1999 | 9 | CSX 7713 | GE C40-8W | CSX 7842 | OH | CLEVELAND | ANOTHER VIEW OF THE MATCHED GE's E/B AT CP-17 OF THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE. | |
T | L | 07-10-1999 | 3 | CSX 7715 | GE C40-8W | CSX 8457 | OH | BEREA | E/B ON THE CSX's BIG FOUR, WITH THE NS (FORMER NYC MAIN) IN THE DISTANCE. | |
T | L | 05-07-2000 | 4 | CSX 7731 | GE C40-8W | OH | BEREA | W/B ON THE x BIG FOUR AT BARRETT ROAD. | ||
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 24 | CSX 7753 | GE C40-8W | OH | EUCLID | POWER AT THE NEARLY FINISHED NEW STATION "E" ON THE OLD NYC MAIN. | ||
T | L | 10-16-1999 | 2 | CSX 7759 | GE C40-8W | CSX 8687 | OH | COLUMBIA STATION | MORE E/B ACTION AT THE INTERSECTION OF OSBORNE AND JAQUAY ROADS, ON THE x BIG FOUR. | |
T | L | 10-03-2000 | 7 | CSX 7759 | GE C40-8W | OH | CLEVELAND | AS SEEM FROM BROADWAY STREET, A W/B CSX TRAIN IS COMING OUT OF ONE OF THE TUNNELS ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE AND ABOUT TO ENTER ANOTHER UNDER BROADWAY STREET. | ||
T | L | 11-15-2000 | 3 | CSX 7789 | GE C40-8W | CSX 7627 | OH | CLEVELAND | STARK LIGHTING OF UNITS AND THE LTV STEEL MILL, AS SEEN FROM CLARK AVENUE. | |
T | L | 05-03-2000 | 17 | CSX 7793 | GE C40-8W | OH | CLEVELAND | THIS W/B HAS JUST CURVED OFF THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE AND JOINED THE x BIG FOUR UNDER I-480.  THE BIG FOUR RIGHT OF WAY CAN BE SEEN HEADED STRAIGHT AWAY TO THE NORTHEAST ALONGSIDE THE TRAIN. | ||
T | L | 06-19-2000 | 2 | CSX 7795 | GE C40-8W | CSX 8860, CSX 7576 | OH | BEREA | HOLY COW, A DOZEN OR SO UNITS, W/B, LIGHT AT BEREA, ON THE x BIG FOUR. | |
T | L | 06-21-1999 | 6 | CSX 7807 | GE C40-8W | CSX 7841 | OH | GREENWICH | A HAZY HOT HUMID PHOTO OF A TRAIN HEADED NORTH EAST ON THE BIG FOUR, SWINGING ONTO THE B&O MAIN, THE DIAMONDS OF WHICH CAN BE SEEN IN THE FOREGROUND. | |
T | L | 11-11-1999 | 4 | CSX 7829 | GE C40-8W | OH | BEREA | AN IDEAL TRAIN WATCHING PARKING SPOT, ONLY A FEW FEET AWAY FROM THE RACETRACK THAT WAS ONCE THE BIG FOUR. | ||
T | L | 09-25-1999 | 10 | CSX 7834 | GE C40-8W | OH | BEREA | THE EXTRA LONG CROSSING GATES AT BAGLEY ROAD ARE DOWN AT THIS W/B ROARS PAST ON THE OLD BIG FOUR AT CP13. | ||
T | L | 09-22-1999 | 2 | CSX 7841 | GE C40-8W | CR 6841, CSX 7696 | OH | BROOKLYN | AN E/B OVER TIEDEMAN ROAD ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE. | |
T | L | 09-12-1999 | 7 | CSX 7842 | GE C40-8W | OH | CLEVELAND | ANOTHER E/B AT CP-17 ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE. | ||
T | L | 06-20-1999 | 3 | CSX 7867 | GE C40-8W | OH | CLEVELAND | THE SUN JUST WOULD NOT COOPERATE ON THIS DAY.  LOOKING WEST, WE SEE AN E/B TRAIN ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE UNDER THE PEARL ROAD OVERPASS. | ||
T | L | 07-15-1999 | 2 | CSX 7885 | GE C40-8W | CSX 8470 | OH | BROOKLYN | THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE HAS SOME NEAT FEATURES, SUCH AS TUNNELS, HUGE VIADUCTS, AND SOME DECENT CUTS.  HERE IS A CUT AT MILE 15 WITH EASTBOUND EVENING TRAFFIC. | |
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 37 | CSX 7892 | GE C40-8W | OH | PERRY | MORE W/B ACTION. | ||
T | L | 09-09-2000 | 2 | CSX 7907 | GE C40-8W | CSX 8767, HLCX 6064 | OH | EUCLID | E/B Q162 ON THE x NYC, JUST EAST OF COLLINWOOD. | |
T | L | 09-09-2000 | 6 | CSX 7907 | GE C40-8W | CSX 8767 | OH | EUCLID | UNIT BEING REFUELED AT STATION "E", COLLINWOOD. | |
T | L | 06-04-2000 | 4 | CSX 8037 | EMD SD40-2 | L&N 8037 | CSX 7041 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | W/B ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, AT SCHAAF ROAD. |
T | L | 07-06-2000 | 2 | CSX 8041 | EMD SD40-2 | OH | CLEVELAND | CSX POWER AT CLARK AND CLARK AVENUES, BY THE OLD B&O YARD.  15:15. | ||
T | L | 06-04-2000 | 7 | CSX 8043 | EMD SD40-2 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | A WELDED RAIL TRAIN DRIFTS BY MILE 12, ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, AT SCHAAF ROAD. | ||
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 28 | CSX 8043 | EMD SD40-2 | OH | EUCLID | THE STATION "E" FUEL RACKS WERE STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION WHEN THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN.  AS A RESULT, THESE ENGINES WERE REFUELED VIA TANKER TRUCK. | ||
T | L | 11-06-1999 | 9 | CSX 8097 | EMD SD40-2 | L&N 8097 | CSX 8445 | OH | BEREA | TRUSTWORTHY SD40-2's HEAD WEST ON THE OLD BIG FOUR. |
T | L | 03-23-2000 | 3 | CSX 8108 | EMD SD40-2 | L&N 8108 | GECX | OH | BEREA | W/B CSX TRAIN, WITH A FORMER SANTA FE REBUILD UNIT TRAILING. |
T | L | 06-21-1999 | 5 | CSX 8110 | EMD SD40-2 | L&N 8110 | OH | GREENWICH | ANOTHER LONELY UNIT LEADS A WESTBOUND ON THE x B&O MAIN.  THAT IS THE CONNECTOR TO THE BIG FOUR ON THE RIGHT. | |
T | L | 11-22-1999 | 4 | CSX 8199 | EMD SD40-2 | L&N 3571 | CSX 5908 | OH | LESTER | A HURRIED 'GRAB SHOT' IN FAILING LIGHT MAKE FOR A SOMEWHAT DRAMATIC IMAGE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 07-22-2000 | 4 | CSX 8223 | EMD SD40-2 | L&N 3595 | CSX 8740 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | GARBAGE TRAIN, W/B AT SCHAAF ROAD, ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE. |
T | L | 10-26-1999 | 1 | CSX 8224 | EMD SD40-2 | L&N 3596 | CSX 8121 | OH | CLEVELAND | TRAIN BUCI (BUFFALO TO CUMBERLAND) AT CP-14 ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE.  THIS TRAIN WILL LEAVE THE SHORT LINE AT CP-16 AND HEAD DOWN THE B&O CLEVELAND BRANCH TO STERLING OHIO AND THEN HEAD EAST ON THE B&O MAIN. |
T | L | 07-06-2000 | 1 | CSX 8245 | EMD SD40-2 | L&N 8154 | CSX 8041 | OH | CLEVELAND | SD40-2's IN THE OLD B&O YARD AT CLARK AVENUE AND QUIGLEY ROAD, 15:15.  ON SUNNY DAYS WHEN I GET OUT OF WORK EARLY, I TRY TO DRIVE DOWN HERE TO GET SOME PHOTOS.  USUALLY THE EFFORT IS A FAILURE AS A COKE TRAIN IS USUALLY IN THE WAY. |
T | L | 07-26-1999 | 1 | CSX 8248 | EMD SD40-2 | B&O 7606 | CR 5046 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | AS SEEN FROM SCHAF ROAD, TRAIN TV-22 ROARS WEST AT CP-11 ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE.  IN 2003, CR 5046 HAD ITS FRAME ELONGATED IN BRAZIL, AND THEN GOT 8 AXLES, FOR ONE METER GAUGE OPERATION. |
T | L | 06-04-2000 | 3 | CSX 8249 | EMD SD40-2 | B&O 7607 | HLCX 6000 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | E/B AT SCHAFF ROAD ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE. |
T | L | 06-23-1999 | 4 | CSX 8250 | EMD SD40-2 | B&O 7608 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | ANOTHER EVENING WESTBOUNDER AT WEST ROAD ON THE FORMER BIG FOUR. | |
T | L | 09-22-1999 | 7 | CSX 8253 | EMD SD40-2 | B&O 7611 | CR 6725 | OH | BROOKLYN | A FINE VIEW OF WESTBOUND ACTION ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, AT MILE 16 NEAR TIEDEMAN ROAD.  THE TAIL END OF AN EASTBOUNDER CAN BE SEEN ON THE RIGHT. |
T | L | 04-08-1999 | 4 | CSX 8259 | EMD SD40-2 | B&O 7617 | CSX 8356 | OH | CLEVELAND | NICE LIGHTING ON THE NOSE OF THE CSX UNIT ON W/B TRAIN BUBH AT MP 185. |
T | L | 07-22-2000 | 11 | CSX 8312 | EMD SD40 | LRCX 9529 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | A LIVINGSTON REBUILD CENTER NEE SANTA FE REBUILD OF A U30C TRAILS THIS TRAIN, E/B ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE AT SCHAAF ROAD. | |
T | L | 04-06-2000 | 4 | CSX 8426 | EMD SD40 | C&O 7575 | CSX 7787,, RMGX 5049 | OH | BROOK PARK | AT 14:01, I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GRAB SNAP THIS PHOTO OF A W/B AT HUMMEL ROAD ON THE x BIG FOUR. |
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 7 | CSX 8445 | EMD SD40-2 | UP 3009 | HLCX 5020, CN | OH | PERRY | NOT SURE OF THE HERETAGE OF THAT SECOND UNIT.  THAT'S ME IN THE YELLOW SHIRT IN THE DISTANCE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 32 | CSX 8445 | EMD SD40-2 | UP 3009 | HLCX 5020, CN | OH | PERRY | AN OUT OF SERVICE NYC SIGNAL BRIDGE FRAMES THIS W/B AT PERRY.  LEAD UNIT HAILS FROM THE UNION PACIFIC IN THE PAST. |
T | L | 07-15-1999 | 3 | CSX 8470 | EMD SD40-2 | UP 3056 | CSX 7885 | OH | BROOKLYN | E/B AT MILE 15 ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE.  THE LEAD UNIT WAS REBUILT BY MORRISON KNUDSEN IN 1990. |
T | L | 07-22-2000 | 9 | CSX 8487 | EMD SD40 | CR 6173- C&NW 6502 | HLCX 6060 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | E/B ACTION AT SCHAAF ROAD, ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, TRACK 2. |
T | L | 05-07-2000 | 5 | CSX 8504 | EMD SD50 | SBD 8504 | CSX 8879 | OH | BEREA | A VETERAN AT WORK, THE SECOND UNIT ON THIS TRAIN STARTED OUT ON THE PRR, IT WAS BUILT IN 1966.  LOCATION IS BARRETT ROAD. |
T | L | 01-05-2000 | 3 | CSX 8533 | EMD SD50 | SBD 8533 | NS 8551 | OH | BEREA | NICELY LIT W/B ON THE OLD BIG FOUR, AT THE BEREA STATION.  NS 8551 IS ON OF TWO PRE- REGUALAR PRODUTION GE C39-8's. |
T | L | 11-27-1999 | 1 | CSX 8544 | EMD SD50 | SBD 8544 | HLGX 6800 | PA | BEAVER FALLS | CSX TRAIN AS SEEN FROM ACORSS THE MUDDY BEAVER RIVER.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 11-27-1999 | 2 | CSX 8544 | EMD SD50 | SBD 8544 | HLGX 6800 | PA | BEAVER FALLS | ANOTHER ANGLE OF THAT DISTANT CSX TRAIN AS SEEN FROM ACORSS THE MUDDY BEAVER RIVER.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 10-21-2000 | 2 | CSX 8566 | EMD SD50 | C&O 8566 | OH | BEREA | FRONT STREET, ON FORMER BIG FOUR, W/B. | |
T | L | 09-25-1999 | 1 | CSX 8569 | EMD SD50 | C&O 8569 | OH | BROOK PARK | E/B CSX ON THE BIG FOUR AT MILE 19.2, JUST SHORT OF SNOW ROAD. | |
T | L | 12-23-1999 | 2 | CSX 8582 | EMD SD50 | B&O 8582 | NS 9309 | NY | BUFFALO | W/B ON THE BRIDGE OVER BROADWAY STREET AT THE INTERSECTION OF MEMORIAL STREET.  WE ARE JUST WEST OF FRONTIER YARD. |
T | L | 05-03-2000 | 3 | CSX 8585 | EMD SD50 | B&O 8585 | CSX 7491, LLPX 6002 | OH | BROOKLYN | HMM, I DON'T KNOW WHY I DID NOT GET A BETTER PHOTO OF THE LOCOMOTIVE LEASING PARTNERS UNIT SEEN ON THE LEFT OF THE IMAGE.  IT WAS ONE OF THREE EMD SD60 DEMONSTRATORS, BUILT WITH ROUNDED CAB AND NOSE CONTOURS.  CLEVELAND SHORT LINE. |
T | L | 06-02-1999 | 5 | CSX 8596 | EMD SD50 | SBD 8596 | OH | CLEVELAND | E/B AT CP-17, FORMERLY KNOWN AS CP-SHORT, ON THE OLD NEW YORK CENTRAL's CLEVELAND SHORT LINE.  CSX DID NOT WASTE TIME IN GETTING FREIGHTS MOVING FAST IN THIS NEWLY AQUIRED CSX TERRITORY. | |
T | L | 05-15-2000 | 5 | CSX 8596 | EMD SD50 | SBD 8596 | CSX 8060 | OH | CUYAHOGA HEIGHTS | A NICE PHOTO OF ACTION AT EAST 71st STREET ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE.  THE TRAIN IS ABOUT TO CROSS THE BIG SHORT LINE VIADUCT, AND A YARD JOB'S HEADLIGHT IS VISIBLE IN THE DISTANCE AT MARCY YARD. |
T | L | 05-15-2000 | 3 | CSX 8599 | EMD SD50 | SBD 8599 | OH | CUYAHOGA HEIGHTS | TRAILING SHOT OF AN EASTBOUND THAT HAS JUST COME OFF THE HUGE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE BRIDGE, NEAR EAST 71st STREET. | |
T | L | 05-03-2000 | 18 | CSX 8615 | EMD SD50 | SBD 8615 | OH | CLEVELAND | ANOTHER W/B HAS JUST CURVED OFF THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE AND JOINED THE x BIG FOUR UNDER I-480.  THE BIG FOUR RIGHT OF WAY CAN BE SEEN HEADED STRAIGHT AWAY TO THE NORTHEAST ALONGSIDE THE TRAIN. | |
T | L | 11-29-1999 | 6 | CSX 8628 | EMD SD50 | C&O 8628 | CSX 8652 | PA | PITTSBURGH | SD50's IN THE SHADOW OF A BRIDGE, W/B ACROSS FROM PITTSBURGH's DOWNTOWN.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 10-21-2000 | 5 | CSX 8633 | EMD SD50 | C&O 8633 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | W/B ON THE x BIG FOUR, AT WEST ROAD. | |
T | L | 10-19-2000 | 3 | CSX 8635 | EMD SD40 | C&O 8635 | HLCX 7200 | OH | BROOKLYN | MORE AUTUMN ACTION ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, AT MILE 16.03 AT TIEDEMAN ROAD. |
T | L | 12-09-2000 | 7 | CSX 8659 | EMD SD50 | CR 6739 | OH | BROOK PARK | E/B ON THE BIG FOUR, NEARING SNOW ROAD. | |
T | L | 10-07-1999 | 3 | CSX 8664 | EMD SD50 | CR 6747 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | WE ARE AT MILE 12.12 ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE WITH A W/B PASSING ALONG THE GIRDERS OF THE I-480 OVERPASS. | |
T | L | 10-14-1999 | 3 | CSX 8667 | EMD SD50 | CR 6757 | CSX 8690 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | A DARK PHOTO.  FORMER CONRAIL UNITS ON THE BIG FOUR, CROSSING COLUMBIA ROAD E/B AT 10:45.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 15 | CSX 8678 | EMD SD50 | CR 6784 | CSX 8681 | OH | COLLINWOOD | A BRIGHT AND HAZY DAY FINDS FORMER CONRAIL POWER IN FAMILIAR COLLINWOOD SURROUNDINGS. |
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 18 | CSX 8681 | EMD SD50 | CR 6790 | OH | COLLINWOOD | FORMER CONRAIL UNIT NEXT TO SHOPS, ONE OF THE RADIATOR SECTIONS SEEMS TO BE IN YELLOW PRIMER. | |
T | L | 05-03-2000 | 16 | CSX 8698 | EMD SD60M | CR 6827 | CSX 7740 | OH | CLEVELAND | E/B ON THE x BIG FOUR, NEARING CP-16, WHERE IT WILL SWING ONTO THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, JUST PAST THE I-480 OVERPASS. |
T | L | 07-22-2000 | 18 | CSX 8726 | EMD SD60M | CR 5585 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | W/B TRAIN Q161 ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE AT SCHAAF ROAD. | |
T | L | 04-30-2000 | 2 | CSX 8730 | EMD SD60M | CR 5594 | CSX 603 | OH | BEREA | MORE FORMER CONRAIL POWER ON THE CSX HALF OF BEREA. |
T | L | 03-24-2000 | 4 | CSX 8732 | EMD SD60M | CR 5599 | CSX 5832 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | AN HONEST TO GOODNESS MEET AT MILE 11, ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, UNDER SCHAAF ROAD.  MY ROSTER IS A BIT CONFUSED ABOUT THE HISTORY OF CSX 5832.  ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED. |
T | L | 07-22-2000 | 5 | CSX 8740 | EMD SD60M | CR 5619 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | FORMER CONRAIL UNIT ON A GARBAGE TRAIN, W/B AT SCHAAF ROAD, ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE.  IN 2018 UNIT WENT TO LARRY'S TRUCK ELECTRIC (LTEX) | |
T | L | 05-03-2000 | 4 | CSX 8755 | EMD SD60M | CR 5654 | OH | BROOKLYN | THIS UNIT WAS THE VERY LAST OF CONRAIL'S SD60M's (OR SD60I's IF YOU PREFER).  CLEVELAND SHORT LINE. | |
T | L | 09-12-1999 | 3 | CSX 8758 | EMD SD60M | CR 5505 | CSX 9020 | OH | CLEVELAND | WE ARE AT CP-17 ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, A LOCATION FORMERLY KNOWN AS CP-SHORT.  AN E/B CSX TRAIN IS SWINGING ONTO THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE FROM THE BIG 4.  IN THE DISTANCE, A STANDING NS TRAIN CAN BE SEEN.  ROCKPORT YARD IS OFF TO THE LEFT. |
T | L | 09-09-2000 | 3 | CSX 8767 | EMD SD60M | CR 5525 | HLCX 6064 | OH | EUCLID | THE SECOND UNIT OF E/B Q162 ON THE x NYC, JUST EAST OF COLLINWOOD. |
T | L | 09-09-2000 | 4 | CSX 8767 | EMD SD60M | CR 5525 | HLCX 6064, CSX 7907 | OH | EUCLID | A FAVORITE PHOTO, UNITS BEING REFUELED AT THE BRAND NEW STATION "E", COLLINWOOD. |
T | L | 11-20-1999 | 11 | CSX 8777 | EMD SD60M | CR 5549 | CSX 3180, BNSF 4538 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | A W/B CSX TRAIN ON THE NS IN OLMSTED FALLS. |
T | L | 04-30-2000 | 1 | CSX 8819 | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6405 | MPI 9040 ? | OH | BEREA | A NICE PLACE TO PARK AND WATCH TRAINS IN THE AFTERNOON.  W/B ON THE x BIG FOUR. |
T | L | 09-09-2000 | 8 | CSX 8828 | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6431 | RMGX 7175 | OH | MADISON | CLOUDY BRIGHT DAY, E/B, MADISON, x NYC MAIN.  LEAD UNIT LATER WORKED THE CONRAIL SHARED ASSETS AREAS. |
T | L | 07-22-2000 | 10 | CSX 8855 | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6497 | CSX 662 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | AND YET EVEN MORE E/B ACTION AT SCHAAF ROAD, ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE TRACK 1.  THE BIG AC6000CW SEEMS TO MAKE THE OTHERWISE LARGE SD40-2 LOOK A BIT SMALL.  LEAD UNIT LATER WORKED THE CONRAIL SHARED ASSETS AREAS. |
T | L | 06-07-2000 | 4 | CSX 8858 | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6502 | HLCX 5017, HLCX 6523 | OH | BEREA | FORMER CONRAIL MYSTERY UNIT TRAILS THIS W/B AT FRONT STREET, BIG FOUR.  18:08 |
T | L | 05-15-2000 | 4 | CSX 8863 | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6517 | CSX 8599 | OH | CUYAHOGA HEIGHTS | TRAILING SHOT OF AN EASTBOUND THAT HAS JUST COME OFF THE HUGE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE BRIDGE, NEAR EAST 71st STREET. |
T | L | 07-22-2000 | 1 | CSX 8866 | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6522 | CSX 8863 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | MORNING E/B ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE AT SCHAAF ROAD. |
T | L | 11-29-1999 | 5 | CSX 295428 | COKE CAR | PA | PITTSBURGH | A DRUG ADDICTS DREAM, THE 'COKE EXPRESS'.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | ||
T | L | 02-28-2000 | 5 | CUVA 345 | EMD SW8 ? | OH | CLEVELAND | A BLAST FURNACE AND ITS SUPPORTING CAST DWARF AN EMD SWITCHER AT THE LTV PLANT. | ||
T | L | 05-25-2000 | 1 | CUVA 424 | EMD SW1001 | OH | CLEVELAND | NICELY LIT CUYAHOGA VALLEY SWITCHER AT THE STEEL MILLS ALONG CLARK AVENUE. | ||
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 13 | CUVA 425 | EMD SW1001 | RIVER TERMINAL 106 | OH | CLEVELAND | THE LTV STEEL MILL IN CLEVELAND IS SERVED BY UNITS WEARING IN BOTH THE CUYAHOGA VALLEY AND RIVER TERMINALS' PAINT SCHEMES. | |
T | L | 02-28-2000 | 7 | CUVA 802 ? | EMD SW8 ? | OH | CLEVELAND | THE GIANT LTV MILL WITH AN EMD UNIT BARELY VISIBLE.  THIS LIITLE UNIT WAS SHIPPED TO THE ISG PLANT IN WARREN, OHIO IN 2004. | ||
T | L | 10-20-1999 | 5 | CVSR 15 | ALCO MLW FPA-4 | CN 6771- VIA 6771- B&K ENGINEERING- WESTRN MARYLAND SCENIC WM 305 | OH | PENINSULA | THIS UNIT ON THIS CUYAHOGA VALLEY SCENIC RAILROAD PASSENGER TRAIN WAS THIS FORMER CANADIAN NATIONAL FPA-4. | |
T | L | 10-20-1999 | 6 | CVSR 15 | ALCO MLW FPA-4 | CN 6771- VIA 6771- B&K ENGINEERING- WESTRN MARYLAND SCENIC WM 305 | OH | PENINSULA | SIDE OF CAB PHOTO. | |
T | L | 10-20-1999 | 2 | CVSR 2014 | EMD SW8 | US ARMY 2014 | CVSR 112 | OH | PENINSULA | A SPIFFY SWITCHER HAULS PASSENGERS SOUTH AT PENINSULA ON THE CUYAHOGA VALLEY SCENIC RAILROAD. |
T | L | 10-20-1999 | 3 | CVSR 2014 | EMD SW8 | US ARMY 2014 | CVSR 112 | OH | PENINSULA | A FORMER US ARMY CUYAHOGA VALLEY SCENIC RAILROAD SWITCHER PARKED IN THE HANDICAPPED PARKING SPACES. |
T | L | 10-20-1999 | 4 | CVSR 2014 | EMD SW8 | US ARMY 2014 | CVSR 112 | OH | PENINSULA | ANOTHER SHOT OF THAT SPIFFY SWITCHER ON THE CUYAHOGA VALLEY SCENIC RAILROAD. |
T | L | 06-10-1999 | 3 | D&RGW 3118 | EMD GP40 | SSW 7262, NS 8435 (PRR) | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | WESTERN POWER HEADED EAST AT WEST ROAD ON THE x BIG FOUR. | |
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 1 | DB | PUSH PULL PASSENGER | GERMANY | BRAUBACH | PUSH PULL PASSENGER TRAIN ALONG THE RHINE RIVER. | ||
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 3 | DB | ELECTRIC | GERMANY | BOPPARD | S/B PASSENGER TRAIN ON THE RHINE RIVER WITH VINEYARDS CLIMBING THE CLIFFS. | ||
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 5 | DB | ELECTRIC TYPE 101 | GERMANY | BOPPARD | VINEYARDS CLIMB THE STEEP HILLS ON THE RHINE WHILE A S/B PASSENGER TRAIN GLIDES BY. | ||
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 6 | DB | ELECTRIC TYPE 101 | GERMANY | HIRZENACH | YET ANOTHER TRAIN, S/B ON THE RHINE. | ||
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 8 | DB | ELECTRIC TYPE 143 | GERMANY | HIRZENACH | S/B BILEVEL TRAIN AT THE STATION IN HIRZENACH, ALONG THE RHINE. | ||
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 9 | DB | ELECTRIC TYPE 140 | GERMANY | EHRENTHAL | A CONTAINER TRAIN S/B ALONG THE RHINE.  IT SEEMS THAT THE LONGEST CONTAINER CARS CAN HOLD A FOURTY FOOT CONTAINER AND A TWENTY FOOT ONE, BUT NOT TWO FOURTY FOOTERS. | ||
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 10 | DB | PUSH PULL PASSENGER | GERMANY | WELLMICH | PUSH PULL STYLE TRAIN ALONG THE RHINE. | ||
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 11 | DB | ELECTRIC ICE TRAIN TYPE 1 | GERMANY | LORELY | A HIGH SPEED ICE TRAIN ALONG THE RHINE AT THE LEGENDARY LORELY GORGE. | ||
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 12 | DB | ELECTRIC TYPE 120 | GERMANY | OBERWESEL | N/B PASSENGER SERVICE ALONG THE RHINE AT THE LORELY. | ||
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 14 | DB | ELECTRIC TYPE 155 | GERMANY | RÜDESHEIM | WHILE MY WIFE WENT ON A TOY TRAIN TRIP TO A TOY MUSEUM (SEE TOY TRAIN AT LEFT), I BRACED MYSELF FOR WATCHING TRAIN AFTER TRAIN, ABOUT ONE TRAIN EVERY 4 MINUTES, ALL DAY LONG. | ||
