A post relating to the state of Ohio

 
 
  • N&W’s Defiance-Napoleon, Ohio local—circa 1988

    Today something unusual—a video. Until 1989, the former-Wabash line between Maumee, OH and Ft. Wayne, IN was owned and operated by the Norfolk & Western Railway. The section between Liberty Center, OH and Maumee had been out of service for […]

     
  • Photo day—CSX at Deshler, September 1994

    Photo day—CSX at Deshler, September 1994

    On a trip back to midwest I passed through Deshler, Ohio on the afternoon of 03 September 1994. This was always a good time of day for some rail action, and this day didn’t disappoint. Below are a few shots […]

     
  • My ride on the (Indiana) Hi-Rail (Part 1)

    My ride on the (Indiana) Hi-Rail (Part 1)

      Our professional working lives on the railroad all have their starting points. Mine was in Connersville, Indiana. Having graduated from the University of Michigan in May 1989, I continued to work at the  university hospital, where I’d been working […]

     
  • Photo day—Vickers Crossing

    Photo day—Vickers Crossing

      I obtained my driver’s license in the summer of 1982, and it was time to start railfanning! My parents would go to Toledo for shopping most weekends, and soon I was able to talk them into letting me drop […]

     
  • Lettering IHRC 365

    Lettering the IHRC 365

    I started working for the Indiana Hi-Rail Corporation on October 1, 1989. I was hired to manage the agency office at Defiance, Ohio, but due to a delay in the transfer of the line from Norfolk Southern to IHRC, I […]

     
 

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