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Video | 3 months ago

Switching on the FP&E

Horizon Rail HZRX switching some locomotives at their shop on the Hach Excavating property. This was formerly the Fairport Painesville & Eastern yard and home to the fleet of FP&E Alco switchers.

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Switching on the FP&E

Video | 3 months ago

Horizon Rail HZRX switching some locomotives at their shop on the Hach Excavating property. This was formerly the Fairport Painesville & Eastern yard and home to the fleet of FP&E Alco switchers. Check out the photos @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/78433701@...

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Norfolk Southern Hump action til the Big Boy 4014 departs and chase that locomotive

Video | 3 months ago

On Monday June 8th me and my boys chased the Union Pacific 4014 Big Boy on the Norfolk Southern NKP line. At Bellevue we saw a road train move through the yard while a pair of SD40-2's bracketing a slug shoved cars over the hump. Then it was showtime, the 4...

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W&LE Cleveland train Campbell to Berea chase plus a colorful bonus train

Video | 3 months ago

We started our little chase with W&LE 7016 leading the empty coke train west out of the mill in Steel Valley in Cleveland. Here they cross the former B&O line to Akron and B&O line to Lester. We got another shot at W56th street before racing ahead to Berea....

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W&LE 102 Operation Lifesaver on the Cleveland sub in heavy snow

Video | 4 months ago

Filmed in January 2025 because I never get around to editing. Check out the photos @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/78433701@N03/

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Ohio Central Railroad crews help eachother in Youngstown Ohio OHCR 8702 2162

Video | 5 months ago

OHCR 8702 works an industry at Leadville Junction in Youngstown Ohio. Google maps says the industry is International Steel. Leadville Junction is the crossing of the Youngtown Belt / Youngstown & Austintown and the NS Lordstown secondary. The YBRR line ends...

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Wheeling coke train in Cleveland and Berea W&LE 7003

Video | 8 months ago

Train ID is 708, empty coke cars heading back for another load. Check out my photos @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/78433701@N03/

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Ohio Central crosses their own railroad on a hidden from view diamond Youngstown Ohio

Video | 9 months ago

OHCR 2505 in the Youngstown Belt "identity" heads towards interchange on the Norfolk Southern Lordstown Secondary. The OHCR train will cross their own railroad at a diamond which the NS timetable refers to as Lead / Austintown (W&T RR). That track ends just...

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W&LE 7020 drops loads at Medina and Copley

Video | 9 months ago

We caught W&LE 7020 on the west side of Medina with a loaded stone train. They stopped to set out some loads in Medina for the local, then proceeded east to Copley. They left half the train outside town while they delivered the loads. Check out the photos @...

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New locomotives on the GE Wabtec test track in Erie PA

Video | 10 months ago

Taken November 2024 on test track east of Erie where GE/Wabtec trials new and rebuilt locomotives. On this day they had 2012, 6006 and 9001. The main engine on trial here is the 9001 which is a FLX Battery Powered Engine built for BHP Australia. Still in pr...

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W&LE coke train chase from Wellington to Cleveland 5411 Tunnelmotor

Video | 10 months ago

W&LE 5411 leads the coke train to Cleveland. The train’s home road symbol is 708 and I forget if they run under a different Z symbol on CSX. The train was tied down at the fairgrounds where the connection from the Hartland sub to CSX is a big loop through t...

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W&LE patriotic train with 1776 Semiquincentennial livery and 200 Ohio bicentennial GP35

Video | 10 months ago

The Medina Ohio local 661 scored the patriotic duo in late October. Here they are switching the Owens Corning shingle factory. They have 5 tracks to switch within the plant where the tar and granules are unloaded. There is a spot the plant loads boxcars but...

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Interesting Gravity Drop switching move on the Youngstown and Southeastern Railroad IBCX 5152

Short | 11 months ago

IBCX 5152 works storage cars on the Youngstown & Southeastern Railroad. The crew picks up a cut of covered hoppers off a siding in Boardman Ohio. The cars are short term storage for the Shell cracker plant in PA. They proceeded to the next siding to pick up...

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