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 15 | DB | ELECTRIC TYPE 143 | GERMANY | RÜDESHEIM | ANOTHER N/B TRAIN ON THE EAST BANK OF THE RHINE. | ||
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 16 | DB | ELECTRIC TYPE 143 | GERMANY | RÜDESHEIM | TRAINS CAME SO FREQUENTLY TO THIS TOWN, THAT THE CROSSING GATES OFTEN STAYED DOWN BETWEEN TRAINS. | ||
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 18 | DB | FLAT CAR | GERMANY | RÜDESHEIM | A HEAVY DUTY SIX AXLED FERMAN FLAT CAR. | ||
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 20 | DB | TRACK | GERMANY | RÜDESHEIM | GERMAN TRACK IS SIMILAR TO US TRACK.  HERE WE SEE KRUPP RAILS, WHICH ARE BOLTED TO THE TIE PLATES AND THE PLATES ARE BOLTED TO THE CROSS TIES.  THE TIES LOOKED A BIT LARGER IN SIZE THAN THE US VARIETY, WHILE THE RAILS LOOK TO BE ABOUT 130 POUNDS PER YARD. | ||
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 24 | DB | STATION | GERMANY | RÜDESHEIM | A LOCAL TRAIN PAUSES AT THE STATION UNDER A MASSIVE LOOKING SIGNAL STRUCTURE. | ||
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 33 | DB | ELECTRIC | GERMANY | RÜDESHEIM | A MIXED TRAIN, OR A GERMAN VERSION OF THE "AUTOTRAIN" WITH BOTH PASSENGER CARS AND AUTOMOBILE CARS. | ||
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 36 | DB | ELECTRIC ICE TRAIN TYPE 1 | GERMANY | RÜDESHEIM | A HIGH SPEED DESIGN TRAIN, THE "ICE" OR "INTER CITY EXPRESS", ZIPS BY IN THE LAST AVAIABLE LIGHT OF THE DAY. | ||
T | L | 08-27-2000 | 4 | DB | STEAM ENGINE WHEEL | GERMANY | BAMBERG | IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, NEXT TO THE ENGINE FACILITY IN BAMBERG, I FOUND THIS PRESERVED STEAM ENGINE DRIVER.  LOOKS LIKE IT CAME FROM A 3 CYLINDER ENGINE. | ||
T | L | 08-27-2000 | 5 | DB | SWITCH STAND | GERMANY | BAMBERG | GERMAN STYLE HAND THROW SWITCH STAND.  REMINDS ME OF THE TURNOUTS THAT I HAD ON MY HO SCALE MÄRKLIN MODEL RAILROAD AS A KID. | ||
T | L | 08-20-2000 | 1 | DB ? | SWITCHER TYPE 331, 332, or 333 | GERMANY | TABER | STANDING IN MY UNDERWEAR WHILE CRUISING ON THE SAAR RIVER, I SPIED THIS LITTLE SWITCHER AND PHOTOED IT THROUGH AN OPEN WINDOW. | ||
T | L | 08-20-2000 | 2 | DB ? | RAIL DIESEL CAR TYPE 143 | GERMANY | WASSERLIESCH | RAIL DIESEL CARS ON A MISTY DAY ALONG THE MOSEL RIVER. | ||
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 35 | DB 101 116 4 | ELECTRIC TYPE 101 | GERMANY | RÜDESHEIM | ROARING NORTH ALONGSIDE THE RHINE, ONLY A FEW FEET FROM THE CAMERA. | ||
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 32 | DB 101 126 1 | ELECTRIC TYPE 101 | GERMANY | RÜDESHEIM | THE DARMSTÄTER HOF, A GARBAGE DUMPSTER, AND A N/B PASSENGER TRAIN. | ||
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 19 | DB 110 199 7 | ELECTRIC TYPE 110 | GERMANY | RÜDESHEIM | N/B TRAIN PASSES A CROSSING GATE.  NOTE THAT THE GATE HAS A BARRIER THAT HANGS DOWN TO THE GROUND TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM DUCKING UNDER THE GATE ARM.  AND, EACH SIDE OF THE TRACK HAS TWO GATES THAT MEET IN THE MIDDLE, SO THAT PEOPLE CANNOT GO AROUND THE ENDS OF THE GATES. | ||
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 26 | DB 110 444 7 | ELECTRIC TYPE 110 | GERMANY | RÜDESHEIM | ANOTHER N/B TRAIN AT THE STATION.  THE ROAD CROSSES THE TRACKS HERE AND IS THE SCENE OF LOTS OF CONGESTION AS THE GATES ARE RARELY UP. | ||
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 27 | DB 110 444 7 | ELECTRIC TYPE 110 | GERMANY | RÜDESHEIM | BROADSIDE PHOTO OF ENGINE. | ||
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 34 | DB 120 154 0 | ELECTRIC TYPE 120 | GERMANY | RÜDESHEIM | MODERN LOOKING SMOOTH SIDED ELECTRIC AT RÜDESHEIM. | ||
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 23 | DB 140 171 0 | ELECTRIC TYPE 140 | GERMANY | RÜDESHEIM | N/B ALONG THE RHINE.  THE LITTLE STONE MARKER ON THE RIGHT SAYS "326.703 KM BIZ ZUR LANDES GRENZEN" WHICH TRANSLANTS AS "326.703 KILOMETERS TO BORDER OF THE LAND". | ||
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 13 | DB 140 230 0 | ELECTRIC TYPE 140 | GERMANY | RÜDESHEIM | OUR BOAT DOCKED FOR THE NIGHT AT THE LITTLE TOWN OF RÜDESHEIM ON THE RHINE.  I WAS HERE BACK IN 1982 AND EAGERLY AWAITED THE INSANELY BUSY TRAIN TRAFFIC ON THIS MAINLINE TRACK, AN ALLTIME FAVORITE RAILFAN SPOT OF MINE. | ||
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 17 | DB 140 572 9 | ELECTRIC TYPE 140 | GERMANY | RÜDESHEIM | A FREIGHT TRAIN ROLLS PAST A CASTLE LIKE BUILDING IN A FAVORITE TOWN. | ||
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 22 | DB 140 685 9 | ELECTRIC TYPE 140 | GERMANY | RÜDESHEIM | TRAILING UNIT ON FREIGHT TRAIN, WEARING AN OLDER CREAM AND BLUE PAINT SCHEME. | ||
T | L | 08-27-2000 | 6 | DB 141 053 9 | ELECTRIC TYPE 141 | GERMANY | BAMBERG | OLDER LOOKING ELECTRIC ENGINE AT BAMBERG. | ||
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 30 | DB 143 064 4 | ELECTRIC TYPE 143 | GERMANY | RÜDESHEIM | MORE N/B TRAIN TRAFFIC ALONG THE RHINE RIVER.  I NOTED THAT MOST OF THE HIGH SPEED TYPE TRAINS WERE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE RIVER, ON TRACKAGE THAT WAS EQUALLY BUSY. | ||
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 25 | DB 143 123 9 | ELECTRIC TYPE 143 | GERMANY | RÜDESHEIM | N/B TRAIN AT THE STATION. | ||
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 37 | DB 143 197 2 | ELECTRIC TYPE 143 | GERMANY | RÜDESHEIM | A RARE AMERICAN CAR KEEPS ME COMPANY WHILE THE TRAINS KEEPS PASSING EVERY FEW MINUTES. | ||
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 21 | DB 151 012 2 | ELECTRIC TYPE 151 | DB 140 685 9 | GERMANY | RÜDESHEIM | A DOUBLE HEADED N/B FREIGHT TRAIN.  THE UNITS SEEM TO BE WEARING SOME OLDER PAINT SCHEMES, I PARTICULARLY LIKE THE GREEN SCHEME. | |
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 29 | DB 152 095 6 | ELECTRIC TYPE 152 | GERMANY | RÜDESHEIM | THIS ENGINE's SHAPE SORT OF REMINDS ME OF AN AMTRAK P42 DIESEL.  NOTE THE CATENARY TENSIONING SYSTEM OF PULLEYS AND WEIGHTS AT THE RIGHT, ALONG THE RHEIN RIVER. | ||
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 31 | DB 155 234 8 | ELECTRIC TYPE 155 | GERMANY | RÜDESHEIM | N/B AUTORACK TRAIN.  OUR RIVER BOAT IS JUST VISIBLE OFF TO THE RIGHT.  WHAT A GREAT PLACE TO DOCK A BOAT. | ||
T | L | 08-27-2000 | 2 | DB 294 398 3 | DIESEL SWITCHER TYPE 294 | DB 365 142 9 | GERMANY | BAMBERG | A GATHERING OF GERMAN SWITCHERS. | |
T | L | 08-27-2000 | 1 | DB 360 150 7 | DIESEL SWITCHER TYPE 360 | V60 150 | GERMANY | BAMBERG | A LITTLE THREE AXLED SWITCHER WITH SIDE RODS.  THIS ENGINE REPORTEDLY TOOK PART IN A PARADE AT NÜRNENBERG CELEBRATING 150 YEARS OF GERMAN RAILROADING. | |
T | L | 08-27-2000 | 3 | DB 365 142 9 | DIESEL SWITCHER | DIESEL SWITCHER TYPE 365 | GERMANY | BAMBERG | A LITTLE THREE AXLED SWITCHER WITH SIDE RODS. | |
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 28 | DB 420 692 6 | ELECTRIC TYPE 420 | GERMANY | RÜDESHEIM | LOCAL TRAIN THAT RESEMBLES AN "MU" TYPE OF TRAIN. | ||
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 4 | DB NETT HIER | ELECTRIC TYPE 101 | GERMANY | BOPPARD | S/B PASSENGER TRAIN ON THE RHINE RIVER, LETTERED "NETT HIER". | ||
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 2 | DE ZONNEBLUEM | HOSPITAL SHIP | GERMANY | SPAY | THE BUSY RHINE RIVER.  MANY SHIPS AND FANTASTICALLY BUSY MAIN LINES ON BOTH BANKS KEPT ME BUSY WITH MY CAMERA ALL AFTERNOON. | ||
T | L | 06-30-2000 | 3 | DL&W 500 | EMD SW8 | WAB 132- NW 3132 | PA | SCRANTON | A FORMER WABASH UNIT PAINTED INTO LACKAWANNA COLORS.  THE DL&W NEVER HAD AN EMD SW8 NUMBERED 500.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO TAKEN AT THE STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM. | |
T | L | 06-30-2000 | 4 | DL&W 500 | EMD SW8 | WAB 132- NW 3132 | PA | SCRANTON | A FORMER WABASH UNIT PAINTED INTO LACKAWANNA COLORS.  THE DL&W NEVER HAD AN EMD SW8 NUMBERED 500.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO TAKEN AT THE STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM. | |
T | L | 06-30-2000 | 5 | DL&W 500 | EMD SW8 | WAB 132- NW 3132 | PA | SCRANTON | ANOTHER VIEW OF THE NON-ORIGINAL LACKAWANNA UNIT THAT STARTED OUT ON THE WABASH, BUT IT SURE LOOKS GOOD.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 06-30-2000 | 6 | DL&W 500 | EMD SW8 | WAB 132- NW 3132 | LV 353 | PA | SCRANTON | ANOTHER VIEW OF THE NON-ORIGINAL LACKAWANNA UNIT THAT STARTED OUT ON THE WABASH.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 06-30-2000 | 2 | DL&W 889 | CABOOSE | DL&W 889- EL- C 889- CR 22008- CR 19905 ? | PA | SCRANTON | CABOOSE AT THE STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 06-30-2000 | 10 | DL&W 2085 | BAGGAGE CAR | DL&W 2085- EL | PA | SCRANTON | LACKAWANNA BAGGAGE CAR.  STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 06-30-2000 | 7 | DL&W 82209 | HOPPER | DL&W 82597 | PA | SCRANTON | A VINATAGE 1922 HOPPER ON DISLPLAY AT STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 08-31-1999 | 3 | DODX 900 | CABOOSE | OH | BROOK PARK | A STRANGE CABOOSE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, FITTED WITH ALL SORTS OF ANTENAE.  MILE 192 ON THE x NYC. | ||
T | L | 02-14-1999 | 5 | DODX 40245 | FLAT CAR | OH | BEREA | DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TRAIN WITH M60 TANKS AT LEWIS ROAD IN BEREA. | ||
T | L | 02-14-1999 | 4 | DODX 40492 | FLAT CAR | OH | BEREA | DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TRAIN WITH M60 TANKS AT LEWIS ROAD IN BEREA. | ||
T | L | 08-31-1999 | 11 | DW&P 5910 | EMD SD40 | GTW 5910 | NS 3504 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | TRAIN 145 IS STOPPED, IN EMERGENCY, BEHIND THE ROCKY RIVER STATION AT 19:22.  ACCORDING TO RADIO TRANSMISSIONS, IT HAD JUST HIT A PILE OF TIRES ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF LAKEWOOD AND LOST THE AIR HOSE CONNECTIONS ON SEVERAL CARS.  BAD AS THIS SEEMED, I AT LEAST GOT A RARE CHANCE TO PHOTO A UNIT STOPPED AT THE STATION. |
T | L | 06-30-2000 | 11 | E. J. LAVINO & CO. L | STEAM | PA | SCRANTON | SADDLE BACK TANK ENGINE.  I CAN'T MAKE OUT THE WHEEL ARRAINGEMENT ON THE PHOTO.  STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | ||
T | L | 03-30-2000 | 2 | EMD 7001 | EMD SD70 ? | CSX 8697 | OH | COLUMBIA STATION | A FAVORITE EVENING PHOTO AT STATION ROAD, ON THE x BIG FOUR. | |
T | L | 12-21-1999 | 28 | ERIE C 216 | CABOOSE | ERIE- EL- CR | SBRY 77 | NY | ARCADE | CLOSE INPECTION OF THIS CABOOSE REVEALS THAT SOMEONE SEEMS TO HAVE PAINTED OVER THE ERIE RED WITH PINK PAINT.  THEY MISSED A FEW SPOTS AND THE PROPER RED SHOWED.  AND THEN AGAIN, MAYBE IT HAS JUST FADED BADLY. |
T | L | 11-28-1999 | 6 | FAIX 3603 | GE C30-7 | CR 505 | NS 5166 | OH | BEREA | A 'FAIX' OR 'FADALE & ASSOCIATES' UNIT AT BEREA. |
T | L | 01-05-2000 | 2 | FAIX 3603 | GE C30-7 | CR 505 | NS 6181 | OH | BEREA | A 'FAIX' OR 'FADALE & ASSOCIATES' UNIT AT BEREA. |
T | L | 08-22-2000 | 3 | FANDANGO GENT R. DEUWEL | SHIP | GERMANY | DETZEM | LEAVING THE LOCK AT DETZEM, WE SEE A TYPICAL FAMILY BARGE.  THIS ONE IS IN THE USUAL SPOTLESS SHAPE, BUT LACKS THE USUAL PLAYPEN AND FAMILY CAR. | ||
T | L | 04-08-1999 | 3 | FRA T-10 | BUDD SPV | OH | CLEVELAND | A DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL RAILWAY ADMINISTRATION BUDD SPV.  THE SPV STANDS FOR 'SELF PROPELLED VEHICLE', THE MODERN (1970) VERSION OF THE BUDD RDC.  PHOTO NEAR WEST 117th STREET. 1999/19990623_01.jpg | ||
T | L | 06-23-1999 | 1 | FRA T-10 | BUDD SPV | OH | BEREA | THIS BUDD SPV WAS SITTING ON THE LITTLE SIDING AT BEREA.  I HAD SEEN THE SAME UNIT ZIPPING THROUGH TOWN BACK IN APRIL OF 1999. 1999/19990408_03.jpg | ||
T | L | 02-13-2000 | 2 | FRISCO 1355 | ALCO 2-8-2 STEAM | FL | PENSACOLA | A FORMER RESIDENT OF MINE, DR. EMIL MICHEALS (A.K.A. MIHAYLOV) SNAPPED THIS PHOTO EXACTLY TWO MONTHS BEFORE I HAPPENED TO DO THE SAME.  IMAGE IS SCANNED FROM A PRINT NEGATIVE, A FIRST FOR ME. | ||
T | L | 04-13-2000 | 1 | FRISCO 1355 | ALCO 2-8-2 STEAM | FL | PENSACOLA | THIS STEAMER IS ON DISPLAY IN PENSACOLA. | ||
T | L | 04-13-2000 | 2 | FRISCO 1355 | ALCO 2-8-2 STEAM | FL | PENSACOLA | ALCO STEAMER PRESERVED IN PENSACOLA, FLORIDA.  WHY A FRISCO UNIT IN FLORIDA? IT SO HAPPENS THAT THE FRISCO's MOST SOUTHEASTERN POINT WAS PENSACOLA, FLORIDA. | ||
T | L | 07-21-2000 | 5 | GECX 90 | TEST CAR | OH | BEREA | GE TEST CAR, LETTERED GEMINI, ON THE x BIG FOUR, COUPLED TO A NEW GE AC4400CW AT THE FAR END. | ||
T | L | 05-21-2000 | 5 | GENESEE & WYOMING 45 | EMD MP15 | PA | BUTLER | I ALMOST NEVER SEE THE EMD MP15 MODEL, HERE IS ONE SIGHTING. | ||
T | L | 08-14-1999 | 4 | GO TRANSIT 541 | EMD F59PH | VIA RAIL CANADA 8702, ASSINIBOINE PARK | ONT | TORONTO | A COMMUTER BACKS INTO THE STATION PAST THE WAITING STAINLESS STEEL CARS OF TRAIN 1. | |
T | L | 01-01-1999 | 9 | GRAND CANYON 2094 COCONINO | BUDD DOME | NP 554- AMTK 4621- AMTK 9481- AMTK 9405 | AZ | GRAND CANYON | DOME CAR ON THE GRAND CANYON RAILROAD'S TRAIN.  THIS CAR WAS BUILT IN 1954 AND SERVED ON THE NORTH COAST LIMITED AND WAS LATER PICKED UP BY AMTRAK.  AMTRAK RETIRED THE CAR IN 1980, THEN UNRETIRED IT AND EQUIPPED WITH HEAD END POWER IN 1985. IT WAS RE-RETIRED BY AMTRAK IN 1995. | |
T | L | 01-01-1999 | 1 | GRAND CANYON 6773 | ALCO MLW FPA-4 | CN 6773- VIA 6773 | GRAND CANYON 6793 | AZ | WILLIAMS | MORNING PHOTO OF THE TRAIN THAT WE TOOK FROM WILLIAMS TO THE GRAND CANYON. |
T | L | 01-01-1999 | 2 | GRAND CANYON 6773 | ALCO MLW FPA-4 | CN 6773- VIA 6773 | GRAND CANYON 6793 | AZ | WILLIAMS | GRAND CANYON TRAIN AT WILLIAMS, ARIZONA STATION. |
T | L | 01-01-1999 | 3 | GRAND CANYON 6773 | ALCO MLW FPA-4 | CN 6773- VIA 6773 | GRAND CANYON 6793 | AZ | GRAND CANYON | TRAIN AT THE TERMINAL IN THE TOWN OF GRAND CANYON.  FROST IS STILL ON THE GROUND.  THE CANYON IS JUST BEHIND THE BUILDINGS ON THE LEFT. |
T | L | 01-01-1999 | 4 | GRAND CANYON 6773 | ALCO MLW FPA-4 | CN 6773- VIA 6773 | GRAND CANYON 6793 | AZ | GRAND CANYON | OUR TRAIN AT THE FROMER AT&SF TERMINAL AT GRAND CANYON.  THIS MUST HAVE ONCE BEEN A REALLY BUSY PLACE, IT SEEMS TO HAVE HAD AT LEAST 8 STATION TRACKS AT ONE TIME. |
T | L | 01-01-1999 | 5 | GRAND CANYON 6773 | ALCO MLW FPA-4 | CN 6773- VIA 6773 | AZ | GRAND CANYON | HIGH ANGLE VIEW OF THE NOSE OF A GRAND CANYON ALCO (MLW) FPA-4. | |
T | L | 01-01-1999 | 6 | GRAND CANYON 6773 | ALCO MLW FPA-4 | CN 6773- VIA 6773 | GRAND CANYON 6793 | AZ | GRAND CANYON | GRAND CANYON TRAIN AT GRAND CANYON. |
T | L | 01-01-1999 | 7 | GRAND CANYON 6773 | ALCO MLW FPA-4 | CN 6773- VIA 6773 | AZ | GRAND CANYON | CAB SIDE PHOTO OF A GRAND CANYON FPA-4. | |
T | L | 01-01-1999 | 8 | GRAND CANYON 6793 | ALCO MLW FPA-4 | CN 6793- VIA 6793 | AZ | GRAND CANYON | THE TRAILING UNIT OF OUR TRAIN TO GRAND CANYON. | |
T | L | 01-09-1999 | 6 | GRAND PACIFIC JCT | CABOOSE | C&NW | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | DISPLAY CABOOSE. | |
T | L | 01-09-1999 | 5 | GRAND PACIFIC JCT 8082 | VULCAN IRON WORKS 0-4-0T STEAM | STRUM & DILLARD 100- JOHN DILLARD 100?- SOUTH BEND SAND & GRAVEL 100- SCOTTSDALE CLUB of SWANSON HEIGHTS INDIANA | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | DISLPLAY STEAM ENGINE LETTERED "GRAND PACIFIC JCT " AND "HISTORIC OLMSTED FALLS, OHIO". | |
T | L | 06-27-1999 | 5 | GTW 79058 | CABOOSE | PA | MCKEES ROCKS | A GRAND TRUNK AND WESTERN CABOOSE IN THE OLD P.C. & Y. YARD NEAR PITTSBURGH.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | ||
T | L | 08-22-2000 | 4 | H. DEWINTER H. SCHOLLAERT | SHIP | GERMANY | DETZEM | ANOTHER FAMILY BARGE, SPOTLESS, BUT WITH A FAMILY CAR.  SEEN HERE ON THE MOSEL RIVER. | ||
T | L | 11-29-1999 | 1 | HAMBURG SÜD | CONTAINER | PA | PITTSBURGH | ON RARE OCCASIONS, WE SPOT ELUSIVE HAMBURG SÜD CONTAINERS.  FINALLY, ONE IS CAUGHT ON FILM.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | ||
T | L | 05-21-2000 | 1 | HAMBURG SÜD 4421202 | CONTAINER | PA | BARKEYVILLE | AN ELUSIVE HAMBURG SÜD CONTAINER CAUGHT AT SERVICE STATION. | ||
T | L | 05-21-2000 | 14 | HATX 504 | EMD GP40 | B&M- GUILFORD | NS 4032 (PRR) | PA | CRESSON | A WELL WORN FORMER BOSTON & MAINE UNIT AT CRESSON. |
T | L | 07-11-1999 | 10 | HENRY'S BAR AND GRILL | PULLMAN STANDARD OBS CAR | NH 475- PC 4424 | OH | BROOK PARK | A ROUND END OBSERVATION CAR ON ENGLE ROAD.  IT IS PART OF A BAR OR RESTAURANT ESTABLISHMENT.  CAR WAS NAMED THE "WATCH HILL" IN NEW HAVEN DAYS.. 1999/19990806_03.jpg | |
T | L | 08-06-1999 | 3 | HENRY'S BAR AND GRILL | PULLMAN STANDARD OBS CAR | NH 475- PC 4424 | OH | BROOK PARK | A ROUND END OBSERVATION CAR ON ENGLE ROAD.  IT IS PART OF A BAR OR RESTAURANT ESTABLISHMENT.  CAR WAS NAMED THE "WATCH HILL" IN NEW HAVEN DAYS. 1999/19990711_10.jpg | |
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 3 | HLCX 5056 | EMD SD40 | DETROIT EDISON 004- MEC 602- GUILFORD 602 | OH | EUCLID | FORMER GUILFORD UNIT AT THE NEW STATION "E", JUST EAST OF COLLINWOOD, GETTING REFUELED BY TRUCK.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 26 | HLCX 5056 | EMD SD40 | DETROIT EDISON 004- MEC 602- GUILFORD 602 | CSX 5920 | OH | EUCLID | UNITS BEING HOSTLED ABOUT AT STATION "E".  LEAD UNIT WAS MADE INTO A SLUG IN 2003. |
T | L | 07-22-2000 | 3 | HLCX 5062 | EMD SD40 | FNM | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | LEASE POWER AT SCHAAF ROAD, ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, E/B. | |
T | L | 04-23-2000 | 2 | HLCX 6034 | EMD SD40 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | LEASE UNIT IN ROCKY RIVER.  THERE IS SOMETHING ODD ABOUT THIS UNIT's RADIATOR GRILL.  REMINDS ME OF A UNION PACIFIC STYLE. | ||
T | L | 09-09-2000 | 5 | HLCX 6064 | EMD SD40 | OH | EUCLID | LEASE UNIT AT STATION "E", COLLINWOOD. | ||
T | L | 11-24-1999 | 1 | HLCX 6092 | EMD SD40 | CN 5152 | NS 7150 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | A LEASED UNIT LEADS TRAIN 286 AT 12:21.  NS 7150 WAS THE VERY LAST GP60 BUILT FOR NS. |
T | L | 10-27-1999 | 3 | HLCX 6210 | EMD SD40-2 | KENNECOTT COPPER 107- BCR 742 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | A HELM LEASING RED WHITE AND BLUE UNIT THAT REMINDS ME A LITTLE OF THE ERIE LACKAWANNA BICENTENNIAL UNITS OF 1976.  ALAS, IT ALSO LOOKS LIKE IT CAME FROM THE BRITISH COLUMBIA RR, AND IT DID. | |
T | L | 08-31-1999 | 5 | HLCX 6311 | EMD SD40 | NORTE DE MEXICO 8559- FERROCARRIL NATIONALES DE MEXICO 8559 | OH | BEREA | ONE OF FOUR FORMER MEXICAN RAILROAD UNITS ON THE HELM LEASE FLEET.  MY FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH 'MEXICAN' LOCOMOTIVES. | |
T | L | 06-22-1999 | 1 | HLCX 6515 | EMD SDP45 | EL 3655- CR 6686- MKCX 9510- VMV | OH | BROOKLYN | I COULD BARELY BELIEVE MY EYES, A FORMER ERIE LACKAWANNA EMD SDP45 ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE IN 1999. | |
T | L | 06-22-1999 | 2 | HLCX 6515 | EMD SDP45 | EL 3655- CR 6686- MKCX 9510- VMV | OH | BROOKLYN | LONG HOOD VIEW OF THE FORMER ERIE LACKAWANNA SDP45, EARLY IN THE MORNING ON CSX's CLEVELAND SHORT LINE.  THAT RADIATOR AND LONG HOOD BEVEL HAS NOT CHANGED, BUT THE UNIT WAS LABELED AS NOW BEING AN SD40-3. | |
T | L | 06-22-1999 | 3 | HLCX 6515 | EMD SDP45 | EL 3655- CR 6686- MKCX 9510- VMV | OH | BROOKLYN | SIDE OF CAB VIEW OF THE FORMER ERIE LACKAWANNA EMD SDP45, WITH THAT DISTINCTIVE NOTCHED NOSE FOR THE BRAKE WHEEL. | |
T | L | 09-30-2000 | 1 | HLCX 7167 | EMD SD40 | BNSF | CSX 783 | OH | CLEVELAND | E/B ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, MILE 4, AT MAYFIELD ROAD.  THE x NKP TRACKS ARE IN THE FOREGROUND. |
T | L | 12-23-1999 | 9 | HLGX 6805 | GE C30-7 | NW 8003- NS 8003 | NY | BUFFALO | AN ICE ENCRUSED LEASE UNIT AT FRONTIER YARD. 2002/20020209_02.jpg | |
T | L | 07-16-1999 | 1 | HLGX 6821 | GE C36-7 | NS 7149 | OH | CLEVELAND | A NS WORK TRAIN WITH SOME ODD POWER, AT FULTON ROAD ON THE OLD BIG FOUR. | |
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 35 | HLGX 6822 | GE C30-7 ? | OH | PERRY | A SOMBER LEASE UNIT LEADS THIS WESTBOUNDER ON THE x NYC MAIN. | ||
T | L | 07-14-2000 | 2 | HMIX | FIBEROPTIC SPOOL CAR | OH | ROCKY RIVER | CARS CARRYING SPOOLS OF CONDUIT, FOR BURIAL ALONG THE TRACK.  MAYBE FUTURE INTERNET SIGNALS CARRYING THIS WEB PAGE WILL PASS THROUGH THESE TUBES.  HENKELS AND McCOY WORK FIBEROPTIC CABLE TRAIN, NUMBER 947, AT 16:14. | ||
T | L | 07-13-2000 | 4 | HMIX 8701 | BRUN PLOW | LLPX 2003 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | HENKELS AND McCOY WORK TRAIN WITH THIS PLOW DEVICE THAT WAS PULLED BY 2 GP38's.  IT GOUGED A NARROW TRENCH AND BURIED A BUNDLE OF PLASTIC CONDUITS IN ONE FELL SWOOP.  MOREWOOD STREET. | |
T | L | 07-13-2000 | 5 | HMIX 8701 | BRUN PLOW | OH | ROCKY RIVER | HENKELS AND McCOY WORK TRAIN WITH THIS PLOW DEVICE THAT WAS PULLED BY 2 GP38's.  IT GOUGED A NARROW TRENCH AND BURIED A BUNDLE OF PLASTIC CONDUITS IN ONE FELL SWOOP.  THE PLOW WAS SEEN HERE IN A RAISED POSITION TO CROSS THE PAVEMENT OF MOREWOOD STREET. | ||
T | L | 07-13-2000 | 6 | HMIX 9979 | CABOOSE | OH | ROCKY RIVER | CABOOSE ON THE HENKELS AND McCOY WORK TRAIN. | ||
T | L | 05-21-2000 | 7 | ILLINOIS & MIDLAND 42 | EMD SW1500 | SP | PA | BUTLER | A FLEXICOIL TRUCKED UNIT AT BUTLER.  ANYONE KNOW THE HISTORY OF THIS UNIT? | |
T | L | 09-30-2000 | 3 | KCS 4019 | EMD GP38-2 | KCS 4032 | OH | CLEVELAND | E/B ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, MILE 5, NEAR QUINCY AND EAST 105.  THIS IS WHERE THE LINE HAS A FLY-OVER, CROSSING THE RAPID TRANSIT LINE, x NKP MAIN, AND THE FORMER RIGHT OF WAY OF THE CLEVELAND UNION TERMINAL TRACKAGE. | |
T | L | 09-30-2000 | 4 | KCS 4019 | EMD GP38-2 | KCS 4032 | OH | CLEVELAND | MILITARY TRAIN, E/B ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, MILE 5, NEAR QUINCY AND EAST 105.  THIS IS WHERE THE LINE HAS A FLY-OVER, CROSSING THE RAPID TRANSIT LINE, x NKP MAIN, AND THE FORMER RIGHT OF WAY OF THE CLEVELAND UNION TERMINAL TRACKAGE. | |
T | L | 07-13-2000 | 7 | KOERIG 4475 | CRANE | OH | ROCKY RIVER | A PART OF THE HENKELS AND McCOY WORK TRAIN THAT WAS LAYING FIBEROPITC CABLE AT MOREWOOD STREET.  SMALL LETTERING READ 'CENTRAL JERSEY CONTRACTORS INC.' | ||
T | L | 02-16-1999 | 2 | LAKE SHORE ELECTRIC | CULVERT | OH | ROCKY RIVER | THE ONLY TANGIBLE EVIDENCE THAT I HAVE FOUND OF THE LAKE SHORE ELECTRIC IN ROCKY RIVER, ONE STONE AND BRICK CULVERT AND SOME GRADING. | ||
T | L | 07-01-2000 | 1 | LAKE SHORE ELECTRIC BRIDGE | BRIDGE ABUTMENT | OH | BAY VILLAGE | REMAINS OF THE LAKE SHORE ELECTRIC INTERURBAN ROUTE, IN SUBURBIA.  A STONE BRIDGE ABUTMENT ON GLEN PARK STREET. | ||
T | L | 05-30-1999 | 12 | LEHIGH GORGE | PA | JIM THORPE | THE LEHIGH RIVER GORGE AND THE FORMER RIGHT OF WAY OF EITHER THE LEHIGH VALLEY RR, OR THE CNJ.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |||
T | L | 07-13-2000 | 3 | LLPX 2003 | EMD GP38 | SR 2722T- NS 2722 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | LOCOMOTIVE LEASING PARTNERS UNIT ON A HENKELS AND McCOY WORK TRAIN AT MOREWOOD STREET. | |
T | L | 07-14-2000 | 1 | LLPX 2003 | EMD GP38 | SR 2722T- NS 2722 | LLPX 2224 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | HENKELS AND McCOY WORK FIBEROPTIC CABLE TRAIN, NUMBER 947, AT 16:14. |
T | L | 07-13-2000 | 1 | LLPX 2224 | EMD GP38 | SR 2722T- NS 2722 | LLPX 2003 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | HENKELS AND McCOY WORK TRAIN, AT MOREWOOD STREET.  TRAIN WAS LAYING FIBEROPTIC TUBING ALONG THE RIGHT OF WAY. |
T | L | 07-13-2000 | 2 | LLPX 2224 | EMD GP38 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | LOCOMOTIVE LEASING PARTNERS UNIT ON A HENKELS AND McCOY WORK TRAIN AT MOREWOOD STREET. | ||
T | L | 09-25-1999 | 8 | LMSX 724 | GE C40-8W | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | A LOCOMOTIVE MANAGEMENT SERVICES CONRAIL UNIT HEADS EAST ON THE x NYC MAIN. | ||
T | L | 05-20-1999 | 1 | LMSX 725 | GE C40-8W | OH | CLEVELAND | TV-99 WESTBOUND AT WEST 140th STREET ON THE OLD NYC LAKEFRONT MAIN. | ||
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 29 | LMSX 729 | GE C40-8W | OH | PERRY | E/B ON THE OLD NKP IN PERRY.  THE NYC MAIN LINE RUNS PARALLEL, ABOUT 50 FEET NORTH OF THE NKP, MAKING THIS A GREAT TRAIN WATCHING TOWN. | ||
T | L | 05-10-1999 | 1 | LMSX 737 | GE C40-8W | OH | AMHERST | THE OLD QUARRY ROAD BRIDGE DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE LONG TO LIVE WHEN I TOOK THIS FAVORITE E/B UNIT TRAIN PHOTO. | ||
T | L | 09-30-2000 | 11 | LMSX 739 | GE C40-8W | OH | BEREA | LMS 739, OR LMSX 739 AS IT IS RENUMBERED, IS THE LAST OF 40 SUCH UNITS DELIVERED TO THE CONRAIL LEASING AFFILIATE BACK IN 1994.  LEWIS ROAD, W/B. | ||
T | L | 07-11-1999 | 15 | LNAL 26104 | DERPESSED CENTER FLAT | CSX 2695, CR 277294 | OH | PARMA HEIGHTS | A BIG TRANSFORMER SITS ON A DERPESSED CENTER FLAT THAT IS LETTERED 'RED N' READY'. | |
T | L | 09-19-2000 | 1 | LORAM 1030831 | M OF W BALLAST CLEANER | OH | BEREA | A VERY LARGE BALLAST CLEANER PARKED AT BEREA. | ||
T | L | 09-19-2000 | 2 | LORAM 1030831 | M OF W BALLAST CLEANER | OH | BEREA | ANOTHER VIEW OF THE BALLAST CLEANER. | ||
T | L | 07-22-2000 | 17 | LRCX 9529 | GE SF30C | AT&SF 8702 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | A GOOD OVERHEAD VIEW OF A SANTA FE REBUILT GE U30C, AS SEEN FROM SCHAAF ROAD ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE.  THE REBUILD PROJECT MUST HAVE INCLUDED REPLACING THE U-BOAT STYLED NOSE WITH A STYLE SIMILAR TO THOSE FOUND ON THE DASH EIGHT SERIES. | |
T | L | 06-04-2000 | 1 | LRCX 9551 | GE SF30C | AT&SF 8793 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | A FORMER SANTA FE UNIT, REBUILT INTO A SF30-C, I THINK.  W/B AT SCHAFF ROAD ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE. | |
T | L | 06-21-1999 | 2 | LSRX 101 | EMD E8 | C&NW 5021B- C&NW 522- METRA 522- WSOR 801 | US STEEL 2606? | OH | WELLINGTON | THE LAKESHORE RAILWAY ASSOCIATION (LSRX) HAD THIS E UNIT SITTING OUTSIDE THE OLD LORAIN AND WEST VIRGINIA STATION.  I HAD PREVIOUSLY SEEN THIS UNIT BACK IN 1997, IN NEW LONDON, OHIO. 1997/19970806_08.jpg 1997/19970806_09.jpg |
T | L | 06-21-1999 | 3 | LSRX 101 | EMD E8 | C&NW 5021B- C&NW 522- METRA 522- WSOR 801 | OH | WELLINGTON | THE LAKESHORE RAILWAY ASSOCIATION's E UNIT WAS NUMBERED 801 ON THE WISCONSIN AND SOUTHERN.  I WONDER WHY THE EFFORT WAS MADE TO CHANGE THE NUBER TO 101. 1997/19970806_08.jpg 1997/19970806_09.jpg | |
T | L | 06-21-1999 | 7 | LSRX 101 | EMD E8 | C&NW 5021B- C&NW 522- METRA 522- WSOR 801 | OH | WELLINGTON | I RETURNED TO WELLINGTON TO GET THIS LATE AFTERNOON PHOTO OF THIS UNIT IN BETTER LIGHTING CONDITIOINS THAN EXISTED EARLIER IN THE DAY.  THIS IS A FORMER BN AND WISCONSIN AND SOUTHERN UNIT ON THE TRACKAGE OF THE OLD LORAIN AND WEST VIRGINIA. 1997/19970806_08.jpg 1997/19970806_09.jpg | |
T | L | 06-30-2000 | 12 | LV 353 | OBSERVATION CAR | PA | SCRANTON | FANCY LEHIGH VALLEY PASSENGER OR OBSERVATION CAR.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO.  STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM. | ||
T | L | 05-30-1999 | 6 | LV 95023 | CABOOSE N-5G | LV 95023- CR 18680 | PA | JIM THORPE | RESTORED LEHIGH VALLEY CABOOSE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. 1994/19940514_04.jpg | |
T | L | 07-13-2000 | 8 | MACDONALD MACHINERY 1085 CRUZ AIR | BADGER CRANE | OH | ROCKY RIVER | AN ENTERTAINING CRANE THAT SPUN ITS RUBBER TIRES ONE WAY, AND TRAVELED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION ON LITTLE METAL FLANGED WHEELS POWERED BY THE TIRES.  MOREWOOD STREET. | ||
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 11 | MKCX 1506 | EMD SD40 | OH | CLEVELAND | MORRISON KNUDSEN MARKINGS ON A LEASE UNIT IN THE OLD B&O YARD.  NOTE THE WEIRD LOOKING NUMERALS ON THE NUMBERBOARDS. | ||
T | L | 05-06-2000 | 6 | MKCX 9043 | EMD SD40 | OH | BEREA | LEASE POWER BREAKS UP THE TWO "CLASS ONE" RAILROADS MONOTONY OF NORTHERN OHIO.  MILE 195. | ||
T | L | 03-09-2000 | 1 | MKCX 9046 | EMD SD40 | KCS 634 | OH | BEREA | A FORMER KCS UNIT, LISTING TO THE LEFT, IN THE HOLE AT BEREA. | |
T | L | 08-26-2000 | 1 | MÖNCHSHOF | BREWERY | GERMANY | KULMBACH | HOME OF THE MÖNCHSHOF SCHWARTZBIER. | ||
T | L | 08-26-2000 | 2 | MÖNCHSHOF | BREWERY | GERMANY | KULMBACH | ENTRANCE TO THE MÖNCHSHOF SCHWARTZBIER BREWERY AND BEER GARDEN AND MUSEUM. | ||
T | L | 08-26-2000 | 3 | MÖNCHSHOF | BREWERY | GERMANY | KULMBACH | MY WIFE IN FRONT OF THE "BAYERISCHE BRAUEREIMUSEUM KULMBACH". | ||
T | L | 08-26-2000 | 4 | MÖNCHSHOF | BREWERY | GERMANY | KULMBACH | INSIDE VIEW OF THE BREWERY. | ||
T | L | 11-11-1999 | 2 | MPI 9041 | EMD SD40-2 | C&O 7550- CSX 8401 | OH | BROOK PARK | THIS TRAILING MPI UNIT AT SHELDON ROAD WAS ONCE A C&O UNIT. | |
T | L | 08-02-2000 | 1 | MRL 250 | EMD SD40-2 | BN 6377- MRL 6377 | MRL 253 | OH | MEDINA | MONTANA RAIL LINK POWER AT 16:00.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 08-02-2000 | 2 | MRL 250 | EMD SD40-2 | BN 6377- MRL 6377 | MRL 253 | OH | MEDINA | L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 08-02-2000 | 3 | MRL 250 | EMD SD40-2 | BN 6377- MRL 6377 | OH | MEDINA | ZEBRA STRIPES AND A SILLY SMALL RED DOT ON THE NOSE OF THIS LEASED MONTANA RAIL LINK ENGINE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 05-26-1999 | 1 | MRL 257 | EMD SD40-2 XR | BN 6306- MRL 6306- MRL 202 | W&LE 2708 | OH | MEDINA | FORMER MONTANA RAIL LINK UNIT ON THE WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 05-26-1999 | 2 | MRL 257 | EMD SD40-2 XR | BN 6306- MRL 6306- MRL 202 | OH | MEDINA | NOSE VIEW OF A MONTANA RAIL LINK UNIT ON THE WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 11-22-1999 | 1 | MRL 257 | EMD SD40-2 XR | BN 6306- MRL 6306- MRL 202 | OH | MEDINA | ZEBRA STRIPED 'EMD SD40-2 XR' AT MEDINA ON THE WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 11-22-1999 | 2 | MRL 257 | EMD SD40-2 XR | BN 6306- MRL 6306- MRL 202 | OH | MEDINA | NOSE ANGLE SHOT OF A MONTANA RAIL LINK UNIT ON THE W&LE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 04-28-1999 | 1 | MRL 260 | EMD SD40-2 XR | BN 6307- MRL 6307- MRL 210 | OH | MEDINA | FORMER MONTANA RAIL LINK UNIT AT MEDINA.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 04-28-1999 | 2 | MRL 260 | EMD SD40-2 XR | BN 6307- MRL 6307- MRL 210 | OH | MEDINA | A CLOSE UP OF THE MONTANA RAIL LINK UNIT's CAB.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 05-03-1999 | 5 | MRL 290 | EMD SDP40-2 XR | GN 321- BN 9851- BN 6395- MRL 6395 | OH | MEDINA | L. S. MELIN PHOTO. OF A MONTANA RAIL LINK UNIT ON THE W&LE. | |
T | L | 05-03-1999 | 6 | MRL 290 | EMD SDP40-2 XR | GN 321- BN 9851- BN 6395- MRL 6395 | MRL 250 | OH | MEDINA | AN UNSUAL VARIANT OF THE SD40, THE SDP40, WAS BUILT FOR GN WITH A STEAM GENERATOR IN THE SQUARED OFF PART OF THE END OF THE LONG HOOD.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 05-03-1999 | 7 | MRL 290 | EMD SDP40-2 XR | GN 321- BN 9851- BN 6395- MRL 6395 | MRL 250 | OH | MEDINA | A FROMER GREAT NORTHERN PASSENGER UNIT (BUILT WITH A STEAM GENERATOR) ON THE WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 05-05-1999 | 2 | MRL 290 | EMD SDP40-2 XR | GN 321- BN 9851- BN 6395- MRL 6395 | MRL 250, W&LE 2679 | OH | MEDINA | UNITS WORKING IN MEDINA. L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 09-02-2000 | 1 | MRL 325 | EMD SD45 | SSW 9064- SP 7554- MRL 7554 | KCS 637, ? 970 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | E/B NS TRAIN IN ROCKY RIVER WITH LOTS OF NON-NS UNITS, AT LINDA STREET.  I AM NOT SURE OF THE THRID UNIT's DETAILS. |
T | L | 09-07-2000 | 4 | MRL 325 | EMD SD45 | SSW 9064- SP 7554- MRL 7554 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | A MONTANA RAIL LINK SD45, LABELED AN "SD45-2" BELOW THE CAB. | |
T | L | 12-07-1999 | 3 | MRL 362 | EMD SD45 | BN 6489- NYS&W 6366- MRL 6366 | OH | BEREA | A BIG VISITOR FROM THE WEST, DOWN IN THE HOLE JUST WEST OF BEREA TOWER.  UNIT WAS ORDERD AS NP 3647 BUT DELIVED AS A BN UNIT. | |
T | L | 08-31-1999 | 9 | NKP 384 | 0-6-0 STEAM | W&LE 3984 | OH | WELLINGTON | A PARTIALLY DISMANTLED STEAM ENGINE AT WELLINGTON ALONG THE LITTLE LORAIN AND WEST VIRGINIA YARD. 1994/19940701_01.jpg | |
T | L | 06-30-2000 | 1 | NKP 514 | EMD GP9 | NKP 514- NW 2514- DL&W 514 | PA | SCRANTON | STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM, THIS UNIT WAS PAINTED IN LACKAWANNA COLORS ON A PREVIOUS VISIT TO THIS LOCATION IN 1988.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 06-30-2000 | 13 | NKP 514 | EMD GP9 | NKP 514- NW 2514- DL&W 514 | PA | SCRANTON | STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM ENGINE THAT WAS PAINTED UP AS DL&W 514 BACK IN 1988.  THE TROLLEY MUSEUM IS VISIBLE IN THE DISTANCE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 06-30-2000 | 14 | NKP 514 | EMD GP9 | NKP 514- NW 2514- DL&W 514 | PA | SCRANTON | STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM ENGINE THAT WAS PAINTED UP AS DL&W 514 BACK IN 1988.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 06-30-2000 | 15 | NKP 514 | EMD GP9 | NKP 514- NW 2514- DL&W 514 | PA | SCRANTON | FAUX "NKP" UNIT AT THE STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM.  NICKEL PLATE UNITS USED TO ROLL THROUGH MY HOME TOWN.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 06-30-2000 | 8 | NORWOOD & ST. LAWRENCE 210 | ALCO 2-6-0 | PA | SCRANTON | STEAMTOWN USA MUSEUM ENGINE BUILT BY ALCO'S COOKE WORKS IN 1923.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | ||
T | L | 12-31-1999 | 1 | NS | STATION | NKP- NW | OH | ROCKY RIVER | A WEAK SUN ILLUMINATES MY LAST PHOTO OF 1999 AND THE LAST OF THE MILLENEUM, ACCORDING TO SOME CALENDAR EXPERTS.  HERE WE SEE THE OLD NICKEL PLATE STATION. | |
T | L | 12-31-2000 | 1 | NS | STATION | NKP- NW | OH | ROCKY RIVER | THE LAST PHOTO OF THE YEAR 2000, OR THE OFFICIAL END OF THE MILLENIUM. | |
T | L | 09-24-2000 | 2 | NS CLOGSVILLE | TRACK | OH | CLEVELAND | A FEW TO THE WEST, SHOWING THE NEW CONSTRUCTION AT CLOGSVILLE.  THE OLD NKP MAIN IS THE TRACK ON THE FAR RIGHT.  THE TWO LEFT TRACKS ARE THE NEW BRIDGE AND TRACKS FOR THE CLOGSVILLE LINE THAT HEAD OFF TO ROCKPORT YARD.  THE OLD CLOGSVILLE LINE CAN BE SEEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PHOTO, WHAT REMAINS OF THE THE OLD LOW SPEED CLOGSVILLE CONNECTOR TURNOUT CAN BE SEEN. | ||
T | L | 05-22-2000 | 2 | NS CRESSON | SIGN | PA | CRESSON | LIKE A DOG PEEING ON A HYDRANT, A NEW SIGN, FLAGPOLE, AND SHRUBS PROCLAIM NS's OWNERSHIP OF THIS HALLOWED FORMER PRR TERRITORY. | ||
T | L | 09-18-2000 | 3 | NS ET 98010S | M OF W TAMPER | OH | ROCKY RIVER | TAMPER AT LINDA STREET. | ||
T | L | 09-09-2000 | 10 | NS STATION | STATION | NKP- NW | OH | MADISON | FORMER NKP STATION, WITH THE OLD NYC MAIN THE BACKGROUND. | |
T | L | 01-21-2000 | 1 | NS TC7502LN | TRACK CRANE | CHTT 640615 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | THE "LITTLE GIANT" CRANE SPENT MOST OF THE WINTER AT OR NEAR THIS LOCATION, WORKING ON TIES THAT ARRIVED ON THE CHICAGO HEIGHTS TERMANAL GONDOLA IN THE RIGHT. | |
T | L | 02-21-2000 | 1 | NS TC7502LN | TRACK CRANE | OH | ROCKY RIVER | THE "LITTLE GIANT" TRACK CRANE, STANDING IN ITS USUAL SPOT AT 15:08 ON A NICE SUNNY AND SNOWY DAY. | ||
T | L | 05-21-2000 | 16 | NS 27 | EXHIBIT CAR | PA | CRESSON | A SURPRISE, NS CAR 27, LETTERED AS AN EXHIBIT CAR CAUGHT IN A GRAB SHOT. | ||
T | L | 08-31-1999 | 7 | NS 34 RESEARCH | TRACK GEOMETRY CAR x EMD SD35 | NS 38 | OH | BEREA | THIS TRACK GEOMETRY CAR STARTED OUT AS AN SD35.  IT WAS WRECKED IN MAY OF 1976 AND REBUILT INTO A SLUG.  IT WAS RETIRED IN 1989 AND THEN RESURRECTED IN 1994 AS A TRACK GEOMETRY TEST CAR. | |
T | L | 05-05-2000 | 1 | NS 1404 | EMD GP15-1 | CR 1613 | OH | CLEVELAND | REPAINTED x CONRAIL UNIT AT THE WEST 150th STREET YARD, ALONG THE LAKEFRONT MAIN.  IN 2011 IT WAS DRESSED UP AS PATRIOT RAIL's LNW 1404 WITH LTEX SUB-LETTERING. | |
T | L | 05-06-2000 | 2 | NS 1435 (PRR) | EMD GP15-1 | CR 1668 | OH | CLEVELAND | SMALL GP15-1 IN THE WEEDS, EAST OF ROCKPORT YARD, NEAR WEST 150th STREET. | |
T | L | 09-04-1999 | 2 | NS 1436 (PRR) | EMD GP15-1 | CR 1670 | OH | BROOK PARK | A FORMER CONRAIL GP15 AT CP-BELT, NEAR THE FORD PLANT. | |
T | L | 04-30-2000 | 4 | NS 1438 | EMD GP15-1 | CR 1674 | OH | BROOK PARK | ONE OF THE 100 GP15-1's THAT CONRAIL BOUGHT, AT CP-BELT. | |
T | L | 10-21-2000 | 1 | NS 1455 | EMD GP15-1 | CR 1697 | NS 4132 | OH | CLEVELAND | POWER ON THE WEST 150TH STREET OVERPASS AT ROCKPORT YARD.  THE BLACK TRAILING UNIT WAS LATER REBUILT INTO AN RP-E4C SLUG. |
T | L | 05-21-2000 | 11 | NS 2100 (PRR) | EMD SW1001 | RDG 2625- CR 9400 | NS 9362 | PA | CRESSON | A FORMER READING UNIT AT CRESSON. |
T | L | 07-07-2000 | 2 | NS 2516 | EMD SD70 | OH | BEREA | ACTION AT LEWIS ROAD, W/B.  THIS IS ABOUT 2 MILES WEST OF THE BEREA TOWER. | ||
T | L | 10-20-1999 | 1 | NS 2526 | EMD SD70 | NS 3033 (PRR) | OH | TWINSBURG | A MORNING SCENE OF THE CHRYSLER PLANT YARD AS SEEN FROM CHAMBERLIN ROAD. | |
T | L | 02-12-2000 | 1 | NS 2544 | EMD SD70 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | THIS TRAIN IS EITHER 209 OR 309.  I COULD NOT MAKE OUT THE SYMBOL ON THE RADIO.  W/B AT ROCKY RIVER STATION. | ||
T | L | 09-02-1999 | 1 | NS 2551 | EMD SD70 | NS 8994 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | A NEW WOOD FENCE ADDS SOMETHING, I AM NOT SURE WHAT, BUT SOMETHING TO THIS PHOTO OF TRAIN 872, E/B AT LINDA STREET.  14:32. | |
T | L | 01-01-2000 | 4 | NS 2551 | EMD SD70 | NS 5320 | OH | CLEVELAND | MORE THAN THE USUAL AMOUNT OF POWER WAS RESTING AT ROCKPORT YARD ON THIS HOLIDAY. | |
T | L | 06-02-2000 | 1 | NS 2561 | EMD SD70 | CR 2561 | OH | BROOK PARK | TRANSIT CATENARY IS JUST VISIBLE, NEXT TO THIS FORMER CONRAIL UNIT AT CP-190, JUST SOUTH OF BROOK PARK ROAD, ON THE x NYC MAIN. | |
T | L | 06-02-2000 | 3 | NS 2561 | EMD SD70 | CR 2561 | NS 8515 | OH | BROOK PARK | LOCAL TRANSIT CATENARY WIRES ARE VISIBLE NEXT TO THIS PHOTO OF UNITS AT CP-190, JUST SOUTH OF BROOK PARK ROAD, ON THE x NYC MAIN.  THE C36-7 UNIT WENT TO BRAZIL IN 2004 OR 2005. |
T | L | 10-13-2000 | 1 | NS 2571 | EMD SD70 | CR 2571 | C&NW 8809 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | AUTUMN COLORS AND TRAIN 145 W/B BETWEEN ELMWOOD AND WAGAR ROADS. |
T | L | 06-07-2000 | 3 | NS 2572 | EMD SD70 | CR 2572 | NS 3606 | OH | BEREA | E/B AT FRONT STREET ON THE OLD NYC LAKEFRONT MAIN. |
T | L | 01-01-2000 | 3 | NS 2884 | EMD GP38AC | LV 313- CR 7659 | NS 5174 | OH | CLEVELAND | A FORMER LEHIGH VALLEY UNIT AT ROCKPORT YARD. |
T | L | 12-07-1999 | 2 | NS 2895 (PRR) | EMD GP38 | PC 7703- CR 7703 | CR 21307 | OH | BEREA | THE ROSTER SAYS THIS IS A GP38, YET IT SEEMS TO HAVE A 3 FANNED RADIATOR SECTION OF A GP40.  TURNS OUT IT IS A WRECK REBUILD USING A GP40 HOOD AND THUS 3 RADIATOR FANS. |
T | L | 12-07-1999 | 4 | NS 2895 (PRR) | EMD GP38 | PC 7703- CR 7703 | CR 21307 | OH | BEREA | THE ODDBALL 3 FANNED GP38 ROLLS WEST AWAY FROM THE BEREA INTERLOCKING.  A WRECK REBUILD USING A GP40 HOOD AND THUS 3 RADIATOR FANS. |
T | L | 06-07-2000 | 1 | NS 2896 | EMD GP38 | PC 7704- CR 7704 | NS 7007 | OH | CLEVELAND | AN OLD, 1969 VINATAGE, FORMER PENN CENTRAL GP38 AT A FORMER PENN CENTRAL YARD.  ROCKPORT YARD, AT WEST 150TH STREET.  15:43.  7007 WAS LATER REBUILT INTO A GP33ECO UNIT. |
T | L | 01-01-2000 | 6 | NS 2956 | EMD GP38 | PC 7936- CR 7936 | NS 2770 | OH | CLEVELAND | FORMER PENN CENTRAL ENGINE AT ROCKPORT YARD. |
T | L | 07-28-1999 | 1 | NS 3000 (PRR) | EMD GP40-2 | RDG 3671- CR 3275 | NS 6164 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | A FORMER READING RAILROAD GP40-2 ON THE NUMBER TWO MAIN ON THE x NYC MAINLINE VIADUCT OVER THE WEST BRANCH OF THE ROCKY RIVER.  TRAILING UNIT WOULD LATER SERVE AS HAINES & HIBBLEHOUSE 6164. |
T | L | 12-09-2000 | 12 | NS 3004 | EMD GP40-2 | CR 3281 | OH | BROOK PARK | UNIT IN THE SNOW AT CP-BELT, OR MILE 191 ON THE x NYC.  THE AIRPORT IS JUST ACROSS THE TRACKS FROM HERE. | |
T | L | 10-30-1999 | 12 | NS 3008 (PRR) | EMD GP40-2 | CR 3287 | NS 8871 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | A FRESHLY REPAINTED FORMER CONRAIL UNIT WITH THE LITTLE 'PRR' LETTERING BELOW THE CAB WINDOW.  E/B ON THE x NYC MAIN AT COLUMBIA ROAD.  THIS UNIT WAS BUILT IN 1977 AS ONE OF CONRAIL'S EARLIEST PURCHASES OF NEW POWER.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO AT 12:30. |
T | L | 11-09-1999 | 1 | NS 3024 (PRR) | EMD GP40-2 | CR 3319 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | THE SUN IS MAKING ITS FINAL SHOWING ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY.  TRAIN 145 AT LINDA STREET AT 16:44. | |
T | L | 09-19-2000 | 8 | NS 3030 | EMD GP40-2 | CR 3329 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | LOW ANGLE LIGHTING AND A LONE GEEP LEADING A WESTBOUND LOCAL, ON THE OLD NYC MAIN.  UNIT WENT TO THE TPLX (THE PRAIRIE LINE) IN 6-2020 AND THEN LEASED TO JBC RAIL SERVICES. | |
T | L | 05-06-2000 | 7 | NS 3045 (PRR) | EMD GP40-2 | CR 3355 | NS 3625 (PRR) | OH | BEREA | UNIT AT MILE 195 ON THE x NYC MAIN. |
T | L | 10-01-2000 | 1 | NS 3050 | EMD GP40-2 | CR 3370 | OH | BROOK PARK | LONE GEEP AT CP-BELT AT 13:50. | |
T | L | 08-06-2000 | 6 | NS 3064 | EMD GP40-2 | CR 3392 | NS 3390 | OH | BROOK PARK | STANDING UNITS OUTSIDE ROCKPORT YARD AT MILE 191. |
T | L | 05-16-1999 | 14 | NS 3065 (PRR) | EMD GP40-2 | CR 3395 | PA | CONPIT JCT. | A VERY QUICK AND SHORT TRAIN ZIPS EAST AT CONPIT JCT. | |
T | L | 10-29-1999 | 3 | NS 3069 (PRR) | EMD GP40-2 | CR 3401 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | A WELDED RAIL TRAIN, NUMBER 916, E/B AT MOREWOOD STREET. | |
T | L | 05-21-1999 | 1 | NS 3179 | EMD SD40 | SR 3179X | OH | BAY VILLAGE | TRAIN 297, W/B, PASSING A STANDING AUTORACK TRAIN ON CLAGUE SIDING.  UNIT WAS BUILT IN MAY OF 1971.  PHOTO AT NKP MILE 196 AT 17:40 NEAR COLUMBIA ROAD.  IN 2005 THIS UNIT WAS WEBB ASSET MANAGEMENT 4112. | |
T | L | 04-23-2000 | 3 | NS 3193 | EMD SD40 | SR 3193A | OH | ROCKY RIVER | CLOSE UP OF A HIGH NOSED UNIT's NOSE.  UNIT WAS SCRAPPED BY THE DAVID J. JOSEPH CO. IN 2001. | |
T | L | 11-08-1999 | 1 | NS 3207 | EMD SD40-2 | SR 3207W | OH | ROCKY RIVER | AT 14:28, I CAUGHT THIS CLEAN HIGH NOSED SD40-2 ON THE ROCKY RIVER SIDING WITH A WORK TRAIN, AT LINDA STREET, A FAVORITE LOCALE OF MINE. | |
T | L | 05-06-2000 | 4 | NS 3259 | EMD SD40-2 | SR 3259 | NS 8724 | OH | BEREA | A GOOD CROP OF WEEDS IS GROWING ON THE NS TRACKS (FORMER NYC LAKEFRONT MAIN) AS THIS W/B NEARS FRONT STREET AT 12:55. |
T | L | 07-13-1999 | 1 | NS 3261 | EMD SD40-2 | SR 3261L | OH | LAKEWOOD | A QUICK TRAIN AND A SLOW SHUTTER MAKE THIS LESS THAN A CLASSIC.  W/B TRAIN 205 AT 15:18 AT WARREN ROAD.  THE CAB IS LETTERED GSF, PERHAPS GEORGIA SOUTH FLORIDA? | |
T | L | 05-21-2000 | 19 | NS 3348 | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6390 | NS 3340, NS 3339 | PA | CRESSON | HELPER UNITS CONGREGATE AROUND THE ENGINE FACILITY AT CRESSON. |
T | L | 05-29-2000 | 7 | NS 3364 | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6418 | NS 3374 | PA | CRESSON | FORMER CONRAIL HELPERS AT CRESSON, DARK LIGHTING.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 05-29-2000 | 8 | NS 3374 | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6436 | NS 3364 | PA | CRESSON | THE DREADED BLACK DIP PAINT JOB HAS CAUGHT UP WITH HELP UNIT.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 05-22-2000 | 1 | NS 3375 | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6437 | PA | CRESSON | AFTER A NICE NIGHT AT THE STATION INN, WE WALKED DOWN THE STREET AND SNAPPED THIS PHOTO OF A HELPER ON THE WYE. | |
T | L | 09-30-2000 | 13 | NS 3379 | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6445 | NS 3404 | OH | BEREA | A FANTASTIC LASHUP OF POWER AT LEWIS ROAD.  EVEN THE UNIQUE GREEN SOUTHERN RAILROAD GP59 WAS INCLUDED. |
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 30 | NS 3382 | EMD GP40-2 | CR 6448 | CR 729 LMSX | OH | PERRY | E/B ON THE x NKP IN PERRY.  BETTER MIND THE STOP SIGN WHEN DRIVING HERE. |
T | L | 08-06-2000 | 1 | NS 3390 | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6457 | NS 3064, NS 5102, AMTK 25 | OH | BROOK PARK | TRAFFIC JAM ON THE NS AT MILE 191.  HERE WE SEE THE E/B AMTRAK PENNSYLVANIAN PATIENTLY WAITING AS NS UNSORTS A SNARL OF TRAFFIC JUST WEST OF ROCKPORT YARD. |
T | L | 08-06-2000 | 2 | NS 3390 | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6457 | NS 3064, NS 3212 | OH | BROOK PARK | HAZY DAY ACTION AT MILE 191, NEXT TO THE RTA RAPID TRANSIT TRACKS. |
T | L | 05-07-2000 | 2 | NS 3404 (PRR) | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6479 | OH | BEREA | W/B OVER BARRETT ROAD ON THE x NYC MAIN. | |
T | L | 11-06-1999 | 6 | NS 3416 (PRR) | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6506 | OH | BEREA | A BLURRED OFF CENTERED IMAGE.  THIS WAS FORMER CONRAIL 6506.  FOR SOME REASON, THE CONRAIL 6500's SEEMED TO BE UNCOMMON FINDS FOR ME. | |
T | L | 04-25-1999 | 1 | NS 3418 (PRR) | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6510 | CR 6469 | OH | AMHERST | TV-204 HUSTLES PAST THE OLD NYC FREIGHT DEPOT AND SOME OLD C&O PASSENGER EQUIPMENT. |
T | L | 07-10-1999 | 5 | NS 3420 (PRR) | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6514 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | E/B ACTION WITH RENUMBERED CONRAIL POWER. | |
T | L | 10-30-1999 | 10 | NS 3420 (PRR) | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6514 | C&NW 8722 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | YET MORE FINE FAVORABLE FALL COLORS AT OLMSTED FALLS. |
T | L | 03-18-2000 | 2 | NS 3422 (PRR) | EMD SD40-2 | CR 6516 | NS 8542 | OH | CLEVELAND | PARKED UNITS AT THE EAST END OF ROCKPORT YARD.  THE GE UNIT WAS SCHEDULED TO GO MRS (MINAS GERAOS, RIO DE JANEIRO, Y SAO PAULO IN 2003. |
T | L | 05-17-1999 | 18 | NS 3425 (PRR) | EMD SD40-2 | KCS 617- PAC RAIL 617- CR 6961 | PA | GALLITZIN | THIS EVENING PHOTO, FROM THE ROUTE 53 OVERPASS, FEATURES A FORMER KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN EMD SD40-2 THAT WAS REBUILT IN 1993. | |
T | L | 10-20-2000 | 1 | NS 3430 | EMD SD40 | KCS 316- PAC RAIL 613- CR 6967 | NS 6073, NS 8337 | OH | BROOK PARK | W/B AT EASTLAND ROAD. |
T | L | 03-22-2000 | 1 | NS 3436 (PRR) | EMD SD40 | PRR 6102- PC 6102- CR 6355- CR 6979 | NS 9387 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | A FORMER PRR UNIT ON THE LEAD OF THIS W/B TRAIN THROUGH ROCKY RIVER ON THE x NKP MAIN, AT 13:37.  LEAD UNIT WOULD LATER BE REBUILT INTO AN EMD SD33ECO. |
T | L | 09-07-2000 | 2 | NS 3438 | EMD SD40 | PC 6252- CR 6252- CR 6984 | NS 8728 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | ANOTHER FORMER PENN CENTRAL ENGINE, HERE W/B NEARING COLUMBIA ROAD. |
T | L | 04-25-1999 | 8 | NS 3447 (PRR) | EMD SD40 | PRR 6079- PC 6079- CR 6332- CR 6998 | NS 8444 (PRR) | OH | AMHERST | WOW, THIS SD40 WAS BUILT IN 1966.  IT STARTED OUT AS PRR 6079, AND WENT ON TO BE A PC UNIT, THEN A CR UNIT, AND FINALLY A NS UNIT (WITH PRR MARKINGS ONCE AGAIN). |
T | L | 04-14-1999 | 1 | NS 3514 | GE B30-7A | SR 3514T | NS 5184, NS 9017 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | THE ROCKY RIVER VIADUCT WITH TRAIN 874. |
T | L | 06-27-1999 | 1 | NS 3541 | GE B32-7 | OH | LAKEWOOD | AT ST. CHARLES STREET, ON THE x NKP, I CAUGHT THIS TRAIN AT 16:20.  IT WAS SUPPOSEDLY TRAIN 286, BUT THAT DOES NOT MAKE MUCH SENSE AS THIS PARTICULAR TRAIN WAS HEADED WEST. | ||
T | L | 06-24-2000 | 1 | NS 3548 | GE B32-8 | NS 5308 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | AN ODD BALL GE B32-8 LEADS A FORMER PENN CENTRAL UNIT EAST, AT ROCKY RIVER.  TRAIN AT 13:55. | |
T | L | 02-21-1999 | 2 | NS 3550 | GE B32-8 | SR | NS 7145 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | THIS SIGN, A FEW HUNDRED FEET WEST OF ELMWOOD STREET, SAYS 'TRAINS STOP HERE'.  I GUESS SOME LOCAL RESIDENTS DON'T LIKE TO HAVE THE TRAINS PARKED BEHIND THEIR HOUSES.  WHAT A BUNCH OF PARTY POOPERS.  THIS E/B TRAIN IS WITHOUT A CREW AND OBEYING THE SIGN. |
T | L | 06-25-2000 | 1 | NS 3550 | GE B32-8 | NS 1456 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | TRAIN 145 PASSING THE ROCKY RIVER STATION, SIDING, AND BEACHCLIFF MALL PARKING LOT, AT 13:25. | |
T | L | 12-09-2000 | 2 | NS 3603 | GE B36-7 | CR 5006 | NS 5354 | OH | CLEVELAND | UNITS IN SNOW AT ROCKPORT YARD.  UNIT WENT TO EFVM IN BRAZIL IN 2003, OR TO THE CARBONES DE COLUMBIA WITH AN ARMORED CAB CONVERSION. |
T | L | 10-01-2000 | 3 | NS 3614 | GE B36-7 | CR 5032 | OH | BEREA | A SINGLE ENGINE COMING TO THE SIDING AT MILE 194 OVER BARRETT ROAD. | |
T | L | 11-01-1999 | 1 | NS 3614 (PRR) | GE B36-7 | CR 5032 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | FORMER CONRAIL POWER PARKED ON THE SIDING IN ROCKY RIVER WITH A WORK TRAIN. | |
T | L | 11-01-1999 | 2 | NS 3614 (PRR) | GE B36-7 | CR 5032 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | CLOSE UP VIEW OF THE REPAINTED NUMBER AND THE LITTLE 'PRR' SYMBOL ON THE SIDE OF THE CAB.  A NICE LITTLE TOUCH OF CLASS. | |
T | L | 11-04-1999 | 1 | NS 3614 (PRR) | GE B36-7 | CR 5032 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | THE SETTING SUN CASTS HIGHLIGHTS FEATURES OF THIS ENGINE.  THIS FORMER CONRAIL UNIT CONTINUES ITS SEVERAL DAY STAY IN ROCKY RIVER. | |
T | L | 12-05-1999 | 3 | NS 3614 (PRR) | GE B36-7 | CR 5032 | NS 9034, NS 9324 | OH | BEREA | SOON SCENES LIKE THIS WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE AS CONRAIL BLUE GETS PAINTED AWAY. |
T | L | 11-20-1999 | 3 | NS 3625 (PRR) | GE B36-7 | CR 5053 | OH | BROOK PARK | IN CONRAIL DAYS, ONE WOULD ALMOST NEVER FIND GE's IN YARD AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICE.  HERE WE SEE ONE NEXT TO THE FORD PLANT AT CP-BELT. | |
T | L | 11-28-1999 | 2 | NS 3625 (PRR) | GE B36-7 | CR 5053 | OH | BROOK PARK | GE UNIT RESTS NEAR THE FORD PLANT AT C.P. BELT. | |
T | L | 05-06-2000 | 5 | NS 3625 (PRR) | GE B36-7 | CR 5053 | NS 3045 (PRR), MKCX 9043 | OH | BEREA | STANDING POWER AT MILE 195, ON THE OLD NYC MAIN. |
T | L | 03-24-1999 | 1 | NS 3998 | GE B23-7 | SR | OH | ROCKY RIVER | ROCKY RIVER STATION WITH AN EASTBOUND FREIGHT.  SOME METAL UTILITY BOXES ARE LEANING BY THE STATION AT CRAZY ANGLES. | |
T | L | 05-21-2000 | 13 | NS 4032 (PRR) | GE B23-7 | CR 1918 | MKO 9031 | PA | CRESSON | A VARIETY OF PAINT SCHEMES AT CRESSON. |
T | L | 10-11-1999 | 3 | NS 4050 (PRR) | GE B23-7 | CR 1951 | OH | BEREA | THE MODERN DAY VERSION OF THE ELYRIA ROCKET, ROLLS WEST AT BEREA. | |
T | L | 02-12-2000 | 2 | NS 4055 (PRR) | GE B23-7 | CR 1963 | OH | CLEVELAND | LOOKING A BIT FORELORN, THIS UNIT IS SITTING BY THE WEEDS IN ROCKPORT YARD, JUST A FEW HUNDRED FEET EAST OF WEST 150TH STREET. | |
T | L | 09-04-1999 | 5 | NS 4114 | EMD GP38AC | NW 4114 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | IT SEEMS THAT ONE MUST DELIBERATELY OVEREXPOSE BLACK NS UNITS IN ORDER TO PHOTOGRAPH THEM. | |
T | L | 09-24-2000 | 1 | NS 4155 | EMD GP38AC | NW 4155 | OH | CLEVELAND | RAINY DAY PHOTO OF A UNIT ON THE CLOGSVILLE CONNECTION, JUST A FEW HUNDRED FEET WEST OF WEST 25TH STREET.  UNIT WAS LATER REBUILT INTO AN RP-E4C SLUG. | |
T | L | 07-04-2000 | 1 | NS 4158 | EMD GP38AC | NW 4158 | NS 5248, NS 3277 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | FOURTH OF JULY TREAT, E/B 190 AT 15:51.  LEAD UNIT WAS REBUILT INTO AN RP-E4C SLUG.  THE SECOND UNIT, 5248, WAS USED AS A REMOTE CONROL UNIT IN 2003. |
T | L | 11-17-1999 | 1 | NS 4616 | EMD GP59 | NS 997186 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | TRAIN 145 PASSING A TRAIN ON THE SIDING, LOADED WITH CROSS TIES, AT SMITH COURT.  TRAIN TIME 15:33.  LEAD UNIT WAS SERVING ON THE DECATUR & EASTERN ILLINOIS RR IN 2023. | |
T | L | 01-28-2000 | 3 | NS 4629 | EMD GP59 | OH | BROOK PARK | AN "OPERATION LIFESAVER" PAINTED UNIT AT CP-BELT OR CP-191, DEPENDING UPON WHOM YOU ASK. | ||
T | L | 12-09-2000 | 10 | NS 4802 | GE B40-8 | CR 5066 | NS 1587 | OH | BROOK PARK | ACTION AT MILE 192, ON THE FORMER NEW YORK CENTRAL.  1587 WAS REBUILT INTO A MTU6 SLUG IN 2007. |
T | L | 05-15-1999 | 1 | NS 5001 | EMD GP38-2 | SR 5001 | NS 3548 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | A TRAIN WITH THE SYMBOL THAT SOUNDED LIKE SW-01 ON THE RADIO, W/B AT ROCKY RIVER. |
T | L | 05-10-1999 | 6 | NS 5005 | EMD GP38-2 | SR 5005 | OH | HURON | THE NS LOCAL SWITCHES CARS UNDER US 6 AT THE BIG FLOUR MILL AT HURON.  YET ANOTHER FAVORITE IMAGE OF MINE. | |
T | L | 11-20-1999 | 1 | NS 5007 | EMD GP38-2 | SR 5007A | OH | ROCKY RIVER | THE RAILROAD, AT ONE WITH NATURE.  HERE WE SEE A WORK TRAIN IN THE SIDING NEAR SMITH COURT AT 11:15. | |
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 23 | NS 5050 | EMD GP38-2 | SR 5050A | NS 8833 | OH | COLLINWOOD | PIPELINES AT THE STATION "W" FUEL STATION FRAME THESE NS UNITS. |
T | L | 03-18-2000 | 1 | NS 5073 | EMD GP38-2 | SR 5073 | NS 5316 (PRR) | OH | CLEVELAND | WE ARE AT THE WEST THROAT OF ROCKPORT YARD.  NEW SIGNAL TOWER SUPPORTS ARE GOING UP FOR THE UPGRADED ROUTE THAT CONNECTS THE x NYC LAKEFRONT MAIN WITH THE NKP BY WAY OF A ROUTE ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF ROCKPORT YARD AND THEN NORTHEAST ALONG THE BIG FOUR TO CLEVELAND'S NEAR WEST SIDE.  NS 5316 WOULD LATER BE REBUILT INTO A GP33ECO. |
T | L | 02-15-2000 | 1 | NS 5170 | EMD GP38-2 | SR 5170 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | I TAKE VERY FEW ARTSY FARTSY PHOTOS, AND USUALLY AVOID THE BACKLIT SUBJECT.  HERE IS A RARE EXCEPTION.  TRAIN 286 AFTER AN ICE STORM AT 16:30. | |
T | L | 10-19-1999 | 1 | NS 5174 | EMD GP38-2 | SR 5174 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | AS A RULE, IT IS DIFFICULT TO GET A GOOD PHOTO OF BLACK NORFOLK SOUTHERN UNITS.  HERE WE SEE A HAPPY EXCEPTION TO THE RULE.  11:50am. | |
T | L | 10-19-1999 | 2 | NS 5174 | EMD GP38-2 | SR 5174 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | W/B NS ACTION ON THE OLD NYC MAIN, AT COLUMBIA ROAD AT 11:50. | |
T | L | 12-09-2000 | 3 | NS 5227 | EMD GP38-2 | SR 5227 | NS 3603 | OH | CLEVELAND | UNITS IN SNOW AT ROCKPORT YARD. |
T | L | 09-30-2000 | 17 | NS 5283 | EMD GP38-2 | PC 8081- CR 8081 | NS 3263 | OH | BEREA | MORE ACTION AT LEWIS ROAD.  MUCH LATER, IN POST CONRAIL TIMES, UNIT LATER WORKED THE CONRAIL SHARED ASSETS AREAS. |
T | L | 09-07-2000 | 1 | NS 5298 | EMD GP38-2 | PC 8106- CR 8106 | KCS 662, MRL 325 | OH | BEREA | I WALKED A BIT TO GET THIS PHOTO OF A FORMER PENN CENTRAL UNIT.  A STANDING TRAIN EAST OF FRONT STREET. |
T | L | 09-07-2000 | 3 | NS 5298 | EMD GP38-2 | PC 8106- CR 8106 | KCS 662, MRL 325 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | AND ANOTHER PHOTO OF A FORMER PENN CENTRAL GP38-2. |
T | L | 12-09-2000 | 5 | NS 5304 | EMD GP38-2 | PC 8119- CR 8119 | OH | CLEVELAND | FORMER PENN CENTRAL UNIT ON HOME RAILS AT ROCKPORT YARD. | |
T | L | 09-24-2000 | 8 | NS 5319 | EMD GP38-2 | PC 8141- CR 8141 | NS 8090 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | W/B TRAIN 145 WITH A FORMER PENN CENTRAL GP38-2 TRAILING. |
T | L | 01-01-2000 | 5 | NS 5320 | EMD GP38-2 | PC 8142- CR 8142 | NS 2956 | OH | CLEVELAND | CONRAIL BLUE LIVES ON A BIT LONGER IN ROCKPORT YARD. |
T | L | 07-11-1999 | 13 | NS 5323 (PRR) | EMD GP38-2 | PC 8149- CR 8149 | NS 4140 | OH | CLEVELAND | A NICE LITTLE STYLIZED PRR SYMBOL ADORNS THIS UNIT's CAB AT ROCKPORT YARD. |
T | L | 11-06-1999 | 7 | NS 5324 (PRR) | EMD GP38-2 | PC 8151- CR 8151 | NS 3043, NS 9015 | OH | BEREA | ANOTHER SLANTED IMAGE TAKEN ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY, AND I WAS SOBER TO BOOT. |
T | L | 01-01-2000 | 8 | NS 5343 | EMD GP38-2 | CR 8182 | OH | BROOK PARK | A GEEP WITH A SHORT STRING OF CARS, AT CP-BELT. | |
T | L | 11-20-1999 | 2 | NS 5343 (PRR) | EMD GP38-2 | CR 8182 | OH | BROOK PARK | A GEEP FITTED WITH A WEED CUTTER PLOW AT CP-BELT, NEXT TO THE FORD PLANT AND CLEVELAND's AIRPORT. | |
T | L | 11-28-1999 | 3 | NS 5343 (PRR) | EMD GP38-2 | CR 8182 | NS 3625 (PRR) | OH | BROOK PARK | UNITS AT C.P. BELT, NOW LABELED CP-191, NEXT TO THE FORD PLANT AND THE CLEVELAND AIRPORT. |
T | L | 05-06-2000 | 3 | NS 5353 (PRR) | EMD GP38-2 | CR 8207 | UP 9060 | OH | CLEVELAND | ROCKPORT YARD TOWER IS PARTIALLY VISIBLE ON THE LEFT, AS THIS TRAIN ROLLS EAST OVER THE WEST 150th STREET BRIDGE. |
T | L | 12-09-2000 | 6 | NS 5354 | EMD GP38-2 | CR 8208 | NS 5304 | OH | CLEVELAND | OPERATION LIFESAVER UNIT AT ROCKPORT YARD. |
T | L | 07-02-2000 | 2 | NS 5369 | EMD GP38-2 | CR 8239 | SP 8645, SP 8365 | OH | BEREA | THREE 'FALLEN FLAG' UNITS LEAD A UNION PACIFIC UNIT AT FRONT STREET. |
T | L | 09-04-1999 | 3 | NS 5406 (PRR) | EMD SD50 | CR 6712 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | TV-1 ON THE FORMER NYC MAIN, ABOUT TO CROSS THE VIADUCT. | |
T | L | 07-02-2000 | 5 | NS 5409 | EMD SD50 | CR 6715 | OH | BAY VILLAGE | THIS TRAIN ON THE OLD NKP IS HEADED EXACTLY INTO THE SUN, E/B AT 9:15, NEAR COLUMBIA ROAD. | |
T | L | 05-21-2000 | 17 | NS 5412 | EMD SD50 | CR 6721 | NS 3305 | PA | CRESSON | THE FORMER CONRAIL UNIT HAS THE "QUALITY" LETTERING ON THE SIDES, BUT NOT ON THE NOSE, AN ODD VARIATION. |
T | L | 10-30-1999 | 13 | NS 5417 (PRR) | EMD SD50 | CR 6729 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | AT 12:20 WE SEE ANOTHER E/B AT COLUMBIA ROAD ON THE x NYC MAIN.  NOTE THE SMALL CROSSING GATE TO PROTECT UNWARY PEDESTRIANS FROM THE TRAIN, AND THE RAIL BARRIERS TO PROTECT THE CROSSING GATE FROM CARS.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO.  LEAD UNIT WAS REBUILT BY NS TO AN "SD40-E" IN 2009. | |
T | L | 06-07-2000 | 2 | NS 5426 | EMD SD50 | CR 6748 | OH | BEREA | YOU CAN ALMOST FEEL THIS UNIT TRYING TO BREAK OUT OF THE NEW COAT OF BLACK PAINT THAT HIDES ITS FORMER CONRAIL BLUE. | |
T | L | 10-03-2000 | 5 | NS 5435 | EMD SD50 | CR 6765 | OH | CLEVELAND | E/B WORKING UPGRADE ON THE C&P LINE.  THE TRAIN HAS JUST CROSSED THE WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE, AND HAS COME OVER BROADWAY STREET. | |
T | L | 11-20-1999 | 10 | NS 5439 | EMD SD50 | CR 6772 | NS 9051 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | THE LEAD UNIT HAS GIVEN UP ITS CONRAIL BLUE FOR THIS SOMBER BLACK PAINT JOB.  I WAITED A MOMENT TOO LONG BEFORE FIRING OFF THIS PHOTO. |
T | L | 10-02-1999 | 1 | NS 5445 (PRR) | EMD SD50 | CR 6778 | OH | BEREA | A POLICEMAN TOOK A BIT OF INTEREST IN MY ACTIVITIES WHILE I PHOTOGRAPHED THIS EASTBOUND AT LEWIS ROAD.  LUCKILY, HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ENERGY TO CLIMB OUT OF HIS CAR TO BOTHER ME.  10:45. | |
T | L | 05-11-1999 | 7 | NS 5446 | EMD SD50 | CR 6780 | OH | BEDFORD | A BIG LIGHT ENGINE MOVE, COMPLETE WITH AN INFILTRATION OF DREADFUL BLACK NS POWER, AT CP MAPLE. | |
T | L | 04-04-2000 | 1 | NS 5449 | EMD SD50 | CR 6785 | NS 5134 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | NO QUESTION OF THE MILEPOST HERE.  STANDING TRAIN AT ELMWOOD, AT 17:35, WITH A HINT OF SPRING IN THE VEGETATION. |
T | L | 04-06-2000 | 8 | NS 5449 (PRR) | EMD SD50 | CR 6785 | NS 5134 | OH | BEREA | STANDING TRAIN AT BEREA. |
T | L | 02-05-2000 | 5 | NS 5454 (PRR) | EMD SD50 | CR 6794 | CEFX 7088 | OH | BEREA | A SWELL SNOW DAY WITH GREAT LIGHTING AND COLORFUL UNITS, W/B AT BARRETT ROAD, ABOUT A HALF A MILE WEST OF BEREA TOWER. |
T | L | 08-08-1999 | 1 | NS 5475 (PRR) | EMD SD50 | CR 6831 | OH | AVON LAKE | THIS UNIT SAT HERE FOR SEVERAL DAYS ON THE NEWLY DISFUNCTIONAL NS.  MILE 196 ON THE x NKP, NEAR COLUMBIA ROAD. 1999/19990809_01.jpg | |
T | L | 08-09-1999 | 1 | NS 5475 (PRR) | EMD SD50 | CR 6831 | OH | AVON LAKE | THIS UNIT WAS STILL SITTING HERE AFTER YESTERDAY's CLOUDLY DAY PHOTO.  SO HERE IS A FOLLOW UP PHOTO IN THE SUN.  THE LOCATION IS MILE 196 ON THE x NKP, NEAR COLUMBIA ROAD. 1999/19990808_01.jpg | |
T | L | 01-25-2000 | 1 | NS 6077 | EMD SD40-2 | NW 6077 | NS 1643 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | A FINE SUNNY DAY WITH FRESH SNOW ON THE GROUND.  TRAIN 205 W/B AT LINDA STREET ON THE OLD NKP. |
T | L | 02-07-1999 | 1 | NS 6084 | EMD SD40-2 | NW 6084 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | A DARK SNOWY WESTBOUND AT WAGAR ROAD AT 12:23.  TRAIN 389. | |
T | L | 04-23-2000 | 1 | NS 6142 | EMD SD40-2 | NW 6142 | HLCX 6084, NS 3193 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | ON EASTER SUNDAY I FOUND THIS TRAIN TIED UP, BEHIND THE NORMANDIE NURSING HOME. |
T | L | 02-09-2000 | 1 | NS 6515 | EMD SD60 | HLCX 5978 | NS 8400 (PRR) | OH | ROCKY RIVER | TRAIN 145 ROLLS WEST PAST THE "LITTLE GIANT" CRANE PARKED IN ROCKY RIVER. |
T | L | 06-16-1999 | 1 | NS 6602 | EMD SD60 | NS 9379 | OH | BAY VILLAGE | AT MILE 199.4 ON THE OLD NKP MAIN IN BAY VILLAGE, WE SEE THE W/B TRAIN 205 AT BRADLEY ROAD.  A BRAND NEW GE UNIT IN GREY PAINT IS TRAILING. | |
T | L | 11-06-1999 | 5 | NS 6603 | EMD SD60 | OH | BEREA | UNWANTED BLACK NS UNITS BEGIN TO INFILTRATE THIS FORMER CONRAIL HOT SPOT. | ||
T | L | 03-29-1999 | 1 | NS 6620 | EMD SD60 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | A 3/4 FULL MOON IS RISING AS WE SEE A STANDING E/B TRAIN NEAR ELMWOOD. | ||
T | L | 03-26-2000 | 1 | NS 6622 | EMD SD60 | NS 4089, NS 6150 | OH | CLEVELAND | UNITS RESTING IN ROCKPORT YARD. | |
T | L | 03-26-2000 | 6 | NS 6622 | EMD SD60 | NS 6150 | OH | CLEVELAND | A FAVORITE PHOTO TAKEN AT ROCKPORT YARD, UNDER I-480. | |
T | L | 03-26-2000 | 7 | NS 6622 | EMD SD60 | NS 6150 | OH | CLEVELAND | THIS W/B TRAIN IS AT CP-190, HAVING JUST LEFT ROCKPORT YARD AND IS CROSSING ABOVE BROOKPARK ROAD. | |
T | L | 03-26-2000 | 8 | NS 6622 | EMD SD60 | NS 6150 | OH | CLEVELAND | THIS FAVORITE PHOTO OF A W/B TRAIN WAS TAKEN AT CP-190.  THE TRAIN JUST LEFT ROCKPORT YARD AND IS CROSSING ABOVE BROOKPARK ROAD. | |
T | L | 03-26-2000 | 9 | NS 6622 | EMD SD60 | NS 6150 | OH | BROOK PARK | W/B OVER SNOW ROAD, WITH CLEVELAND's AIRPORT IN THE DISTANCE. | |
T | L | 08-11-1999 | 1 | NS 6634 | EMD SD60 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | A FAVORITE PHOTO WITH NEAT SKY EFFECTS.  W/B TRAIN 145 NEAR THE ROCKY RIVER STATION, AT 18:45. | ||
T | L | 07-13-1999 | 2 | NS 6647 | EMD SD60 | NS 3627 (PRR) | OH | ROCKY RIVER | TRAIN W09 AT 16:25 OVER LAKE ROAD WITH THAT BIG PINK AND OLD FORMER WESTLAKE HOTEL IN THE BACKGROUND.  SECOND UNIT WENT TO EVFM IN BRAZIL IN 2003. | |
T | L | 10-16-1999 | 8 | NS 6666 | EMD SD60 | NS 8414 (PRR) | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | MY LIGHTING-LIKE REFLEXES WERE ONCE AGAIN INVOKED AS I QUICKLY SNAPPED A PHOTO OF THIS INTERESTINGLY NUMBERED UNIT. | |
T | L | 10-30-1999 | 16 | NS 6666 | EMD SD60 | NS 8916, SP 8358 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | A SCARILY NUMBERED UNIT AT COLUMBIA ROAD.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 07-10-1999 | 6 | NS 6679 | EMD SD60 | NS 9211 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | W/B TRAIN 406? ON THE OLD NYC MAIN WITH IMPOSSIBLE TO PHOTOGRAPH UGLY BLACK NS UNITS. | |
T | L | 12-05-1999 | 1 | NS 6696 | EMD SD60 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | NUMBER 146 PASSES THE OLD ROCKY RIVER STATION AT 11:05 ON THE FORMER NKP MAIN. | ||
T | L | 09-19-2000 | 3 | NS 6719 | EMD SD60M | CR 5580 | NS 8916 | OH | BEREA | W/B PASSING A TRACK GANG ENGAGED IN M OF W ACTIVITY. |
T | L | 10-15-2000 | 5 | NS 6727 | EMD SD60M | CR 5593 | NS 2572 | OH | BEREA | OVERCAST LIGHTING AND FORMER CONRAIL POWER, W/B AT FRONT STREET. |
T | L | 09-24-1999 | 1 | NS 6731 | EMD SD60M | CR 5600 | KCS 602 | OH | CLEVELAND | A FAVORITE IMAGE OF MINE, A W/B ON THE CLEVELAND AND PITTSBURGH LINE (x PRR) AT EAST 33rd STREET.  THE TRAIN IS JUST ABOUT A MILE AWAY FROM JOINING THE NYC's LAKEFRONT MAIN. |
T | L | 07-31-2000 | 1 | NS 6732 | EMD SD60M | CR 5602 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | A LONE UNIT STROLLS PAST ELMWOOD INTERLOCKING. | |
T | L | 11-15-2000 | 4 | NS 6732 | EMD SD60M | CR 5602 | NS 4154 | OH | CLEVELAND | W/B TRAIN 145 CROSSING OVER THE BIG ( FORMER NKP MAIN) SCRANTON ROAD BRIDGE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.  DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND BUILDINGS ARE SEEN IN THE DISTANCE. |
T | L | 11-15-2000 | 5 | NS 6732 | EMD SD60M | CR 5602 | NS 4154 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | TRAIN 145 AT LINDA STREET, WITH GOOD LATE DAY LIGHTING. |
T | L | 10-01-2000 | 4 | NS 6756 | EMD SD60M | CR 5643 | NS 8617 | OH | BEREA | MORE W/B AFTERNOON ACTION AT THE WEST END OF BEREA'S INTERLOCKER. |
T | L | 12-09-2000 | 8 | NS 6758 | EMD SD60M | CR 5646 | NS 8882 | OH | BROOK PARK | E/B AT MILE 192 ON THE LAKEFRONT MAIN OF THE OLD NYC. |
T | L | 10-03-2000 | 2 | NS 6780 | EMD SD60M | CR 5530 | NS 2568 | OH | CLEVELAND | ANOTHER W/B ON THE C&P, NEAR BROADWAY STREET, WITH THE WARNER ROAD OVERPASS IN THE DISTANCE.  THE HARVARD CONNECTOR RUNS DOWN TO THE RIGHT, TOWARDS THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE. |
T | L | 06-02-2000 | 10 | NS 6785 | EMD SD60M | CR 5538 | NS 5418 | OH | BEREA | W/B GONDOLA TRAIN IN THE CURVE AT BEREA, AT 17:00. |
T | L | 01-05-2000 | 7 | NS 6788 (PRR) | EMD SD60M | CR 5542 | NS 6667 | OH | BEREA | EMD POWER ON THE VIADUCT OVER THE EAST BRANCH OF ROCKY RIVER, AS SEEN FROM BARRET ROAD, LOOKING SOUTHEAST. |
T | L | 12-02-2000 | 1 | NS 6800 | EMD SD60M | CR 5564 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | I HAVE A KNACK FOR SEEING ENGINES WITH "DOUBLE ZERO" NUMBERS.  HERE 6800, NEARING COLUMBIA ROAD. | |
T | L | 02-06-1999 | 2 | NS 7002 | EMD GP40X | SR 7002X | NS 8557 | OH | BAY VILLAGE | FINALLY, AFTER MANY TRIES, I MANAGE TO PHOTOGRAPH ONE OF ONLY 3 GP40X UNITS ON THE NS.  PHOTO AT COLUMBIA ROAD, TRAIN 145. |
T | L | 10-17-2000 | 1 | NS 7016 | EMD GP50 | SR 7016 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | W/B AT ELMWOOD STREET AT 12:55. | |
T | L | 06-26-1999 | 1 | NS 7067 | EMD GP50 | SR 7067 | OH | LAKEWOOD | A HIGH NOSED GP50 STRUTS TRAIN 286 EAST AT COOK STREET, AT 11:55 ON THE OLD NKP MAIN.  UNIT WAS LATER REBUILT INTO AN RP-E4C SLUG. | |
T | L | 04-20-2000 | 1 | NS 7081 | EMD GP50 | SR 7081 | NS 5042 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | SPRING COLORS ARE JUST STARTING TO SHOW ON THIS DAY, HITLER's BIRTHDAY.  W.B TRAIN 305 AT 15:25. |
T | L | 08-05-1999 | 2 | NS 7086 | EMD GP50 | SR 7086 | NS 1638 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | TRAIN 286 IS SITTING IN THE SIDING AGAIN, AS IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO DO, AT ELMWOOD, ON THE x NKP MAIN.  18:40.  IN 2012, 7086 WAS REBUILT INTO AN RP-E4CA SLUG UNIT AND HAD IT'S SHORT HOOD LOWERED IN THE PROCESS. |
T | L | 09-23-2000 | 1 | NS 7090 | EMD GP50 | SR 7090 | NS 8526 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | 12:15 FINDS THIS TRAIN STANDING ON THE CURVE AT ELMWOOD.  THE LEADING UNIT WAS LATER REBUILT INTO AN RP-E4C SLUG. |
T | L | 02-21-1999 | 1 | NS 7145 | EMD GP60 | NS 3550 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | STANDING E/B TRAIN NEAR, JUST A FEW HUNDRED FEET WEST OF ELMWOOD.  THE ROCKY RIVER SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT IS IN THE BACKGROUND. | |
T | L | 04-24-1999 | 14 | NS 7205 | EMD SD80MAC | CR 4109 | CR 4117 | OH | CLEVELAND | PRR DECALS LABEL THIS CONRAIL UNIT AS BEING DESTINED FOR THE NS.  MILE 182. |
T | L | 05-21-2000 | 18 | NS 7213 | EMD SD80MAC | CR 4123 | NS 5412 | PA | CRESSON | NO MISTAKING THE HERITAGE OF THIS UNIT.  A FRESHLY PAINTED FORMER CONRAIL SD80, 5000hp FROM TWENTY CYLINDERS. |
T | L | 06-14-1999 | 4 | NS 7215 (PRR) | EMD SD80MAC | CR 4127 | OH | CLEVELAND | THE VERY LAST EMD SD80 BUILT, HEADS THIS EASTBOUND AT CP-9 ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE. | |
T | L | 05-21-2000 | 15 | NS 7216 | EMD SD80MAC | EMD 8001- CR 4129 | NS 3305 | PA | CRESSON | FORMER EMD SD80MAC DEMONSTRATOR UNIT AT CRESSON. |
T | L | 08-05-1999 | 3 | NS 8010 | GE C30-7 | NW 8010 | NS 7086 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | A LONE UNIT LEADS TRAIN 145 WEST AT ELMWOOD, WHILE TRAIN 286 SITS IN THE HOLE ON THE RIGHT.  THE ENGINE ON THE LEFT WENT TO BRAZIL AND A 1.6 METER GUAGE LINE IN 2004. |
T | L | 02-13-1999 | 1 | NS 8041 | GE C30-7 | NW 8041 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | ANOTHER DISMAL DARK WINTER DAY, TRAIN, I-97, W/B AT THE STATION AT 14:58.  THE C36-7 WENT TO A 1.6 METER GUAGED LINE IN BRAZIL IN 2004. | |
T | L | 09-24-2000 | 7 | NS 8090 | GE C30-7A | CR 6561 | NS 5319, NS 9482 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | TRAIN 145 SEEN 17 MINUTES LATER IN ROCKY RIVER. |
T | L | 10-01-2000 | 6 | NS 8102 | GE C30-7A | CR 6589 | NS 5276 | OH | VERMILION | W/B ENTERING VERMILION, AT VERMILION ROAD. |
T | L | 10-27-1999 | 2 | NS 8111 (PRR) | GE C30-7A | CR 6599 | NS 3517 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | BOTH THE GE BC30-7A AND C30-7A WERE FAIRLY RARE, HERE WE HAVE 2 COUPLED TOGETHER.  8111 HEADED OFF TO BALTIC ESTONIA IN 2002. |
T | L | 03-26-2000 | 4 | NS 8115 | GE C30-7A | CR 6560- CSX 7098 | OH | CLEVELAND | THIS FORMER CONRAIL UNIT SPENT A FEW MONTHS ON CSX AFTER THE END OF CONRAIL.  IT WAS THEN TRADED IN AND NS PICKED IT UP.  ROCKPORT YARD AT I-480. | |
T | L | 11-11-1999 | 1 | NS 8203 (PRR) | GE C39-8 | CR 6006 | MPI 9041 | OH | BEREA | TRAIN 'CLEL' (CLEVELAND TO ELKHART) WITH A MORRISON- KNUDSON OR 'MPI' UNIT TRAILING AT SHELDON STREET.  13:50.  LEAD UNIT WENT TO EBBX (ED BURRIER & ASSOCIATES) AND THEN FEROCARRIL CENTRO ANDINO IN PERU. |
T | L | 05-16-1999 | 16 | NS 8307 (PRR) | GE C40-8 | CR 6035 | NS 2553 | PA | SUMMERHILL | I AM STANDING ON A ROADWAY BRIDGE AT SUMMERHILL.  THIS PARTIALLY OBSTRUCTS THE VIEW OF THE SIGNAL BRIDGE FOR E/B TRAINS, SO THE SIGNAL BRIDGE IS SET UP WITH EXTRA HIGH SIGNALS. |
T | L | 11-06-1999 | 4 | NS 8309 (PRR) | GE C40-8 | CR 6043 | NS 9295 | OH | BEREA | MORE WESTBOUND TRAFFIC PASSING BEREA TOWER.  LEAD UNIT WAS REBUILT WITH A NEW CAB DESIGN IN 2014. |
T | L | 02-28-2000 | 8 | NS 8315 | GE C40-8W | CR 6053 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | WESTBOUND 817 AT LINDA STREET ON THE x NKP AT 17:05. | |
T | L | 10-30-1999 | 9 | NS 8320 (PRR) | GE C40-8W | CR 6061 | NS 6105 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | W/B ON THE x NYC's VIADUCT OVER THE WEST BRANCH OF THE ROCKY RIVER. |
T | L | 10-11-1999 | 4 | NS 8322 (PRR) | GE C40-8W | CR 6064 | OH | BEREA | THE FINAL RAYS OF SUNLIGHT TRY TO BLIND THE CREW OF THIS W/B AT BEREA, JUST ABOVE THE ROCKY RIVER's EAST BRANCH. | |
T | L | 01-05-2000 | 1 | NS 8323 | GE C40-8W | CR 6065 | NS 6746 | OH | BEREA | CROOKED PHOTO OF A W/B ROUNDING THE CURVE AT BEREA. |
T | L | 10-03-2000 | 1 | NS 8328 | GE C40-8W | CR 6073 | NS 8300 | OH | CLEVELAND | W/B ON THE C&P LINE, NEAR BROADWAY STREET.  THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE (NOW A CSX MAIN) RUNS RIGHT UNDER THIS LOCATION. |
T | L | 10-01-2000 | 2 | NS 8334 | GE C40-8W | CR 6083 | NS 2577 | OH | BEREA | W/B JUST PAST THE BEREA INTERLOCKING. |
T | L | 05-17-1999 | 10 | NS 8354 | GE C40-8W | CR 6117 | CR 6754 | PA | ALTOONA | A W/B FREIGHT WITH A BRAND NEW GE UNIT TRAILING, STILL IN PRIMER, AT ALTOONA. |
T | L | 10-30-1999 | 15 | NS 8354 (PRR) | GE C40-8W | CR 6117 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | THIS WAS A FAIRLY BUSY DAY ON THE x NYC MAIN AT COLUBIA ROAD.  HERE IS THE FOURTH TRAIN IN 95 MINUTES.  BEFORE THE CONRAIL BREAKUP, IT WAS WAS ALWAYS THIS BUSY AND THEN SOME ON THIS LINE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 05-08-1999 | 3 | NS 8356 (PRR) | GE C40-8W | CR 6120 | CR 6617 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | A WESTBOUND ROADRAILER.  AT FIRST, THE ROADRAILER TRAINS WERE FAIRLY SHORT.  NOW THESE TRAINS HAVE BEEN GETTING VERY LONG AND OFTEN HAVE MORE THAN ONE UNIT PULLING THEM. |
T | L | 05-27-1999 | 5 | NS 8357 (PRR) | GE C40-8W | CR 6123 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | TV-204? WESTBOUND NEARING COLUMBIA ROAD ON THE x NYC MAIN. | |
T | L | 10-16-1999 | 6 | NS 8357 (PRR) | GE C40-8W | CR 6123 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | ANOTHER CONRAIL UNIT SUCCUMBS TO THE NS RENUMBERING. | |
T | L | 05-07-2000 | 1 | NS 8362 (PRR) | GE C40-8W | CR 6131 | OH | BEREA | E/B ON THE x NYC CHICAGO LINE VIADUCT AT BARRETT ROAD.  THE REMAINS OF THE OLD BIG FOUR VIADUCT CAN BE SEEN ON THE RIGHT. | |
T | L | 05-08-1999 | 6 | NS 8369 | GE C40-8W | CR 6144 | CR 6722 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | ANOTHER CLOUDY DAY PHOTO OF A W/B ON THE x NYC. |
T | L | 05-28-1999 | 7 | NS 8384 (PRR) | GE C40-8W | CR 6171 | CR 5529 | PA | CRESSON | ANOTHER E/B AS SEEN FROM THE STATION INN PORCH.  18:05.  D. R. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 05-29-2000 | 9 | NS 8385 | GE C40-8W | CR 6173 | NS 9311 | PA | CRESSON | GE's POUND UPGRADE AT CRESSON.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 09-04-1999 | 4 | NS 8401 (PRR) | GE C40-8W | CR 6199 | NS 5437 (PRR) | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | ANOTHER W/B TRAIN COMING OFF THE VIADUCT AT OLMSTED FALLS. |
T | L | 10-30-1999 | 6 | NS 8403 (PRR) | GE C40-8W | CR 6209 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | E/B ON THE x NYC MAIN. | |
T | L | 10-27-1999 | 1 | NS 8404 (PRR) | GE C40-8W | CR 6205 | NS 8111 (PRR) | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | W/B ACTION ON THE x NYC MAIN.  THE SECOND UNIT WAS CONRAIL's VERY LAST C30-7A. |
T | L | 03-08-2000 | 2 | NS 8413 (PRR) | GE C40-8W | CR 6220 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | WESTBOUND ACTION PASSING A MAINTENANCE TRUCK, AN IMPATIENT LADY, AND COLUMBIA ROAD. | |
T | L | 10-16-1999 | 7 | NS 8414 (PRR) | GE C40-8W | CR 6221 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | E/B NEAR COLUMBIA ROAD ON THE x NYC MAIN. | |
T | L | 11-11-1999 | 5 | NS 8415 (PRR) | GE C40-8W | CR 6222 | NS 8818 | OH | BEREA | THIS TRAIN WAS TIED UP AT LEWIS ROAD, NEAR MILEPOST 196. |
T | L | 05-08-1999 | 1 | NS 8417 (PRR) | GE C40-8W | CR 6226 | CR 6444 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | EVENING LIGHT IS FAILING AS THIS WESTBOUND ROLLS OFF THE VIADUCT. |
T | L | 04-23-2000 | 5 | NS 8425 | GE C40-8W | CR 6240 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | JUST A FEW BLOCK FROM MY HOME, W/B 309 PASSING THE ELMWOOD SIGNAL, AT 14:55. | |
T | L | 04-25-1999 | 2 | NS 8443 (PRR) | GE C40-8W | LMSX 745- CR 6271 | OH | AMHERST | THE JACKSON STREET BRIDGE, A FAVORITE LOCAL RAILFAN HANGOUT, FRAMES THIS EASTBOUND. | |
T | L | 04-25-1999 | 7 | NS 8444 (PRR) | GE C40-8W | LMSX 747- CR 6273 | OH | AMHERST | MULTILEVEL ML-433 TAKES THE SIDING AND HEAD TOWARDS FAIRLANE YARD. | |
T | L | 05-06-2000 | 9 | NS 8447 (PRR) | GE C40-8W | CR 6278 | NS 1634 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | W/B AT OLMSTED FALLS. |
T | L | 04-06-2000 | 9 | NS 8449 (PRR) | GE C40-8W | LMSX 755- CR 6281 | OH | BEREA | E/B ACTION AT THE WEST END OF THE BEREA INTERLOCKING. | |
T | L | 09-25-1999 | 9 | NS 8450 | GE C40-8W | LMSX 757- CR 6283 | OH | BEREA | FORMER CONRAIL POWER AT FRONT STREET, ON TV-3 AT 16:35. | |
T | L | 02-05-2000 | 3 | NS 8450 (PRR) | GE C40-8W | LMSX 757- CR 6283 | NS 8371 | OH | BEREA | A SOMEWHAT OVEREXPOSED PHOTO AT BARRETT ROAD. |
T | L | 06-10-1999 | 2 | NS 8482 (PRR) | GE C36-7 | CR 6623 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | AT WEST ROAD, NEXT TO THE PEGAR FARM, THIS EASTBOUND ROLLED BY ON THE OLD BIG FOUR.  LEAD UNIT WENT TO BRAZIL IN 2006. | |
T | L | 01-14-2000 | 1 | NS 8483 (PRR) | GE C36-7 | CR 6624 | CN 9479, NS 8571 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | THE RIVER IS PARTIALLY FROZEN IN THIS PHOTO OF W/B WD09 AS SEEN AT 11:00. |
T | L | 11-06-1999 | 3 | NS 8485 (PRR) | GE C36-7 | CR 6627 | HATX 751 | OH | BEREA | W/B ACTION PASSING THE TOWER ON THE NS SIDE OF THE PLACE.  LEAD GE WENT TO BRAZIL IN 2006. |
T | L | 04-18-1999 | 9 | NS 8488 (PRR) | GE C36-7 | CR 6636 | OH | CLEVELAND | OUCH.  MY VERY FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH A CONRAIL UNIT THAT GOT PRR'ed BY THE NS.  HERE AT WEST 140th STREET ON THE x NYC LAKEFRONT MAIN.  LEAD UNIT WENT TO BRAZIL IN 2006. | |
T | L | 07-16-1999 | 5 | NS 8488 (PRR) | GE C36-7 | CR 6636 | HLCX 6207 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | EVENING LIGHT AND A COLORFUL SECOND UNIT, PASS THE STATION AT OLMSTED FALLS.  LEAD UNIT WENT TO BRAZIL IN 2006. |
T | L | 04-24-1999 | 11 | NS 8490 (PRR) | GE C36-7 | CR 6639 | OH | CLEVELAND | NS (FORMER CONRAIL) POWER AT THE DRAWBRIDGE, E/B.  MP 182. | |
T | L | 12-05-1999 | 2 | NS 8507 | GE C36-7 | NW 8507 | OH | BEREA | I BELIEVE THIS IS TRAIN 133 AT FRONT STREET AT 13:10.  UNIT WAS TO GO MRS (MINAS GERAOS, RIO DE JANEIRO, Y SAO PAULO) IN 2003. | |
T | L | 06-02-2000 | 2 | NS 8515 | GE C36-7 | NW 8515 | NS 9053 | OH | BROOK PARK | UNITS AT CP-190, JUST SOUTH OF BROOK PARK ROAD, ON THE x NYC MAIN.  THE C36-7 UNIT WAS SCHEDULED TO GO MRS (MINAS GERAOS, RIO DE JANEIRO, Y SAO PAULO IN 2003. |
T | L | 03-30-1999 | 1 | NS 8524 | GE C36-7 | NW | OH | ROCKY RIVER | AT 17:29, THIS WESTBOUND NEARED MOREWOOD STREET. | |
T | L | 01-31-1999 | 1 | NS 8533 | GE C36-7 | NW 8533 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | TRAIN 386 IN THE SIDING AT ELMWOOD.  UNIT WENT TO MRS (MINAS GERAOS, RIO DE JANEIRO, Y SAO PAULO) IN BRAZIL IN 2003. | |
T | L | 01-31-1999 | 2 | NS 8533 | GE C36-7 | NW 8533 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | TRAIN 386 PASSING THE BEACH CLIFF MALL NEAR THE ROCKY RIVER STATION.  UNIT WENT TO MRS (MINAS GERAOS, RIO DE JANEIRO, Y SAO PAULO) IN BRAZIL IN 2003. | |
T | L | 01-31-1999 | 3 | NS 8533 | GE C36-7 | NW 8533 | OH | LAKEWOOD | TRAIN 386 AT HALL STREET.  UNIT WENT TO MRS (MINAS GERAOS, RIO DE JANEIRO, Y SAO PAULO) IN BRAZIL IN 2003. | |
T | L | 03-18-2000 | 3 | NS 8542 | GE C36-7.5 | NW 8542 | OH | CLEVELAND | A TRANSITIONAL GE C36-7 WITH FEATURES OF THE DASH 8 LINE BEHIND THE CAB.  I CALL IT A C36-7.5.  ROCKPORT YARD.  THE UNIT WAS SCHEDULED TO GO MRS (MINAS GERAOS, RIO DE JANEIRO, Y SAO PAULO IN 2003. | |
T | L | 02-06-1999 | 1 | NS 8557 | GE C39-8 | NS 7002 | OH | BAY VILLAGE | WESTBOUND TRAIN 145 AT COLUMBIA RAOD WITH A RARE GP40X TRAILING. | |
T | L | 03-26-2000 | 5 | NS 8601 | GE C39-8 | OH | CLEVELAND | W/B UNDER I-480, AT ROCKPORT YARD. | ||
T | L | 12-09-2000 | 4 | NS 8663 | GE C39-8 | SR | OH | CLEVELAND | NS's HIGHEST NUMBERED C39-8 WITH THIS STYLE OF CAR BODY.  ROCKPORT YARD. | |
T | L | 03-21-1999 | 2 | NS 8685 | GE C39-8E | OH | ROCKY RIVER | TRAIN 286? ROLLING EAST OUT OF THE SIDING AT ELMWOOD INTERLOCKING. | ||
T | L | 01-13-1999 | 1 | NS 8687 | GE C39-8E | OH | ROCKY RIVER | A SNOW ENCRUSTED TRAIN 205 AT 15:08 AT BEACHCLIFF MALL. | ||
T | L | 05-16-2000 | 1 | NS 8692 | GE C40-8 | NS 7059 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | TRAIN 144 AT 11:10, PASSING NEAR ROCKY RIVER STATION. | |
T | L | 03-18-2000 | 5 | NS 8699 | GE C40-8 | OH | CLEVELAND | E/B AT CP SHORT, JUST EAST OF ROCKPORT YARD.  NOTE THE HAND PAINTED "CP SHORT" BOX.  CSX SHARES THIS INTERLOCKING WITH NS, AND THE CSX PORTION IS CALLED CP-17, ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE.  THE NEW TRACKAGE IN THE BACKGROUND WILL CONNECT TO THE NKP MAIN AFEW MILES TO THE NORTHEAST.  NS 8699 BECAME NS 8512 IN A "C40-Dash 8.5" REBUILD PROGRAM. | ||
T | L | 10-15-2000 | 4 | NS 8710 | GE C40-8 | NS 8698 | OH | BEREA | W/B NEARING FRONT STREET. | |
T | L | 05-29-1999 | 1 | NS 8717 | GE C40-8 | NS 6550 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | E/B TRAIN 276 SITTING ON THE CLAGUE SIDING AT ELMWOOD.  THE CREW HAS OUTLAWED AND THEY HAVE THEIR BAGS PACKED AND ARE ENDURING YET ANOTHER VERY LONG WAIT FOR A VAN TO TAKE THEM BACK TO BELLEVUE.  UNIT NS 6550 WAS ONE OF FOUR EMD SD60 TEST BED UNITS BUILT IN 1984.  IT LATER GOT BUILT INTO A PROGRESS RAIL PR43C | |
T | L | 06-28-1999 | 1 | NS 8733 | GE C40-8 | FAIX 3601 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | HERE WE HAVE TRAIN 286, HEADED EAST AT ELMWOOD.  THE TRAILING UNIT IS IN CONRAIL BLUE, AND LETTERED FAIX 3601.  AFTER A LONG SEARCH, I FOUND THAT 'FAIX' STANDS FOR 'FADALE & ASSOCIATES'.  TRAIN TIME WAS 9:50. | |
T | L | 02-13-2000 | 1 | NS 8739 | GE C40-8 | OH | BAY VILLAGE | A BLURRED VIEW OF 309 AS IT DUCKS UNDER THE CLAGUE ROAD BRIDGE ON ITS WAY WEST. | ||
T | L | 06-25-2000 | 2 | NS 8755 | GE C40-8 | NS 8574 | OH | BAY VILLAGE | NICE WILD FLOWERS AND A STANDING NS TRAIN, NEAR COLUMBIA ROAD, AT 16:40, NKP MILE 196. | |
T | L | 04-23-2000 | 4 | NS 8767 | GE C40-9 | NS 6142 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | GE POWER ON E/B 608 PASSING A STANDING TRAIN BEHIND THE NORMANDIE NURSING HOME. | |
T | L | 06-24-1999 | 4 | NS 8803 | GE C40-9 | NS 9332 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | WHILE NS 9332 LANGUISHES FOR DAYS IN A SIDING, UNIT 8803 HEADS ON EASTWARDS AT ELMWOOD.  I WOULD CATCH NS 8803 YEARS LATER AT THIS LOCATION IN 2020 AFTER IT WAS REBUILT INTO AN AC C44C6M NUMBERED NS 4088. | |
T | L | 04-18-1999 | 1 | NS 8809 | GE C40-9 | OH | LAKEWOOD | TRAIN 871 UNDER VISTA BRIDGE WITH NEW UNITS IN TOW. | ||
T | L | 06-11-2000 | 1 | NS 8829 | GE C40-8 | NS 9497 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | E/B 870 AT 13:00 WITH A NEW NS UNIT IN GRAY PRIMER TRAILING. | |
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 22 | NS 8833 | GE C40-9 | OH | COLLINWOOD | NS POWER AT CSX's COLLINWOOD STATION "W" OR WEST FUELING STATION. | ||
T | L | 08-05-1999 | 1 | NS 8850 | GE C40-9 | NS 4024 | OH | LAKEWOOD | A NICELY LIT TRAIN 205 HAS JUST PASSED UNDER THE VISTA BRIDGE (A FOOT BRIDGE ONLY) AND IS ABOUT TO CROSS THE ROCKY RIVER VIADUCT ON THE x NKP MAIN. | |
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 34 | NS 8863 | GE C40-9 | OH | PERRY | W/B ON THE x NKP MAIN.  THE INTERCHANGE WITH THE OLD FAIRPORT PAINESVILLE AND EASTERN RR WAS JUST PAST THE SIGNAL. | ||
T | L | 12-09-2000 | 11 | NS 8877 | GE C40-9 | NS 9214 | OH | BROOK PARK | NEW AND NEWER FACES OF GE POWER AT MILE 192, x NYC LAKEFRONT MAIN. | |
T | L | 03-21-1999 | 1 | NS 8886 | GE C40-9 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | DARK DAY WITH AN E/B AT ELMWOOD. | ||
T | L | 09-07-2000 | 5 | NS 8887 | GE C40-9 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | THE NS C40-9's ALWAYS LOOKED A BIT AKWARD, HAVING THE NOSE EMBLEM PLASTERED ON WAY DOWN LOW. | ||
T | L | 11-30-2000 | 1 | NS 8908 | GE C40-9W | NS 5069 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | THE LEAVES ARE DOWN AND WINTER IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER AS TRAIN 145 ROLLS WEST AT 15:30, AT WAGER ROAD. | |
T | L | 01-01-2000 | 9 | NS 8909 | GE C40-9W | OH | ROCKY RIVER | THIS TRAIN IDLED AWAY THE HOLIDAY BEHIND THE NORMANDIE NURSING HOME. | ||
T | L | 09-12-1999 | 1 | NS 8940 | GE C40-9W | OH | ROCKY RIVER | THE MOREWOOD ROAD CROSSING IS CONSUMED BY A BIG GE, AS TRAIN 86A ROLLS EAST AT 11:54. | ||
T | L | 04-03-1999 | 1 | NS 8946 | GE C40-9W | OH | ROCKY RIVER | THIS TRAIN, I-86, HAD A NICE CREW AND GAVE ME A ROYAL CAB VISIT.  SEEMS THAT THEY HAD BEEN SITTING AT THIS SPOT SINCE 3:00am WAITING FOR A SPOT IN COLLINWOOD YARD.  THEY WERE A BIT BORED AND READY TO BE RESCUED BY THE 'MILEPOST' CREW VAN.  THE LEAD UNIT WAS LATER REBUILT INTO A GE AC44C6CF. | ||
T | L | 07-10-1999 | 1 | NS 8946 | GE C40-9W | OH | ROCKY RIVER | BUDDING YOUNG RAILFANS EXCITEDLY OBSERVE AN E/B MOVEMENT AT LINDA STREET ON THE OLD NKP.  MOMENTS LATER, THESE KIDS OBSERVED A NICE CANADIAN SOLDIER BUG BEING EATEN IN MID AIR BY A BIRD.  LEAD UNIT WAS LATER REBUILT INTO A GE AC44C6CF. | ||
T | L | 04-06-1999 | 1 | NS 8974 | GE C40-9W | OH | ROCKY RIVER | A UNIT RUMBLES OFF THE x NKP ROCKY RIVER VIADUCT WITH W/B TRAIN 297 AT 16:25.  THE MISSING TRACK WAS REMOVED AROUND 1991 OR SO. | ||
T | L | 06-24-1999 | 5 | NS 9041 | GE C40-9W | OH | ROCKY RIVER | THE NKP CROSSED LAKE ROAD ON THIS SMALL BRIDGE.  THE ROCKY RIVER STATION IS JUST TO THE LEFT. | ||
T | L | 04-18-1999 | 7 | NS 9069 | GE C40-9W | CR 3297 | OH | CLEVELAND | THE TRISKETT ROAD TRANSIT STATION AND BRIDGE ARE SEEN AS THIS WESTBOUND CLIMBS BY ON THE x NYC LAKEFRONT MAIN. | |
T | L | 04-03-1999 | 7 | NS 9088 | GE C40-9W | CR 6802 | OH | AMHERST | THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME, CR INVADED BY LIGHT EATING BLACK NS UNITS.  CR 6802 UNIT ENDED UP ON THE APPALACHIAN & OHIO IN 2005. | |
T | L | 10-24-1999 | 1 | NS 9092 | GE C40-9W | OH | ROCKY RIVER | A SINGLE GE TAKES 145 WEST AT 13:22 ON THE FORMER NKP MAIN. | ||
T | L | 03-25-1999 | 1 | NS 9106 | GE C40-9W | OH | ROCKY RIVER | W/B PASSING STATION.  AFTER TWO REPAIRS IN ONE YEAR, THE SHAMEFULL CAMERA SHUTTER IS AGAIN ACTING UP. | ||
T | L | 02-16-1999 | 1 | NS 9127 | GE C40-8W | OH | ROCKY RIVER | W/B TRAIN 386? AT MOREWOOD STREET AT 14:46 WITH THE FINAL PRODUCTION UNIT OF THE SECOND SN ORDER OF C40-9W's. | ||
T | L | 02-05-2000 | 1 | NS 9141 | GE C40-9W | NS 3390 (PRR) | OH | BEREA | W/B OVER BARRETT ROAD. | |
T | L | 09-30-2000 | 8 | NS 9141 | GE C40-9W | OH | CLEVELAND | A VIEW AS SEEN FROM THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE FLYOVER AT MILE 5.  WE SEE A W/B TRAIN ON THE x DOUBLE TRACKED x NKP, WITH THE DOUBLE TRACK RTA "RAPID TRANSIT" ON THE RIGHT.  THE GRAVEL RIGHT OF WAY ON THE LEFT OF THE TRAIN IS THE FORMER PATH OF THE TWO TRACKS THAT CARRIED PASSENGER TRAINS TO CLEVELAND UNION TERMINAL. | ||
T | L | 01-01-2000 | 1 | NS 9144 | GE C40-9W | NS 9191 | OH | CLEVELAND | MY FIRST PHOTO OF THE YEAR 2000.  THIS IS THE WEST THROAT OF ROCKPORT YARD.  NEW SIGNALS ARE GOING UP FOR A YARD BYPASS THAT IS TO TIE INTO THE OLD NKP. | |
T | L | 06-02-2000 | 9 | NS 9144 | GE C40-9W | NS 9336 | OH | BROOK PARK | W/B AT SHELDON ROAD ON THE x NYC MAIN.  16:30. | |
T | L | 09-19-2000 | 7 | NS 9164 | GE C40-9W | NS 8505 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | MY WEED AND TREE CLEARING EFFORTS BEAR FRUIT.  W/B ON THE OLD NYC MAIN.  SECOND UNIT WENT TO MRS (MINAS GERAOS, RIO DE JANEIRO, Y SAO PAULO) IN BRAZIL IN 2003. | |
T | L | 11-28-1999 | 1 | NS 9167 | GE C40-9W | CR 2572, CR 2558 | OH | BROOK PARK | TV-1 ROLLS PAST THE CLEVELAND AIRPORT AT 13:10.  SNOW ROAD PASSES UNDER THIS LOCATION.  BEFORE THIS BRIDGE WAS BUILT, THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS GRADE CROSSINGS IN OHIO. | |
T | L | 01-28-2000 | 6 | NS 9167 | GE C40-9W | NS 9305 | OH | BEREA | W/B ROUNDING THE CURVE ON THE NS SIDE OF THINGS AT BEREA.  THE SNOW COVERED TRACK NEAR THE CAMER CONNECTS WITH THE CSX (x BIG FOUR). | |
T | L | 07-11-1999 | 5 | NS 9180 | GE C40-9W | NS 2545 | OH | BEREA | W/B NS TRAINS OVER BARRETT ROAD AT BEREA ON THE OLD NYC MAIN. | |
T | L | 01-10-1999 | 1 | NS 9184 | GE C40-9W | OH | LAKEWOOD | A WINTER WONDERLAND WITH W/B TRAIN 145 OVER WEST CLIFTON ROAD AT 12:38 ON THE OLD NKP MAIN. | ||
T | L | 06-24-2000 | 2 | NS 9194 | GE C40-9W | ONR 1730 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | THE SECOND UNIT IS AN ONTARIO NORTHLAND UNIT.  FIRST TIME I EVER SAW ONE IN OHIO.  TRAIN 145 AT 15:55, PASSING ROCKY RIVER STATION. | |
T | L | 05-29-2000 | 5 | NS 9199 | GE C40-9W | NS 9378 | PA | CRESSON | E/B MOVE IN CRESSON UNDER CLOUDY SKIES.   L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 05-29-2000 | 6 | NS 9199 | GE C40-9W | NS 9378 | PA | CRESSON | ANOTHER CAMERA ANGLE VIEW AT CRESSON.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 01-28-2000 | 4 | NS 9200 | GE C40-9W | NS 9060 | OH | BROOK PARK | BLACK UNITS IN THE CRISP WINTER SUN AND SNOW, AT MILE 192 ON THE OLD NYC LAKEFRONT MAIN. | |
T | L | 01-28-2000 | 5 | NS 9200 | GE C40-9W | NS 9060 | OH | BROOK PARK | UNIT AT NYC MILE 192. | |
T | L | 04-24-1999 | 3 | NS 9210 | GE C40-9W | CR 6844 | OH | CLEVELAND | WESTBOUND ACTION UNDER THE BRAND NEW CP DRAW SIGNAL BRIDGE.  THE TRACK THAT THE TRAIN IS ON BECAME CSX PROPERTY (UP TO THE NEW SIGNAL BRIDGE) AFTER THE CONRAIL BREAKUP.  NS GOT THE TRACKS TO THE LEFT AND THE DRAWBRIDGE. | |
T | L | 12-09-2000 | 9 | NS 9214 | GE C40-9W | OH | BROOK PARK | W/B AT MILE NEW YORK CENTRAL MILE 192 ON THE LAKEFRONT MAIN.  THE AIRPORT CONTROL TOWER IS VISIBLE IN THE DISTANCE. | ||
T | L | 09-19-2000 | 6 | NS 9219 | GE C40-9W | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | PLENTY OF POWER ON THIS W/B TRAIN, ON THE OLD NYC MAIN. | ||
T | L | 07-07-2000 | 1 | NS 9224 | GE C40-9W | OH | BEREA | W/B AT FRONT STREET ON x NYC LAKEFRONT MAIN.  16:50. | ||
T | L | 10-30-1999 | 8 | NS 9231 | GE C40-9W | NS 9189 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | DRAB NS UNITS ALMOST LOOK GOOD IN A SETTING LIKE THIS.  W/B ROADRAILER ON THE x NYC MAIN. | |
T | L | 11-20-1999 | 9 | NS 9238 | GE C40-9W | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | E/B NS POWER JUST EAST OF COLUMBIA ROAD. | ||
T | L | 07-11-1999 | 4 | NS 9246 | GE C40-9W | CR 3335, CR 6846 | OH | BEREA | THE BEREA PARKING LOT.  NS TRAINS HELPLESSLY WAIT AT BEREA FOR ACCESS ONTO THE CSX FOR A DETOUR AROUND THE LIGHTNING DAMAGED NS DRAWBRIDGE AT THE MOUTH OF THE CUYAHOGA RIVER. | |
T | L | 03-10-1999 | 1 | NS 9249 | GE C40-9W | NS 3538 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | THE SUN IS STARTING TO MELT THE SNOW OFF THE ASPHALT AS TRAIN 310 PASSES E/B AT LINDA STREET.  ANOTHER FAVORITE IMAGE. | |
T | L | 05-06-2000 | 8 | NS 9249 | GE C40-9W | NS 9188 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | UBIQUITOUS GE POWER ON THE NS.  W/B NEARING COLUMBIA ROAD. | |
T | L | 10-03-2000 | 6 | NS 9273 | GE C40-9W | OH | CLEVELAND | ANOTHER E/B ON THE C&P LINE.  THE TRAIN HAS JUST CROSSED THE WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE, AND CAME OVER BROADWAY STREET. | ||
T | L | 05-07-2000 | 6 | NS 9277 | GE C40-9W | OH | BEREA | W/B CROSSING THE EAST BRANCH OF THE ROCKY RIVER, ON THE x NYC MAIN.  MORE BALLAST HAS FALLEN AWAY FROM THE NEAREST TRACK SINCE LAST YEAR. | ||
T | L | 02-05-2000 | 2 | NS 9287 | GE C40-9W | OH | BEREA | LOOKING NORTH ALONG THE NEWLY IMPROVED BARRETT ROAD, AS SEEN FROM THE BIG FOUR BRIDGE.  TRAIN IS ON THE x NYC MAIN.  THIS UNIT WAS DERAILED IN A WRECK AT GOSHEN, INDIANA ON FEB 21, 2007. | ||
T | L | 09-23-2000 | 2 | NS 9289 | GE C40-9W | NS 6574 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | W/B #145 AT 13:10 NEARING LINDA STREET. | |
T | L | 09-25-1999 | 6 | NS 9297 | GE C40-9W | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | A VERY CLEAN, BUT BLACK, NS UNIT, E/B, JUST PAST COLUMBIA ROAD ON THE x NYC MAIN. | ||
T | L | 10-21-2000 | 7 | NS 9297 | GE C40-9W | NS 9511 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | W/B ON THE x NYC MAIN. | |
T | L | 06-02-2000 | 6 | NS 9300 | GE C40-9W | NS 3032 | OH | CLEVELAND | POWER, DEEP IN ROCKPORT YARD. | |
T | L | 11-28-1999 | 4 | NS 9305 | GE C40-9W | NS 8956 | OH | BEREA | W/B AT FRONT STREET WITH MY CAR IN THE DISTANCE. | |
T | L | 03-26-2000 | 2 | NS 9308 | GE C40-9W | NS 6501 | OH | CLEVELAND | THE SECOND UNIT HERE IS AN EARLY VERSION OF THE SD50, THE SD50S, WITH A SHORTER THAN PRODUCTION FRAME.  ONLY SIX SD50S's WERE BUILT.  WEST END OF ROCKPORT YARD, WITH THE TRAIN ON THE LAKEFRONT MAIN, AND THE NEW NKP CONNECTOR VISIBLE BEHIND THE PILE OF TIES AND NEW SIGNAL PARTS.  THAT BRIDGE IN THE DISTANCE IS I-71. | |
T | L | 11-11-1999 | 3 | NS 9309 | GE C40-9W | NS 3187, NS 8384 (PRR) | OH | BEREA | W/B AT BEREA, HEADED TOWARD CHICAGO.  THE TRACK NEAREST TO THE CAMERA CONNECTS THE x NYC LAKEFRONT MAIN TO THE OLD BIG FOUR.  14:27. | |
T | L | 07-29-1999 | 1 | NS 9311 | GE C40-9W | CR 5523, NS 5004, NS (PRR) ? | OH | ROCKY RIVER | MOTOR BOATS ARE DOCKED IN A MUDDY ROCKY RIVER UNDER THE OLD NKP VIADUCT AS TRAIN M-145 ROLLS WEST AT 12:06. | |
T | L | 07-07-2000 | 3 | NS 9313 | GE C40-9W | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | W/B OVER THE WEST BRANCH OF THE ROCKY RIVER ON THE x NYC MAIN. | ||
T | L | 05-28-2000 | 7 | NS 9316 | GE C40-9W | PA | THOMPSON STATION | TRAIN NEAR THOMPSON STATION.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | ||
T | L | 04-06-2000 | 10 | NS 9317 | GE C40-9W | OH | BEREA | W/B UNDER THE SIGNAL BRIDGE AT CP-194. | ||
T | L | 03-26-2000 | 3 | NS 9329 | GE C40-9W | NS 8115 | OH | CLEVELAND | W/B UNDER I-480, AT ROCKPORT YARD. | |
T | L | 06-24-1999 | 1 | NS 9332 | GE C40-9W | NS 5330 (PRR), CR 4114 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | THIS COLLECTION OF EXPENSIVE MOTIVE POWER SAT FOR DAYS AT ELMWOOD SIDING.  HERE I HAVE PLENTY OF TIME IN THE EARLY MORNING TO CLOSELY INSPECT THE UNITS. | |
T | L | 06-11-1999 | 1 | NS 9335 | GE C40-9W | OH | ROCKY RIVER | TRAIN 205, W/B AT ELMWOOD STREET ON A HAZY CLOUDY DAY AT 18:00 . | ||
T | L | 03-18-2000 | 4 | NS 9337 | GE C40-9W | NS 1623 | OH | CLEVELAND | W/B TRAIN ENTERING THE YARD THROAT OF ROCKPORT YARD, OVER WEST 150th STREET. | |
T | L | 04-05-2000 | 1 | NS 9343 | GE C40-9W | NS 6790 | OH | BAY VILLAGE | E/B ON THE x NKP AT COLUMBIA ROAD.  TRAIN 600 AT 13:25. | |
T | L | 04-18-1999 | 2 | NS 9351 | GE C40-9W | OH | LAKEWOOD | A QUICK GRAB SHOT OF BRAND NEW GE UNITS, IN PRIMER AT VISTA BRIDGE, ON TRAIN 871. | ||
T | L | 09-21-1999 | 1 | NS 9353 | GE C40-9W | OH | ROCKY RIVER | TRAIN 145 AT LINDA STREET AT 16:45. | ||
T | L | 11-28-1999 | 5 | NS 9364 | GE C40-9W | NS 5166, FAIX 3603 | OH | BEREA | W/B IN BEREA. | |
T | L | 10-03-2000 | 3 | NS 9368 | GE C40-9W | OH | CLEVELAND | GREAT LIGHTING ON AN E/BLEANING INTO THE SUPERELEVATION ON THE C&P JUST SOUTH OF THE BROADWAY STREET OVERPASS. | ||
T | L | 09-06-1999 | 1 | NS 9372 | GE C40-9W | OH | ROCKY RIVER | A BRAND NEW GE, IN GREY PRIMER, ROLLS WEST OVER THE ROCKY RIVER, WITH RED CANADIAN PACIFIC POWER IN TOW.  THIS IS THE OLD NKP MAIN. | ||
T | L | 07-11-1999 | 9 | NS 9374 | GE C40-9W | NS 9032 | OH | BROOK PARK | ANOTHER DETOURING NS TRAIN ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE.  HERE WE SEE A WESTBOUND ONE AT HUMMEL ROAD. | |
T | L | 05-07-2000 | 3 | NS 9384 | GE C40-9W | NS 9434 | OH | BEREA | A MEET ON THE x NYC MAIN VIADUCT, OVER THE EAST BRANCH OF THE ROCKY RIVER, AT BARRETT ROAD.  THE OLD BIG FOUR STONE VIADUCT IS IN THE FOREGROUND. | |
T | L | 06-02-2000 | 7 | NS 9421 | GE C40-9W | NS 8109 | OH | BROOK PARK | NS TRAIN, W/B OFF THE CSX's CLEVELAND SHORT LINE AND NOW ON THE FORMER BIG FOUR, AT HUMMEL ROAD.  16:01. | |
T | L | 06-29-2000 | 1 | NS 9445 | GE C40-9W | NS 6163, NS 9220 | PA | SAYRE | HAPPIER DAYS WERE HAD WHEN LEHIGH VALLEY UNITS POPULATED THIS LOCALE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO AT 18:00. | |
T | L | 06-29-2000 | 2 | NS 9445 | GE C40-9W | PA | SAYRE | L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | ||
T | L | 09-30-2000 | 12 | NS 9457 | GE C40-9W | OH | BEREA | W/B AT LEWIS ROAD, AT MILE 195. | ||
T | L | 10-15-2000 | 1 | NS 9467 | GE C40-9W | NS 9314 | OH | BEREA | E/B AT SHELDON ROAD.  IN 2024 NS 9467 WAS INVOLVED IN A WRECK AND SENT TO ALTOONA FOR REPAIRS. TRAILING UNIT WAS REBUILT INTO AN AC44C6M IN 2022. | |
T | L | 09-24-2000 | 3 | NS 9473 | GE C40-9W | NS 6774 | OH | CLEVELAND | W/B UNDER WEST 25TH STREET, AT CLOGSVILLE.  TRAIN 205 AT 13:00. | |
T | L | 09-24-2000 | 4 | NS 9473 | GE C40-9W | NS 6774 | OH | CLEVELAND | TRAIN 205 CURVES OFF THE x NKP AND ONTO THE NEWLY REMODELED CLOGSVILLE CONNECTOR, TOWARDS ROCKPORT YARD.  MOST TRAFFIC ON THE OLD NKP ON CLEVELAND'S WEST SIDE NOW TAKES THIS ROUND ABOUT ROUTE, SO AS NOT TO DISTURB FUSSY RESIDENTS IN WANNA BE UPSCALE SUBURBS ALONG THE LINE. | |
T | L | 09-24-2000 | 6 | NS 9482 | GE C40-9W | NS 8090, NS 5319 | OH | CLEVELAND | W/B 145 UNDER WEST 25TH STREET, AT CLOGSVILLE.  NOTE HOW THE BRIDGE GIRDERS ARE TRIMMED WAY UP FOR CLEARANCE.  13:27. | |
T | L | 06-18-2000 | 1 | NS 9493 | GE C40-9W | NS 5296 | OH | BAY VILLAGE | NICELY LIT AFTERNOON PHOTO OF STANDING TRAIN NEAR COLUMBIA ROAD. | |
T | L | 09-30-2000 | 10 | NS 9496 | GE C40-9W | NS 8406 | OH | BEREA | W/B AT LEWIS ROAD, AT MILE 195. | |
T | L | 07-02-2000 | 1 | NS 9499 | GE C40-9W | ,, NS 5401 | OH | BEREA | EARLY MORNING, 7:20, FINDS THIS E/B AT FRONT STREET. | |
T | L | 10-21-2000 | 8 | NS 9532 | GE C40-9W | NS 9711 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | A NEW GE LEADS THIS W/B NEARING COLUMBIA ROAD. | |
T | L | 05-17-1999 | 5 | NS 9594 (PRR) | EMD SW1500 | RDG 2755- CR 9594 | CR 6376 | PA | ALTOONA | THIS OLD READING SWITCHER GETS TO KEEP ITS CONRAIL NUMBER AFTER THE CONRAIL BREAKUP. |
T | L | 10-21-2000 | 9 | NS 9811 | GE C40-9W | NS 1645 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | W/B ON THE x NKP AT 15:50 NEAR WAGAR STREET. | |
T | L | 07-16-1999 | 4 | NS 51488 | CRANE | OH | CLEVELAND | A MAGANET CRANE ENTERTAINS ME AT FULTON ROAD, UNDER I-90. | ||
T | L | 09-18-2000 | 1 | NS 293581 | M OF W BUS | OH | ROCKY RIVER | RAILROAD EMPLOYEE BUS. | ||
T | L | 09-18-2000 | 2 | NS 393613 | M OF W TRUCK | OH | ROCKY RIVER | WELDERS FINE TUNE THE FORMER NKP MAIN. | ||
T | L | 07-16-1999 | 3 | NS 398652 | TRUCK | OH | CLEVELAND | A TRUCK LEAVES THE RAILS AND JOINS THE PAVEMENT OF TRAIN AVENUE, NEAR FULTON ROAD. | ||
T | L | 10-29-1999 | 1 | NS 555609 | CABOOSE | NW | OH | ROCKY RIVER | A WORN MAINTENANCE OF WAY CABOOSE ON THE SHORT SIDING IN ROCKY RIVER. | |
T | L | 11-04-1999 | 2 | NS 901854 MW | GONDOLA | NW 514881 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | A RAILROAD CRANE WITH ITS ASSOCIATED GONDOLA 'BOOM CAR'. | |
T | L | 10-29-1999 | 5 | NW 514881 | CRANE | OH | ROCKY RIVER | A WORK TRAIN WITH A CRANE, RESTING IN ROCKY RIVER. | ||
T | L | 12-21-1999 | 19 | NY&LE | ELECTRIC | DL&W- EL | NY | GOWANDA | ANOTHER LACKAWANNA ELECTRIC COMMUTER CAR LIVES ON. | |
T | L | 12-21-1999 | 20 | NY&LE | BRUSH CUTTER | NY | DAYTON | THIS BRUSH CUTTER IS SITTING ON THE END OF THE TRACK OF THE SEVERED DUNKIRK BRANCH OF THE ERIE RAILROAD.  THE TRACK ENDS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS PHOTO, IN THIS VIEW TO THE NORTHWEST.  THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL ROUTE OF THE ERIE RAILROAD MAINLINE TO THE GREAT LAKES. | ||
T | L | 12-21-1999 | 17 | NY&LE 5067 | ALCO C425 | PRR 2431- PC 2431- CR 2431 | NY | GOWANDA | THIS ALCO C425 HAS SEEN BETTER DAYS.  PENN CENTRAL AND EARLY CONRAIL DECALS ARE EVIDENT, AS WELL AS A YELLOW MORRISON KNUDSON DOOR ON THE LONG HOOD. | |
T | L | 12-21-1999 | 18 | NY&LE 5067 | ALCO C425 | PRR 2431- PC 2431- CR 2431 | NY | GOWANDA | THIS UNIT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE GOING ANYWHERE SOON.  IT FEATURES BROKEN WINDOWS, MISSING PILOTS, AND BIT AND PIECES THAT SEEM TO HAVE BEEN SCAVENGED. | |
T | L | 12-21-1999 | 16 | NY&LE 22876 | CABOOSE N-5B | PRR 477622- PC 22876- CR 22876 | NY&LE 5067 | NY | GOWANDA | FORMER CONRAIL CABOOSE AND ALCO CENTURY UNDER SNOWFALL. |
T | L | 12-21-1999 | 26 | NYO&W WARWICK | OBSERVATION CAR | NY | ARCADE | AN OLD NEW YORK, ONTARIO AND WESTERN CAR.  A SIGN ON THE CAR SAID THAT THIS WAS PRESIDENT GROVER CLEVELAND's HONEYMOON CAR OF 1886. | ||
T | L | 02-05-2000 | 7 | NYS&W 4050 | EMD SD70M | CSX 7671 | OH | BEREA | A TREAT FOR AN OHIOAN, SUSQUEHANNA POWER ON THE x BIG FOUR. | |
T | L | 05-10-1999 | 8 | PEAVEY 1317 | EMD SW | OH | HURON | AFTER THE NS DELIVERED SOME CARS, THIS LITTLE SWITCHER CAME OUT TO SHUFFLE CARS AROUND THE FLOUR MILL ON LAKE ERIE. | ||
T | L | 06-27-1999 | 3 | PITTSBURGH INDUSTRIAL RR 2340 | EMD SW1500 | SR 2340W- NS 2340 | PITTSBURGH INDUSTRIAL RR 2342 | PA | MCKEES ROCKS | FORMER SOUTHERN RAILROAD UNITS AS PHOTOGRAPHED BY L. S. MELIN. |
T | L | 06-27-1999 | 4 | PITTSBURGH INDUSTRIAL RR 2340 | EMD SW1500 | SR 2340W- NS 2340 | PA | MCKEES ROCKS | ANOTHER VIEW OF A PITTSBURGH INDUSTRIAL RR SWITCHER.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 06-27-1999 | 2 | PITTSBURGH INDUSTRIAL RR 2342 | EMD SW1500 | SR 2342K- NS 2342 | PA | MCKEES ROCKS | A SIMPLE, YET SNAPPY, PAINT SCHEME ADORNS THIS UNIT IN THE FORMER P.C.& Y. YARD.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 06-27-1999 | 6 | PITTSBURGH INDUSTRIAL RR 2342 | EMD SW1500 | SR 2342K- NS 2342 | PA | MCKEES ROCKS | A 7/8ths VIEW OF A PITTSBURGH INDUSTRIAL RR UNIT. | |
T | L | 11-06-1999 | 2 | PRR | DODGE MINIVAN | OH | BEREA | A LOCAL RAILFAN HAD HIS VAN PAINTED INTO A PRR PAINT SCHEME, COMPLETE WITH LETTERING, GOLD STRIPES, AND THE LETTER 'F' (DESIGNATING THE 'FRONT') NEAR THE FRONT WHEEL WELL. | ||
T | L | 05-30-1999 | 5 | PRR 477854 LAKE REGION | N-5C CABOOSE | PRR 477854- PC- CR | PA | JIM THORPE | RESTORED PRR CABOOSE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. 1994/19940514_03.jpg | |
T | L | 05-28-2000 | 3 | PRR 477854 LAKE REGION | N-5C CABOOSE | PRR 477854- PC- CR | PA | JIM THORPE | RESTORED CABOOSE AT JIM THORPE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 05-22-2000 | 3 | PRR 477869 | CABOOSE | PRR- PC- CR | PA | CRESSON | CABOOSE ON DISPLAY. | |
T | L | 04-10-1999 | 4 | PRR 478062 | CABOOSE | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | DISPLAY CABOOSE AT NEXT TO THE x NYC STATION. | ||
T | L | 05-30-1999 | 7 | PRR 478078 | N8 CABOOSE | PRR 478078- PC- CR | PA | JIM THORPE | RESTORED BRIGHT RED PRR CABOOSE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 06-30-1999 | 4 | RDG 467 | ALCO RS-3 | PA | JIM THORPE | THIS UNIT WAS BUILT IN MAY 1952 FOR THE READING RS-3.  AFTER ITS CAREER ON THE READING, IT BECAME PEABODY COAL 467.  IT WAS LATER PURCHASED AND RESTORED TO READING COLORS BY THE READING HISTORICAL SOCIETY.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | ||
T | L | 05-30-1999 | 9 | RDG 95926 | CABOOSE N-4 | RDG 92926 - CR 18748 | PA | JIM THORPE | RESTORED READING CABOOSE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 06-30-1999 | 1 | READING BLUE MOUNTAIN & NORTHERN 2392 | GE U23B | L&N 2709- SBD 3239- CSX 3239 | READING BLUE MOUNTAIN & NORTHERN 7580 | PA | JIM THORPE | THE FLAVOR OF READING RAILROAD COLORS LIVE ON IN JIM THORPE, PA.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 06-30-1999 | 2 | READING BLUE MOUNTAIN & NORTHERN 2392 | GE U23B | L&N 2709- SBD 3239- CSX 3239 | PA | JIM THORPE | A NOSE PHOTO OF A READING BLUE MOUNTAIN & NORTHERN U-BOAT.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 05-30-1999 | 11 | READING BLUE MOUNTAIN & NORTHERN 2398 | GE U23B | CR 2793- RBM&N 2398 | READING BLUE MOUNTAIN & NORTHERN 2392 | PA | JIM THORPE | FORMER CONRAIL AND LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE GE U23B's AT JIM THORPE.  TRIVIA: ERIE LACKAWANNA's FINAL MOTIVE POWER PURCHASES WERE FOR SOME EMD GP38-2's (CANCELLED BEFORE CONSTRUCTION), AND FOR SOME GE U23B's.  SOME, IF NOT ALL, OF THE U23B's WERE CONSTRUCTED, BEFORE EL's FINANCIAL PLIGHT DICTATED THE ORDER TO BE CANCELED.  THE PARTICALLY COMPLETED U23B's THEN WENT TO THE L&N.  COULD THE SECOND UNIT IN THIS PHOTO BE ONE OF THESE? |
T | L | 06-30-1999 | 6 | READING BLUE MOUNTAIN & NORTHERN 7545 | EMD GP9 | NYC 6065- NYC 7465- PC 7465- CR 7545 | PA | JIM THORPE | FORMER NEW YORK CENTRAL GP9 ON THE READING AND NORTHERN.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 05-30-1999 | 3 | READING BLUE MOUNTAIN & NORTHERN 7580 | EMD GP9 | PRR 7128- PC 7128- CR 7128- CR 7580 | PRR 477854 | PA | JIM THORPE | THE TURRETED FROMER CNJ STATION FORMS A BACKDROP TO THIS PHOTO OF A FROMER CONRAIL GEEP AND A RESTORED PRR CABOOSE AT JIM THORPE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO.  7580 WAS LATER LEASED BY THE COLEBROOKDALE RR. |
T | L | 05-30-1999 | 4 | READING BLUE MOUNTAIN & NORTHERN 7580 | EMD GP9 | PRR 7128- PC 7128- CR 7128- CR 7580 | PA | JIM THORPE | READING AND NORTHERN EXCURSION POWER AT JIM THORPE. L. S. MELIN PHOTO.  7580 WAS LATER LEASED BY THE COLEBROOKDALE RR. | |
T | L | 05-28-2000 | 1 | READING BLUE MOUNTAIN & NORTHERN 7580 | EMD GP9 | PRR 7128- PC 7128- CR 7128- CR 7580 | PRR 477854 | PA | JIM THORPE | THE TURRET OF A FORMER CNJ STATION WATHCHES OVER A SCENIC SPOT.   L. S. MELIN PHOTO.  7580 WAS LATER LEASED BY THE COLEBROOKDALE RR. |
T | L | 05-28-2000 | 2 | READING BLUE MOUNTAIN & NORTHERN 7580 | EMD GP9 | PRR 7128- PC 7128- CR 7128- CR 7580 | PRR 477854 | PA | JIM THORPE | ANOTHER VIEW OF THE LAYOUT AT JIM THORPE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO.  7580 WAS LATER LEASED BY THE COLEBROOKDALE RR. |
T | L | 05-28-2000 | 4 | READING BLUE MOUNTAIN & NORTHERN 7580 | EMD GP9 | PRR 7128- PC 7128- CR 7128- CR 7580 | PRR 477854 | PA | JIM THORPE | ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE OF JIM THORPE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO.  7580 WAS LATER LEASED BY THE COLEBROOKDALE RR. |
T | L | 05-28-2000 | 5 | READING BLUE MOUNTAIN & NORTHERN 7580 | EMD GP9 | PRR 7128- PC 7128- CR 7128- CR 7580 | PRR 477854 | PA | JIM THORPE | FORMER PRR LOCOMOTIVE AND CABOOSE AT JIM THORPE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO.  7580 WAS LATER LEASED BY THE COLEBROOKDALE RR. |
T | L | 05-28-2000 | 6 | READING BLUE MOUNTAIN & NORTHERN 7580 | EMD GP9 | PRR 7128- PC 7128- CR 7128- CR 7580 | PRR 477854 | PA | JIM THORPE | CONRAIL PAINT IS STILL EVIDENT IN THIS VIEW TAKEN BY L. S. MELIN.  7580 WAS LATER LEASED BY THE COLEBROOKDALE RR. |
T | L | 01-09-1999 | 9 | REAZ 635627 | TRAILER | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | SNOWY END OF AN EASTBOUND TRAIN. | ||
T | L | 02-28-2000 | 6 | RIVER TERMINAL 105 | EMD SW1001 | RIVER TERMINAL 102 | OH | CLEVELAND | THE EMD SW1001 IS THE THE LOW CAB VERSION OF THE SW1000.  HERE A PAIR WORK ALONG PITTSBURGH STREET AT THE LTV MILL. | |
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 14 | RIVER TERMINAL 106 | EMD SW1001 | OH | CLEVELAND | RIVER TERMINAL SWITCHER IN THE LTV MILL. | ||
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 12 | RIVER TERMINAL 108 | EMD SW1001 | OH | CLEVELAND | A LITTLE STEEL MILL SWITCHER FRAMED BY A CUYHOGA RIVER DRAWBRIDGE, AND ASSORTED INDUSTRIAL THINGS. | ||
T | L | 02-28-2000 | 4 | RIVER TERMINAL 349 | EMD SW8 ? | OH | CLEVELAND | A LITTLE SWITCHER DEEP IN THE LTV STEEL MILL.  I AM NOT SURE OF THE MODEL TYPE, OR EVEN IF THIS REALLY IS A RIVER TERMINAL UNIT. | ||
T | L | 05-29-2000 | 1 | RJ CORMAN | CRANE | OH | STRONGSVILLE | A DOZEN OR SO CARS DERAILED ON THE OLD B&O LINE IN STRONGSVILLE.  BY THE NEXT DAY, THE TRACK WAS ALMOST READY FOR TRAFFIC. | ||
T | L | 05-29-2000 | 2 | RJ CORMAN | CRANE | OH | STRONGSVILLE | A SIDE BOOM CRANE, USED TO RERAIL DERAILED CARS.  SEEN HERE AFTER A SMALL WRECK ON THE OLD B&O LINE. | ||
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 1 | RMGX 9307 | EMD GP40-2 | CN 9307 ? | CSX 8678 | OH | COLLINWOOD | DARK PHOTO OF A CANADIAN NATIONAL UNIT AT COLLINWOOD.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 17 | RMGX 9307 | EMD GP40 | CN 9307 | OH | COLLINWOOD | LEASE UNIT IN CANADIAN NATIONAL COLORS. | |
T | L | 07-09-2000 | 19 | RMGX 9307 | EMD GP40 | CN 9307 | CSX 2753 | OH | COLLINWOOD | COLLINWOOD DOINGS. |
T | L | 05-16-1999 | 5 | ROCHESTER & SOUTHERN 104 | EMD GP40 | NYC 3063- PC 3063- CR 3063 | B&P 3001 | PA | BUTLER | A ROCHESTER AND SOUTHERN UNIT AT THE BUTLER FACILITY. |
T | L | 12-21-1999 | 24 | RULES SURGAR HOUSE WOOD CABOOSE | CABOOSE | NY | ARCADE | A CABOOSE WITH CHRISTMAS LIGHTS.  THE SIGN AT THE PLACE READ 'RULES SURGAR HOUSE WOOD CABOOSE'. | ||
T | L | 12-21-1999 | 27 | SBRY 77 | ALCO S2 | ERIE C-216 | NY | ARCADE | FORMER SOUTH BUFFALO RAILWAY ALCO IN ARCADE, NY, ALONG TO THE x PRR LINE IN TOWN.  UNIT MAY HAVE GONE TO THE WESTERN NEW YORK CHAPTER OF THE NRHS. | |
T | L | 12-21-1999 | 11 | SBRY 82 | ALCO S2 | SBRY 83 | NY | NORTH COLLINS | FORMER SOUTH BUFFALO RAILWAY UNITS IN STORAGE ON THE BUFFALO SOUTHERN. | |
T | L | 12-21-1999 | 10 | SBRY 83 | ALCO S2 | NY | NORTH COLLINS | A UNIT WITHOUT A HEADLIGHT, IN STORAGE ON THE BUFFALO SOUTHERN. | ||
T | L | 12-21-1999 | 4 | SBRY 84 | ALCO S2 | NY | EDEN | UNIT IN STORAGE ON THE BUFFALO SOUTHERN. | ||
T | L | 12-21-1999 | 6 | SBRY 88 | ALCO S2 | NY | NORTH COLLINS | FORMER SOUTH BUFFALO RAILWAY UNITS IN STORAGE ON THE BUFFALO SOUTHERN. | ||
T | L | 12-21-1999 | 8 | SBRY 90 | ALCO S4 | NY | NORTH COLLINS | UNIT IN SNOWY STORAGE ON THE BUFFALO SOUTHERN. | ||
T | L | 12-21-1999 | 12 | SBRY 94 | ALCO S4 | NY | NORTH COLLINS | UNIT IN STORAGE ON THE BUFFALO SOUTHERN. | ||
T | L | 12-21-1999 | 13 | SBRY 97 | ALCO S4 | NY | NORTH COLLINS | SIX FORMER SOUTH BUFFALO RAILWAY SWITCHERS IN STORAGE ON THE BUFFALO SOUTHERN. | ||
T | L | 12-21-1999 | 7 | SBRY 98 | ALCO S4 | NY | NORTH COLLINS | UNIT IN STORAGE ON THE BUFFALO SOUTHERN AT ERIE RAILROAD MILEPOST 23. | ||
T | L | 12-21-1999 | 9 | SBRY 103 | ALCO S2 | NY | NORTH COLLINS | THE SNOW IS BEGINNING TO COME DOWN HARD ON THIS BOARDED UP UNIT UNIT IN STORAGE ON THE BUFFALO SOUTHERN. | ||
T | L | 06-27-1999 | 8 | SCR 100 | ALCO S1 | OHIO HI RAIL 100 | PA | MCKEES ROCKS | A BLUE FORMER OHIO HI RAIL UNIT, NOW LETTERED AS 'SCR 100'.  I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE LETTERS 'SCR' STAND FOR.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 08-24-2000 | 7 | SHIP | SHIP | GERMANY | HIRZENACH | ANOTHER TYPICAL FAMILY BARGE, THIS ONE BOASTS A KIDS' PLAYPEN IN A CAGE, A CAR, AND A TELESCOPING PILOT HOUSE. | ||
T | L | 07-03-2000 | 1 | SOO 6018 | EMD SD60 | PA | PALMERTON | I AM NOT REALLY QUITE SURE OF THE LOCATION OF THIS PHOTO, TAKEN BY L. S. MELIN. | ||
T | L | 07-03-2000 | 2 | SOO 6018 | EMD SD60 | PA | PALMERTON | SIDE OF CAB VIEW.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | ||
T | L | 07-03-2000 | 3 | SOO 6018 | EMD SD60 | PA | PALMERTON | TRAILING SHOT.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | ||
T | L | 07-03-2000 | 5 | SOO 6018 | EMD SD60 | CP 5655 | PA | PALMERTON | A FINE PHOTO OF SOO AND CANADIAN PACIFIC POWER, TAKEN BY L. S. MELIN. | |
T | L | 01-02-1999 | 2 | SOUTHWEST FOREST INDUSTRIES 25 | BLW 2-8-0 | AZ | FLAGSTAFF | LITTLE BALDWIN STEAMER ON DISPLAY AT FLAGSTAFF WITH SNOW COVERED MOUNTAINS AND THE HOTEL MONTE VERDE IN THE BACKGROUND. | ||
T | L | 01-02-1999 | 11 | SOUTHWEST FOREST INDUSTRIES 25 | BLW 2-8-0 | AZ | FLAGSTAFF | BALDWIN STEAMER ON DISPLAY AT FLAGSTAFF. | ||
T | L | 02-14-1999 | 7 | SP 7458 | EMD SD45 | SP 8821 | OH | BEREA | SD45 NEAR LEWIS ROAD. | |
T | L | 10-30-1999 | 17 | SP 8358 | EMD SD40T-2 | NS 6666 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | LONG NOSED TUNNEL MOTOR ON THE x NYC AT COLUMBIA ROAD.  UNIT WAS BUILT IN 1979 AS A LOCOTROL RECIEVER UNIT.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 10-29-1999 | 2 | SP 9771 | EMD GP60 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | A LONG WAY FROM HOME, THIS SOUTHERN PACIFIC FAST FREIGHT UNIT IS THE CHOICE OF POWER FOR TODAY's WORK TRAIN AND WILL SPEND THE NIGHT AT THIS LOCATION. | ||
T | L | 10-29-1999 | 4 | SP 9771 | EMD GP60 | OH | ROCKY RIVER | SP POWER ON A M OF W TRAIN UNDER THE CLIFTON ROAD EXIT RAMP. | ||
T | L | 12-07-1999 | 1 | SPERRY 134 | RAIL DEFECT DETECTOR | OH | BEREA | RIVET COUNTERS SHOULD ENJOY THIS THIS PHOTO, TAKEN AT FRONT STREET. | ||
T | L | 01-01-2000 | 2 | SPERRY 134 | RAIL DEFECT DETECTOR | OH | CLEVELAND | SPERRY RAIL CAR IN ROCKPORT YARD. | ||
T | L | 07-11-1999 | 11 | SPERRY 134 W. J. GALLAGHER | SPERRY RAIL CAR | OH | CLEVELAND | THIS SPERRY RAIL CAR WAS SITTING AT THE WEST END OF NS's (FORMER NYC) ROCKPORT YARD. | ||
T | L | 10-30-1999 | 1 | SPERRY 136 | RAIL DEFECT DETECTOR | OH | ROCKY RIVER | A SPERRY RAIL CAR AT ROCKY RIVER, MORNING VIEW. | ||
T | L | 10-30-1999 | 2 | SPERRY 136 | RAIL DEFECT DETECTOR | OH | ROCKY RIVER | END OF CAR PHOTO OF A SPERRY RAIL CAR, ON THE SIDING IN ROCKY RIVER. | ||
T | L | 10-30-1999 | 11 | SPERRY 136 | RAIL DEFECT DETECTOR | OH | ROCKY RIVER | I STOPPED BACK IN THE LATE AFTERNOON TO GET ANOTHER PHOTO OF THIS SPERRY RAIL SERVICE CAR.  THAT METAL PILOT ADDS A BIT OF INTEREST TO THIS UNIT. | ||
T | L | 05-30-1999 | 10 | SR 317 X | CABOOSE | PA | JIM THORPE | THIS SOUTHERN RAILROAD BAY WINDOW CABOOSE, SR X317 MAY BE A BIT OUT OF PLACE IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA, BUT THAT IS OK WITH ME.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | ||
T | L | 09-30-2000 | 16 | SR 4610 | EMD GP59 | NS 4610 | NS 6653, NS 7119 | OH | BEREA | THE SPLENDID, AND UNIQUE, GREEN NS GP59, PAINTED IN A SOUTHERN RAILROAD SCHEME.  I GUESS ITS NUMBER IS ACTUALLY NS 4610, BUT WHO IS TO SAY.  IN 2016 4610 WAS REBUILT INTO A MODEL GP59ECO NUMBERED NS 4663 AND SPORTED A 12N-710B3B-T3 PRIME MOVER.  TRAILING UNIT NS 6653 WAS INVOLVED IN A BIG WRECK IN 2005 IN GRANITEVILLE, SC. AND LATER BECAME THE PROTOTYPE UNIT FOR NS's EMD SD60E UPGRADE PROGRAM.  PHOTO NEAR LEWIS ROAD. |
T | L | 07-16-1999 | 2 | SR 991271 | FLAT | OH | CLEVELAND | THE BIG WORK SITE AT FULTON ROAD.  NS IS UPGRADING THE CONNECTION FROM THE NKP TO THE BIG FOUR, SO AS TO ALLOW HIGH SPEED ROUTING TO AND FROM ROCKPORT YARD AND NKP's EAST 55TH STREET YARD. | ||
T | L | 06-30-1999 | 5 | STEWARTSTOWN 11 | EMD NW1 ? | PA | JIM THORPE | THIS IS A VERY EARLY ELECTROMOTIVE PRODUCT, VINTAGE EMC OF 1937 OR SO.  I AM GOING TO VENTURE OUT ON A LIMB AND CALL THIS AN NW1.  IT COULD ALSO POSSIBLE BE A MODEL SC, SW, NW, NW1A, NC, NC1 OR AN NC2.  NO MATTER WHAT, THIS IS A VERY RARE AND EARLY EMD SWITCHER.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | ||
T | L | 08-20-2000 | 3 | SWISS CRYSTAL | SHIP | GERMANY | WASSERLIESCH | OUR RIVER CRUISE BOAT, ON THE MOSEL RIVER, HAD THE ABILITY TO REDUCE ITS HEIGHT WHEN GOING UNDER LOW BRIDGES.  HERE WE LOOK FORWARDS, AT FULL HEIGHT. | ||
T | L | 08-20-2000 | 4 | SWISS CRYSTAL | SHIP | GERMANY | WASSERLIESCH | OUR RIVER CRUISE BOAT, WHICH HAD THE ABILITY TO REDUCE ITS HEIGHT WHEN GOING UNDER LOW BRIDGES.   HERE WE ARE LOOK FORWARDS AND EVERYTHING ON THE TOP DECK HAS BEEN LOWERED, EXCEPT THE PILOT HOUSE. | ||
T | L | 08-20-2000 | 5 | SWISS CRYSTAL | SHIP | GERMANY | WASSERLIESCH | EVERYTHING ON THE TOP DECK OF OUR RIVER CRUISE BOAT ON THE MOSEL HAS BEEN LOWERED, INCLUDING THE PILOT HOUSE, WHICH LOWERS ON A LIFT DEVICE.  THE CAPTAIN IS STANDING AHEAD ON THE LEFT, CONTROLLING THE BOAT WITH A LITTLE REMOTE CONTROL JOYSTICK DEVICE. | ||
T | L | 08-20-2000 | 6 | SWISS CRYSTAL | SHIP | GERMANY | WASSERLIESCH | LOOKING TO THE STERN OF THE BOAT, WE SEE THAT WE HAVE JUST PASSED UNDER A FAIRLY LOW BRIDGE.  AMAZINGLY, PASSENGERS ARE TOLD TO DUCK, BUT ARE ALLOWED TO SIT IN THE HOT TUB ON DECK. | ||
T | L | 07-22-2000 | 15 | UP | BUDD DOME CAR | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | A BIT OUT OF PLACE, A NICE STAINLESS STEEL DOME CAR AMONGST A SEA OF NICE YELLOW UNION PACIFIC CARS HEADED TO THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE AT SCHAAF ROAD. | ||
T | L | 07-22-2000 | 16 | UP FOX RIVER | OBSEVATION CAR | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | TAIL END OF THE UNION PACIFIC BUSINESS TRAIN, HEADED EAST TO THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE AT SCHAAF ROAD. | ||
T | L | 07-22-2000 | 13 | UP 949 | EMD E9 | UP 951, CSX 5903, | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | A TREAT WORTH WAITING THREE HOURS AGO.  A UNION PACIFIC BUSINESS TRAIN, HEADED EAST TO THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE AT SCHAAF ROAD. | |
T | L | 07-22-2000 | 14 | UP 951 | EMD E9 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | A UNION PACIFIC BUSINESS TRAIN, HEADED EAST TO THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IN PHILADELPHIA, ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE AT SCHAAF ROAD.  TRAIN HAD ABOUT 27 PASSENGER CARS. | ||
T | L | 09-30-2000 | 5 | UP 3092 | EMD SD40-2 | C&NW 6929 | OH | CLEVELAND | E/B ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, MILE 5, NEAR QUINCY AND EAST 105.  THIS IS WHERE THE LINE HAS A FLY-OVER, CROSSING THE RAPID TRANSIT LINE, x NKP MAIN, AND THE FORMER RIGHT OF WAY OF THE CLEVELAND UNION TERMINAL TRACKAGE.  REMAINS OF THE C.U.T. CATENARY CAN BE SEEN IN THE FORM OF A LONELY BLACK SUPPORT TOWER. | |
T | L | 07-07-1999 | 7 | UP 5061 | EMD SD50 | C&NW 7000 | OH | CLEVELAND | PHOTOGRAPHIC PROOF OF TWO MAINLINES CROSSING AT THE TUNNEL AT CP-9 ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE.  AN EASTBOUND CSX TRAIN, POWERED BY UNION PACIFIC POWER, HEADES EAST INTO THE TUNNEL, WHILE FREIGHT CARS ARE VISIBLE ON THE NS LINE ( FORMERLY PRR ) ABOVE.  THE LEAD UNIT ENDED UP ON THE APPALACHIAN & OHIO IN 2005. | |
T | L | 07-21-2000 | 4 | UP 5646 | GE B40-8 | GECX 90 | OH | BEREA | A RELETIVELY UNCOMMON HIGH HORSEPOWERED UNION PACIFIC FOUR AXLED GENERAL ELECTRIC UNIT. | |
T | L | 07-21-2000 | 3 | UP 5721 | EMD GP60 | SP ? | UP 5011 | OH | BEREA | MORE MEMBERS OF A STRING OF UNION PACIFIC POWER HEADED WEST ON THE OLD BIG FOUR.  UP 5011 ENDED UP BEING A PARTS SOURCE FOR REBUILDING UTAH RAILWAY MK50-3 UNITS IN 2003. |
T | L | 06-07-1999 | 2 | UP 5954 | EMD SD60 | C&NW 8010 | CSX 8552 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | W/B UNION PACIFIC POWER ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE VIADUCT.  THE DECK OF THIS VIADUCT HAD JUST REBUILT IN THE YEAR PRECEDING THIS PHOTO. |
T | L | 10-30-1999 | 5 | UP 6041 | EMD SD60 | SP 8697 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | W/B ON THE x BIG FOUR's VIADUCT OVER THE WEST BRANCH OF THE ROCKY RIVER. | |
T | L | 05-15-2000 | 7 | UP 6160 | EMD SD60M | UP 3617 | OH | CUYAHOGA HEIGHTS | FAVORABLE EVENING LIGHTING ON A STRANGE LOOKING EARLY SD60M, FITTED WITH THE TRIPLE WINDSHEILDS.  I AM GLAD THAT EMD CAME TO ITS SENSES AND CHANGED OVER TO A TWO WINDSHIELD DESIGN.  W/B ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE AT EAST 71st STREET. | |
T | L | 07-26-1999 | 2 | UP 6297 | EMD SD60M | UP 3714 | OH | BROOKLYN HEIGHTS | A WESTBOUND CSX TRAIN, WITH UNION PACIFIC POWER, AT CP-11 ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE.  SEEN FROM THE SCHAFF ROAD OVERPASS. | |
T | L | 09-30-2000 | 2 | UP 6454 | GE AC44CW | OH | CLEVELAND | NICE PHOTO OF A W/B TRAIN, WITH BRAND NEW POWER, ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, MILE 4, AT MAYFIELD ROAD.  A RAPID TRANSIT STATION IS VISIBLE IN THE DISTANT RIGHT. | ||
T | L | 07-21-2000 | 6 | UP 6463 | GE AC44CW | GECX 90 | OH | BEREA | BRAND NEW UNIT, COUPLED TO THE 'GEMINI', A GE TEST CAR, ON THE x BIG FOUR. | |
T | L | 11-06-1999 | 1 | UP 7048 | GE AC44CW | OH | BEREA | A VAN IN A PRR PAINT SCHEME IS WITNESS TO THIS FAST W/B ON THE x BIG FOUR AT BEREA.  THAT IS THE PUFFERBELLY RESTAURANT IN THE BACKDROP, A FORMER RAILROAD STATION. | ||
T | L | 05-27-1999 | 8 | UP 7177 | GE C44-9W | UP 7126, CR 9581 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | A LITTLE CONRAIL SWITCHER HOLDS ON FOR DEAR LIFE AS IT IS WHISKED AWAY WESTWARDS BEHIND NEW UNION PACIFIC GENERAL ELECTRIC UNITS. | |
T | L | 11-20-1999 | 7 | UP 7264 | GE AC44CW | OH | BEREA | FOUR VERY NEW GE's ROAR WEST ON THE x BIG FOUR.  JUDGING BY THE CLEAN APPEARANCE, THIS MAY BE THE VERY FIRST TRIP WEST FOR THESE UNITS. | ||
T | L | 09-22-1999 | 6 | UP 7537 | GE AC44CW | CR 7925 | OH | BROOKLYN | A BIG DEAD GE TUCKED IN BEHIND YARD TRANSFER POWER AT THE LOCAL HEADS EAST AT MILE 16 ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE. | |
T | L | 09-24-2000 | 5 | UP 9034 | GE C40-8 | OH | CLEVELAND | UNION PACIFIC POWER E/B AT CLOGSVILLE, ON THE OLD NKP.  TRAIN 14-T AT 13:15. | ||
T | L | 05-06-2000 | 1 | UP 9060 | GE C40-8 | OH | CLEVELAND | MOTIVE POWER PASSING THE TOWER AT ROCKPORT YARD, AT WEST 150th STREET. | ||
T | L | 05-03-2000 | 9 | UP 9093 | GE C40-8 | OH | BROOKLYN | LOTS OF UNION PACIFIC POWER ON THIS W/B ON THE CLEVELAND SHORT LINE, NEARING MILE 15. | ||
T | L | 01-30-1999 | 11 | UP 9145 | GE C40-8 | CR 6445 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | UP POWER ON THE x NYC MAIN IN FAILING LIGHT. | |
T | L | 07-21-2000 | 2 | UP 9713 | GE C44-9W | OH | BEREA | A FILTHY UNIT LEADS A FLEET OF UNION PACIFIC POWER SLOWLY PAST THE BEREA STATION ON THE OLD BIG FOUR. | ||
T | L | 10-15-2000 | 3 | UP 9719 | GE C44-9W | OH | BEREA | E/B ON THE x BIG FOUR, CLEVELAND UNION TERMINAL MILEPOST 21.  TRAIN IS BETWEEN EASTLAND AND FRONT STREETS. | ||
T | L | 03-21-1999 | 9 | USDOT T-6 | UNKNOWN | OH | CLEVELAND | US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, FEDRAL RAILWAY ADMINISTRATION CAR ON CR. | ||
T | L | 08-19-1999 | 8 | VIA | BUDD DOME | CP | ALB | JASPER | TRAIN NUMBER 1 GETS A BADLY NEEDED CLEANING, AFTER HAVING COME ALL THE WAY FROM TORONTO. | |
T | L | 08-19-1999 | 6 | VIA 4004 | BUDD COACH | CP | VIA 6443 | ALB | JASPER | WHAT SEEMS TO BE A FIRST CLASS CAR OF SOME TYPE, PARKED NEXT TO THE JASPER STATION. |
T | L | 08-19-1999 | 5 | VIA 6444 | EMD F40PH-2D | VIA 6454, VIA 6443 | ALB | JASPER | POWER FOR OUR TRAIN, VIA NUMBER ONE, BEFORE OUR DEPARTURE TO THE WEST.  THE TRAIN IS ABOUT TO GET A LONG OVERDUE CLEANING.  6444 WAS BUILT IN 1989, WRECKED IN 2012. | |
T | L | 08-19-1999 | 7 | VIA 6454 | EMD F40PH-2D | VIA 6443 | ALB | JASPER | WITH MOUNTAINS IN THE DISTANCE, WE SEE THE MIDDLE UNIT OF THE LASH-UP OF POWER THAT TOOK US WESTWARDS AND OVER THE YELLOWHEAD PASS. | |
T | L | 08-19-1999 | 9 | VIA 8711 REVELSTOKE PARK | BUDD DOME OBS | CP 15411 | ALB | JASPER | THE TAIL END OF A VERY LONG TRAIN NUMBER ONE FEATURED A NICE ROUNDED END DOME LOUNGE SLEEPER CAR.  OUR CAR WAS THREE CARS AHEAD. | |
T | L | 08-19-1999 | 11 | VIA 8711 REVELSTOKE PARK | BUDD DOME OBS | CP 15411 | ALB | JASPER | ANOTHER VIEW OF THE ROUND END DOME CAR THAT WAS THE REAR CAR OF TRAIN ONE. | |
T | L | 08-15-1999 | 3 | VIA RAIL CANADA | STATION | ONT | SIOUX LOOKOUT | THE CN STATION AT SIOUX LOOKOUT, WITH TRAIN 1 ALONGSIDE. | ||
T | L | 08-14-1999 | 7 | VIA RAIL CANADA CAR 24 | BUDD SLEEPER | CP | ONT | TORONTO | MY WIFE STRIKES A WHIMSICAL POSE, IN FRONT OF OUR SLEEPER CAR. | |
T | L | 08-14-1999 | 8 | VIA RAIL CANADA CAR 24 | BUDD SLEEPER | CP | ONT | TORONTO | HERE WE ARE, THE HAPPY COUPLE, ABOUT TO EMARK UPON OUR TRANS CANADA TRIP.  NOTICE MY SHIRT WITH A CANADIAN PACIFIC TRAIN PRINT ON IT. | |
T | L | 08-14-1999 | 2 | VIA RAIL CANADA 6402 | EMD F40PH-2 | VIA RAIL CANADA 6458 | ONT | TORONTO | EMD, OR SHOULD I SAY GMD, POWER AT THE EAST END OF THE TORONTO STATION. | |
T | L | 08-14-1999 | 6 | VIA RAIL CANADA 6402 | EMD F40PH-2 | ONT | TORONTO | THE ROYAL YORK, WHERE WE STAYED THE PREVIOUS NIGHT, FORMS A BACKDROP TO THIS SCENE AT THE EAST END OF THE STATION. | ||
T | L | 08-17-1999 | 2 | VIA RAIL CANADA 6433 | EMD F40PH-2 | ALB | JASPER | AN EMD F40PH-2 ON THE SIDE TRACK AT JASPER.  TRAIN NUMBER 1 WAS UNABLE TO CONTINUE WEST PAST THIS POINT ON ACCOUNT OF A BIG DERAILMENT AHEAD AT COLD RIVER, BC.  LUCKILY, WE WERE SCHEDULED TO STAY IN THE ROCKIES A FEW DAYS, SO THE DERAILMENT DID NOT HAVE ANY EFFECTS ON OUR TRAVEL PLANS. | ||
T | L | 08-14-1999 | 1 | VIA RAIL CANADA 6435 | EMD F40PH-2 | ONT | TORONTO | A HAND HELD PHOTO, AT 1/15th OF A SECOND, IN THE TORONTO TRAIN SHED. | ||
T | L | 08-15-1999 | 1 | VIA RAIL CANADA 6442 | EMD F40PH-2 | ONT | SIOUX LOOKOUT | TRAIN 1 AT A SERVICING STOP AT REMOTE SOUIX LOOKOUT.  THIS TRAIN WAS QUITE LONG, AT ABOUT 23 CARS. | ||
T | L | 08-15-1999 | 2 | VIA RAIL CANADA 6442 | EMD F40PH-2 | VIA RAIL CANADA 6438 | ONT | SIOUX LOOKOUT | PASSENGERS GET SOME NEEDED AMBULATION DURING OUR SERVICING STOP FOR TRAIN 1. | |
T | L | 08-17-1999 | 3 | VIA RAIL CANADA 6442 | EMD F40PH-2 | ALB | JASPER | HERE IS THE TRAIN THAT WE CAME TO JASPER ON THE PREVIOUS DAY.  IT IS STRANDED AT JASPER BECAUSE OF THE BIG GRAIN TRAIN WRECK AHEAD. | ||
T | L | 08-16-1999 | 2 | VIA RAIL CANADA 8702 | BUDD DOME OBS CAR | CP | ALB | EDMONTON | AFTER A TEDIOUS BACKING MOVE, OUR TRAIN (NUMBER 1), WAS SERVICED BY A BUNCH OF KIDS ON ROLLERBLADES AT EDMONTON's MAKESHIFT STATION FACILITY. | |
T | L | 08-14-1999 | 3 | VIA RAIL CANADA 8702 ASSINIBOINE PARK | BUDD DOME OBS CAR | CP15402 | ONT | TORONTO | THERE IS MY WIFE AND MOM, AS WE ARE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON TRAIN NUMBER 1 FOR THE WEST.  I WOULD SPEND MANY HOURS IN THIS CAR, TRYING TO PEER THROUGH THE FILTHY DOME WINDOWS. | |
T | L | 08-14-1999 | 5 | VIA RAIL CANADA 8702 ASSINIBOINE PARK | BUDD DOME OBS CAR | CP15402 | ONT | TORONTO | MY WIFE AND MOM ARE PEERING OUT OF THE WINDOWS OF THE MULTIFUNCTINAL BUDD DOME OBSERVATION LOUNGE SLEEPER CAR. | |
T | L | 08-22-2000 | 2 | VICTORIA AMAZONICA | SHIP | GERMANY | SCHLEICH | A MOSEL RIVER CRUISE BOAT, SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT I AM TRAVELING ON. | ||
T | L | 08-21-2000 | 2 | W&LE 255 | EMD SD40-2 | OH | MEDINA | L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | ||
T | L | 06-14-1999 | 1 | W&LE 1301 | EMD GP35 | P&WV 101- NW 1301- NS 1301 TRANSDYNAMIC 1301 | OH | CLEVELAND | A SIMPLE PAINT SCHEME ADORNS THIS UNUSUAL (FOR TODAY's W&LE) LOW NOSED GP35 AT CLARK AVENUE.  TURNS OUT THAT IS WAS ONE OF ONLY TWO PITTSBURGH AND WEST VIRGINIA GP35's.  THIS UNIT WAS LATER PAINTED IN A P&WV SCHEME. | |
T | L | 08-14-2000 | 2 | W&LE 1301 | EMD GP35 | P&WV 101- NW 1301- NS 1301 TRANSDYNAMIC 1301 | W&LE 3068 | OH | MEDINA | L. S. MELIN PHOTO OF A FORMER PITTSBURGH & WEST VIRGINIA GP35, SUBLETTERED "LRS", WHATEVER THAT IS.  UNIT WAS LATER PAINTED IN A P&WV SCHEME. |
T | L | 04-05-1999 | 4 | W&LE 2645 | EMD GP35 | SR 2645A- NS 2645 | W&LE 2708 | OH | MEDINA | A RATHER TIRED LOOKING FORMER SOUTHERN UNIT AT MEDINA.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 01-05-2000 | 4 | W&LE 2652 | EMD GP35 | SR 2652R- NS 2652 | OH | MEDINA | COLORFUL PHOTO WITH INTERESTING ANGLES.  FORMER SOUTHERN UNIT ALONGSIDE THE MEDINA FREIGHT DEPOT.  THIS UNIT POWERED CONNOTTON VALLEY EXCURSIONS IN 2003.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 01-05-2000 | 5 | W&LE 2652 | EMD GP35 | SR 2652R- NS 2652 | OH | MEDINA | VERTICAL FORMAT PHOTO.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 01-05-2000 | 6 | W&LE 2652 | EMD GP35 | SR 2652R- NS 2652 | OH | MEDINA | THIS UNIT LOOKS A BIT TIPSY.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 08-02-2000 | 4 | W&LE 2653 | EMD GP35 | SR 2653K- NS 2653 | OH | MEDINA | 18:00 HOURS FINDS THIS AT MEDINA.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 10-14-1999 | 4 | W&LE 2654 | EMD GP35 | SR 2654H- NS 2654 | OH | MEDINA | THE DATE ON THIS IMAGE MAY BE INCORRECT, BUT ANOTHER FINE L. S. MELIN PHOTO.  PHOTO TIME, 11:15. | |
T | L | 10-14-1999 | 5 | W&LE 2654 | EMD GP35 | SR 2654H- NS 2654 | OH | MEDINA | A CEMENT MIXER CONRTRASTS NICELY WITH THIS BLACK WHEELING UNIT.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO.  PHOTO TIME, 14:00. | |
T | L | 11-24-1999 | 2 | W&LE 2654 | EMD GP35 | SR 2654H- NS 2654 | OH | MEDINA | SUMMER COLORS ARE GONE IN THIS LATE AUTUMN SCENE IN MEDINA.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 06-11-1999 | 8 | W&LE 2655 | EMD GP35 | SR 2655X- NS 2655 | W&LE 4018 | OH | MEDINA | WEEKDAYS AT MEDINA CAN USUALLY RESULTS IN THE FINDING OF WHEELING POWER NEAR ROUTE 18.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 06-11-1999 | 9 | W&LE 2655 | EMD GP35 | SR 2655X- NS 2655 | W&LE 4018 | OH | MEDINA | FORMER SOUTHERN EMD POWER, WITH ALCO TRUCKS.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 03-29-1999 | 2 | W&LE 2662 | EMD GP35 | SR 2662- NS 2662 | W&LE 2713, W&LE 4018 | OH | MEDINA | A COLORFUL LINEUP AT MEDINA.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 03-29-1999 | 3 | W&LE 2662 | EMD GP35 | SR 2662- NS 2662 | W&LE 2713 | OH | MEDINA | THE ONE OF A KIND RED AND ORANGE UNIT ON THE W&LE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 03-29-1999 | 7 | W&LE 2662 | EMD GP35 | SR 2662- NS 2662 | W&LE 4018 | OH | MEDINA | A LAMP POST GETS CENTER STAGE ON THIS L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 03-29-1999 | 8 | W&LE 2662 | EMD GP35 | SR 2662- NS 2662 | W&LE 4018 | OH | MEDINA | VERTICAL FORMAT PHOTO AT MEDINA.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 03-29-1999 | 9 | W&LE 2662 | EMD GP35 | SR 2662- NS 2662 | W&LE 4018 | OH | MEDINA | A COLORFUL WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE UNIT AT MEDINA.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 03-29-1999 | 10 | W&LE 2662 | EMD GP35 | SR 2662- NS 2662 | OH | MEDINA | CLOSE UP OF RED AND ORANGE UNIT.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 05-05-1999 | 1 | W&LE 2679 | EMD GP35 | SR 2679- NS 2679 | MRL 250 | OH | MEDINA | ONE OF AT LEAST 2 UNITS ON THE WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE IN THE RED AND ORANGE PAINT SCHEME.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 05-05-1999 | 3 | W&LE 2679 | EMD GP35 | SR 2679- NS 2679 | MRL 250, MRL 290 | OH | MEDINA | A COLORFUL UNIT TRIES TO BRIGHTEN UP A DREARY WEATHER DAY.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 05-05-1999 | 4 | W&LE 2679 | EMD GP35 | SR 2679- NS 2679 | MRL 250 | OH | MEDINA | KODACHROME COLORED UNIT IN HARMONY IN WITH NATURE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 05-05-1999 | 5 | W&LE 2679 | EMD GP35 | SR 2679- NS 2679 | MRL 250 | OH | MEDINA | ANOTHER NICE L. S. MELIN PHOTO FROM MEDINA. |
T | L | 05-05-1999 | 6 | W&LE 2679 | EMD GP35 | SR 2679- NS 2679 | OH | MEDINA | WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE UNIT NEXT TO THE OLD FRIEGHT STATION.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 05-05-1999 | 7 | W&LE 2679 | EMD GP35 | SR 2679- NS 2679 | OH | MEDINA | COLORFUL GP25 AMONGST THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE OF MEDINA.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 10-14-1999 | 1 | W&LE 2679 | EMD GP35 | SR 2679- NS 2679 | OH | MEDINA | COLORFUL GP35 AT MEDINA.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 10-14-1999 | 2 | W&LE 2679 | EMD GP35 | SR 2679- NS 2679 | OH | MEDINA | END OF LONG HOOD PHOTO OF ONLY 2 UNITS ON THE W&LE IN THIS BRIGHT PAINT SCHEME.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 07-31-2000 | 2 | W&LE 2695 | EMD GP35 | SR 2695- NS 2695 | W&LE 3034 | OH | MEDINA | MIXTURE OF WHEELING POWER AT 18:00.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 04-07-1999 | 6 | W&LE 2699 | EMD GP35 | SR 2699- NS 2699 | OH | MEDINA | THE WHEELING UNIT PROUDLY DISPLAYS THE FORMER SOUTHERN RAILWAY's NICE PAINT SCHEME.  W&LE 2699 WAS LATER USED AS A PARTS SOURC FOR OTHER WHEELING UNTS.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 04-26-1999 | 1 | W&LE 2705 | EMD GP35 | SR 2705- NS 2705 | AREX 2547 | OH | MEDINA | A SOLID BLACK FROMER SOUTHERN UNIT.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 04-14-1999 | 2 | W&LE 2706 | EMD GP35 | SR 2706- NS 2706 | OH | MEDINA | L. S. MELIN PHOTOGRAPHED THIS UNIT SUNNING ITSELF AT MEDINA. | |
T | L | 04-14-1999 | 3 | W&LE 2706 | EMD GP35 | SR 2706- NS 2706 | OH | MEDINA | VERTICAL FORMAT L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 04-05-1999 | 5 | W&LE 2708 | EMD GP35 | SR 2708- NS 2708 | W&LE 2645 | OH | MEDINA | L. S. MELIN PHOTO OF A FORMER SOUTHERN UNIT ON THE WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE. |
T | L | 04-07-1999 | 5 | W&LE 2708 | EMD GP35 | SR 2708- NS 2708 | W&LE 4025, W&LE 2699 | OH | MEDINA | FOUR UNITS WITH FOUR PAINT SCHEMES ON THE WHACKY WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 05-23-1999 | 1 | W&LE 2708 | EMD GP30 | SR 2708- NS 2708 | OH | MEDINA | EMD GP30 WITH TRACES OF NS PAINT AND ALCO TRUCKS.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 06-14-1999 | 2 | W&LE 2708 | EMD GP35 | SR 2708- NS 2708 | OH | CLEVELAND | A FORMER NORFOLK SOUTHERN GP35 AT CLARK AVENUE. | |
T | L | 11-22-1999 | 3 | W&LE 2708 | EMD GP35 | SR 2708- NS 2708 | OH | MEDINA | ANOTHER NICE PHOTO BY L. S. MELIN, FROM MEDINA, OHIO. | |
T | L | 04-12-1999 | 2 | W&LE 2709 | EMD GP35 | SR 2709- NS 2709 | OH | MEDINA | A HIGH SHORT HOOD AND ALCO TYPE 'B' ROAD TRUCKS MAKE THIS FORMER SOUTHERN UNIT A BIT INTERESTING.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 08-21-2000 | 1 | W&LE 2709 | EMD GP35 | SR 2709- NS 2709 | MRL 255 | OH | MEDINA | THIS UNIT IS REPORTEDLY FITTED WITH REMOTE CONTROLS.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 03-29-1999 | 4 | W&LE 2713 | EMD GP35 | SAVANNAH & ATLANTA 2713- SR 2713- NS 2713 | W&LE 4018 | OH | MEDINA | SOUTHERN RAILROAD COLORS ARE STILL EVIDENT HERE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 10-28-1999 | 1 | W&LE 3016 | EMD SD40 | MP- UP 3016- WC/OXFORD 3016 | OH | MEDINA | L. S. MELIN PHOTO AT MEDINA. | |
T | L | 05-10-1999 | 12 | W&LE 3046 | EMD SD40X | EMD 434G- UP 3046- WC/OXFORD 3046 | W&LE 4003 | OH | MEDINA | THIS UNIT WAS A PIONEERING EMD SD40, BUILT ON A SHORTER THAN USUAL FRAME, PRIOR TO THE REGULAR PRODUCTION OF SD40's BEGAN.  THIS 1965 UNIT WAS EITHER THE PROTOTYPE EMD 434H.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 05-10-1999 | 13 | W&LE 3046 | EMD SD40X | EMD 434G- UP 3046- WC/OXFORD 3046 | W&LE 4003 | OH | MEDINA | A VERTICAL FORMAT VIEW OF THE PIONEERING EMD SD40, BUILT ON A SHORTER THAN USUAL FRAME, PRIOR TO THE REGULAR PRODUCTION OF SD40's BEGAN.  THIS 1965 UNIT WAS EITHER THE PROTOTYPE EMD 434H.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 05-10-1999 | 14 | W&LE 3046 | EMD SD40X | EMD 434G- UP 3046- WC/OXFORD 3046 | OH | MEDINA | A PROTOTYPE EMD SD40, BUILT IN 1965 ON A SHORTER THAN USUAL FRAME.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 05-10-1999 | 17 | W&LE 3046 | EMD SD40X | EMD 434G- UP 3046- WC/OXFORD 3046 | W&LE 4003 | OH | MEDINA | ANOTHER VIEW OF THE SHORT FRAMED PROTOTYPE VERSION OF THE PRE-PRODUCTION VERSION OF THE POPULAR EMD SD40.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 06-19-2000 | 1 | W&LE 3046 | EMD SD40X | EMD 434G- UP 3046- WC/OXFORD 3046 | W&LE 2703 | OH | MEDINA | A HAPPY SHORT FRAMED PROTOTYPE SD40 AT MEDINA, BASKING IN THE SUN.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO AT 18:00. |
T | L | 04-14-1999 | 4 | W&LE 3049 | EMD SD40 | MP- UP 3049- WC/OXFORD 3049 | W&LE 3068 | OH | MEDINA | L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 04-14-1999 | 5 | W&LE 3049 | EMD SD40 | MP- UP 3049- WC/OXFORD 3049 | W&LE 3068 | OH | MEDINA | FORMER MOPAC UNIT IN THE WEEDS AT MEDINA.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 08-07-2000 | 1 | W&LE 3049 | EMD SD40-2 | MP- UP 3049- WC/OXFORD 3049 | OH | MEDINA | UNUSUAL SCREENING COVERS THE RADIATORS ON THIS UNIT.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 08-07-2000 | 2 | W&LE 3049 | EMD SD40-2 | MP- UP 3049- WC/OXFORD 3049 | OH | MEDINA | L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 08-07-2000 | 3 | W&LE 3049 | EMD SD40-2 | MP- UP 3049- WC/OXFORD 3049 | OH | MEDINA | THE SIDE OF THE CAB READS "BREWSTER SHOP REBUILD SD40-3".  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 06-14-1999 | 6 | W&LE 3067 | EMD SD40 | MP- UP 3067- WC/OXFORD 3067 | OH | MEDINA | NOSE STRIPES ARE EVIDENT IN THIS L. S. MELIN PHOTO OF A RIO GRAND STYLED UNIT ON THE WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE. | |
T | L | 06-14-1999 | 7 | W&LE 3067 | EMD SD40 | MP- UP 3067- WC/OXFORD 3067 | OH | MEDINA | LSM PHOTO OF A RIO GRAND STYLED UNIT ON THE WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 08-16-2000 | 1 | W&LE 3067 | EMD SD40-2 | MP- UP 3067- WC/OXFORD 3067 | OH | MEDINA | BROADSIDE OF UNIT AT MEDINA.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 08-16-2000 | 2 | W&LE 3067 | EMD SD40-2 | MP- UP 3067- WC/OXFORD 3067 | OH | MEDINA | EMD IN A PARKING LOT.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 08-16-2000 | 3 | W&LE 3067 | EMD SD40-2 | MP- UP 3067- WC/OXFORD 3067 | OH | MEDINA | NOSE PHOTO, L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 06-21-1999 | 1 | W&LE 3073 | EMD SD40 | MP- UP 3073- WC/OXFORD 3073 | OH | MEDINA | IT IS JUST ABOUT HIGH NOON ON THE LONGEST DAY OF THE YEAR, THUS THE PARADOX OF LOTS OF SUN LIGHT, YET POOR ILLUMINATION FOR LOCOMOTIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC PURPOSES. | |
T | L | 06-21-1999 | 11 | W&LE 3073 | EMD SD40 | MP- UP 3073- WC/OXFORD 3073 | OH | MEDINA | MY FRIEND LSM PHOTOGRAPHED THIS UNIT FOR ME ON JUNE 21st.  AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, I TOO PHOTOGRAPHED THIS VERY UNIT, AT THIS SAME LOCATION, ON THE SAME DAY.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 06-21-1999 | 12 | W&LE 3073 | EMD SD40 | MP- UP 3073- WC/OXFORD 3073 | OH | MEDINA | MISSOURI PACIFIC COLORS AND STRIPING ARE STILL EVIDENT ON THIS UNIT.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 04-26-1999 | 3 | W&LE 4001 | EMD SD40 | MP 700- MP 3001- UP 4001- WC/OXFORD 4001 | OH | MEDINA | L. S. MELIN PHOTO AT MEDINA. | |
T | L | 04-26-1999 | 4 | W&LE 4001 | EMD SD40 | MP 700- MP 3001- UP 4001- WC/OXFORD 4001 | OH | MEDINA | THE MEDINA FREIGHT STATION AND AN SD40 AS CAPTURED ON FILM BY MY LONGTIME FRIEND, L. S. MELIN, (LSM). | |
T | L | 04-26-1999 | 5 | W&LE 4001 | EMD SD40 | MP 700- MP 3001- UP 4001- WC/OXFORD 4001 | OH | MEDINA | MORE PHOTOS BY L. S. MELIN OF UNIT 4001. | |
T | L | 02-28-2000 | 1 | W&LE 4001 | EMD SD40 | MP 700- MP 3001- UP 4001- WC/OXFORD 4001 | OH | CLEVELAND | WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE UNIT AT WEST 3RD STREET AT CLARK AVENUE, UNDER I-490. | |
T | L | 02-28-2000 | 2 | W&LE 4001 | EMD SD40 | MP 700- MP 3001- UP 4001- WC/OXFORD 4001 | OH | CLEVELAND | A NICELY LIT WHEELING UNIT IN THE OLD B&O YARD, UNDER THE I-490 BRIDGE. | |
T | L | 02-28-2000 | 3 | W&LE 4001 | EMD SD40 | MP 700- MP 3001- UP 4001- WC/OXFORD 4001 | OH | CLEVELAND | WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE UNIT IN THE OLD B&O YARD, UNDER THE I-490 BRIDGE. | |
T | L | 05-10-1999 | 15 | W&LE 4003 | EMD SD40 | MP 703- MP 3003- UP 4003- WC/OXFORD 4003 | OH | MEDINA | WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE UNIT WITH A STRANGE SQUIGGLY FONT AND THE WORDS "BoBo" ON THE SHORT HOOD.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 05-10-1999 | 16 | W&LE 4003 | EMD SD40 | MP 703- MP 3003- UP 4003- WC/OXFORD 4003 | OH | MEDINA | STRANGE WIGGLY TOOTHPASTE LIKE LETTERING ON A UNIT THAT IS OTHERWISE PAINTED IN A RIO GRANDE TYPE SCHEME.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 05-10-1999 | 18 | W&LE 4003 | EMD SD40 | MP 703- MP 3003- UP 4003- WC/OXFORD 4003 | OH | MEDINA | A WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE SD40, SANS DYNAMIC BRAKES.  COULD THIS BE A FORMER MP UNIT? L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 08-14-2000 | 1 | W&LE 4003 | EMD SD40 | MP 703- MP 3003- UP 4003- WC/OXFORD 4003 | OH | CLEVELAND | AN AFTERNOON AFTER WORK VISIT TO THE OLD B&O YARD NEXT TO CLARK AVENUE FINDS THIS WHEELING UNIT BASKING IN THE SUN.  17:25. | |
T | L | 04-07-1999 | 1 | W&LE 4016 | EMD SD40 | MP 716- MP 3016- UP 4016- WC/OXFORD 4016 | W&LE 4025 | OH | MEDINA | FORMER MISSOURI PACIFIC POWER AT MEDINA.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 04-07-1999 | 2 | W&LE 4016 | EMD SD40 | MP 716- MP 3016- UP 4016- WC/OXFORD 4016 | W&LE 4025 | OH | MEDINA | L. S. MELIN PHOTO OF FORMER MISSOURI PACIFIC POWER AT MEDINA. |
T | L | 04-07-1999 | 4 | W&LE 4016 | EMD SD40 | MP 716- MP 3016- UP 4016- WC/OXFORD 4016 | W&LE 4025 | OH | MEDINA | THIS PICTURE OF FORMER MISSOURI PACIFIC UNIT AMONGST THE OLD BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN MEDINA LOOKS BIT ALIKE A MODEL RAILROAD LAYOUT.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 04-07-1999 | 7 | W&LE 4016 | EMD SD40 | MP 716- MP 3016- UP 4016- WC/OXFORD 4016 | OH | MEDINA | TRAILING SHOT OF THE FORMER MO-PAC SD40 AT MEDINA.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 04-26-1999 | 2 | W&LE 4016 | EMD SD40 | MP 716- MP 3016- UP 4016- WC/OXFORD 4016 | W&LE 4001 | OH | MEDINA | BIG UNITS ON TRACKAGE THAT SEEMS TOO SMALL.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 04-28-1999 | 3 | W&LE 4016 | EMD SD40 | MP 716- MP 3016- UP 4016- WC/OXFORD 4016 | W&LE 2703 | OH | MEDINA | WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE POWER AT MEDINA.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 04-28-1999 | 4 | W&LE 4016 | EMD SD40 | MP 716- MP 3016- UP 4016- WC/OXFORD 4016 | W&LE 2703 | OH | MEDINA | VERTICAL L. S. MELIN PHOTO.  BY THE YEAR 2013, THIS UNIT WAS IN AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER (AEP)COLORS. |
T | L | 07-12-2000 | 1 | W&LE 4016 | EMD SD40 | MP 716- MP 3016- UP 4016- WC/OXFORD 4016 | OH | CLEVELAND | WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE UNIT BEHIND A PILE OF FRIEGHT CAR TRUCKS AT WEST 3RD STREET AND CLARK. | |
T | L | 07-12-2000 | 2 | W&LE 4016 | EMD SD40 | MP 716- MP 3016- UP 4016- WC/OXFORD 4016 | OH | CLEVELAND | WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE UNIT AT WEST 3RD STREET AND CLARK. | |
T | L | 07-12-2000 | 3 | W&LE 4016 | EMD SD40 | MP 716- MP 3016- UP 4016- WC/OXFORD 4016 | OH | CLEVELAND | WHEELING TRAIN CROSSING THE OLD B&O JACKKNIFE DRAW BRIDGE OVER THE CUYAHOGA RIVER, NEAR WEST 3RD STREET AND ALMOST UNDER I-490.  THE NEWBERGH ANDSOUTH SHORE RR HAD A VERY SIMILAR DRAW BRIDGE A FEW FEET NORTH OF THE B&O BRIDGE, BUT IT WAS DISMANTLED A FEW YEARS AGO. | |
T | L | 07-12-2000 | 4 | W&LE 4016 | EMD SD40 | MP 716- MP 3016- UP 4016- WC/OXFORD 4016 | OH | CLEVELAND | W&LE SWITCHING UNDER THE I-490 BRIDGE AT WEST 3RD STREET. | |
T | L | 03-29-1999 | 5 | W&LE 4018 | EMD SD40 | MP 713- MP 3013- UP 4013- WC/OXFORD 4018 | OH | MEDINA | W&LE's RIO GRAND KNOCK OFF PAINT SCHEME.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 03-29-1999 | 6 | W&LE 4018 | EMD SD40 | MP 713- MP 3013- UP 4013- WC/OXFORD 4018 | OH | MEDINA | SD40 NOSE AND THE MEDINA FREIGHT STATION.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 04-05-1999 | 1 | W&LE 4025 | EMD SD40 | MP 725- MP 3025- UP 4025- WC/OXFORD | OH | MEDINA | ZEBRA STRIPES ON A WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE UNIT.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 04-05-1999 | 2 | W&LE 4025 | EMD SD40 | MP 725- MP 3025- UP 4025- WC/OXFORD | W&LE 2645 | OH | MEDINA | A W&LW SD40, IN A RIO GRANDE LIKE PAINT SCHEME, SITTING AMONGST CLUTTER.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 04-05-1999 | 3 | W&LE 4025 | EMD SD40 | MP 725- MP 3025- UP 4025- WC/OXFORD | W&LE 2645, W&LE 2708 | OH | MEDINA | ENGINES RESTING ON A MONDAY AT MEDINA.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. |
T | L | 04-05-1999 | 6 | W&LE 4025 | EMD SD40 | MP 725- MP 3025- UP 4025- WC/OXFORD | OH | MEDINA | A CLOSE UP PHOTO OF THE RIO GRANDE INSPIRED SPEED LETTERING ON THE W&LE.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 04-05-1999 | 7 | W&LE 4025 | EMD SD40 | MP 725- MP 3025- UP 4025- WC/OXFORD | OH | MEDINA | VERTICAL FORMAT VIEW OF A W&LE UNIT's ZEBRA STRIPES.  L. S. MELIN PHOTO. | |
T | L | 04-07-1999 | 3 | W&LE 4025 | EMD SD40 | MP 725- MP 3025- UP 4025- WC/OXFORD | W&LE 2699, W&LE 4016 | OH | MEDINA | L. S. MELIN PHOTOGRAPH OF A RAINBOW OF POWER SITTING AT MEDINA. |
T | L | 01-30-1999 | 10 | WISCONSIN CENTRAL 6553 | EMD SD45 | SR 3132- EMDX 3132- WISCONSIN CENTRAL 6574 | WISCONSIN CENTRAL 6614 | OH | OLMSTED FALLS | RARE TREAT OF WISCONSIN CENTRAL SD45's. |
T | L | 09-08-1999 | 3 | WISCONSIN CENTRAL 6601 | EMD SD45 | AT&SF 1837- AT&SF 5537- AT&SF 5329 | WISCONSIN CENTRAL, CP, KCS | OH | BEREA | A COLORFUL DISPLAY OF POWER IS SEEN ON THIS CSX TRAIN, W/B AT FRONT STREET. |
T | L | 09-30-2000 | 14 | WISCONSIN CENTRAL 6623 | EMD SD45 | AT&SF 5606- AT&SF 5393 | WISCONSIN CENTRAL 6628, NS 9280 | OH | BEREA | MORE OF THIS FANTASTIC LASHUP OF POWER AT LEWIS ROAD.  THE UNIQUE GREEN SOUTHERN RAILROAD GP59 CAN BE SEEN IN THE DISTANCE. |
T | L | 11-06-1999 | 8 | WISCONSIN CENTRAL 6626 | EMD SD45 | AT&SF 5604- AT&SF 5396 | NS 9015 | OH | BEREA | WISCONSIN CENTRAL ON THE NS's FORMER NYC MAIN. |
T | L | 09-30-2000 | 15 | WISCONSIN CENTRAL 6628 | EMD SD45 | AT&SF 5599- AT&SF 5399 | WISCONSIN CENTRAL 6623, NS 6653 | OH | BEREA | EVEM MORE OF THIS FANTASTIC LASHUP OF POWER AT LEWIS ROAD.  NS 6653 IS INTERESTING IN THAT IT WAS AN EMD TEST BED UNIT FOR THE SD60 SERIES, BACK IN 1984, AND INVOVED IN A BIG WRECK IN 2005 IN GRANITEVILLE, SC. |
T | L | 03-08-2000 | 1 | WISCONSIN CENTRAL 6635 | EMD SD45 | SCL 2031- SBD 2031- SBD 8931- CSX 8931- VMV 8931- MKCX 9520- HLCX 7003- | WISCONSIN CENTRAL 6634 | OH | BEREA | FANTASTIC LUCK.  A CHANCE ENCOUNTER WITH ANOTHER FORMER ERIE LACKAWANNA UNIT ON THE CSX.  IN THIS CASE WE SEE A FORMER ERIE LACKAWANNA EMD SDP45, WHICH IS THE SECOND UNIT IN THIS CONSIST. |
T | L | 03-28-1999 | 2 | WISCONSIN CENTRAL 6636 | EMD SD45 | SCLINCHFIELD 3625- SBD 3625- SBD 8938- CSX 8938- VMV 8938- MKCX 9523- HLCX 7004 | CSX 7779 | OH | CLEVELAND | A GOOD OLD SD45 STORMS THE GRADE AT MP 185.  THIS UNIT HAS PASSED THROUGH AT LEAST SIX OWNERS. |
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