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I010-21 charges through Auburn Junction with a rebuilt SD70MAC in the lead.

Under the quiet night skies, a loaded grain train waiting to be delivered to NS sits at the South Milford Grain Company elevator, with GP7 1601, SD40M-2 3125, and GP30 2185 for power. A big chase crowd would be awaiting the movement of this train, but for now, all is quiet as the crickets sing and the stars shine down on Northern Indiana.

B157-15 with CSX's Spirit of our Armed Forces in the lead blasts by KN Tower in Walkerton, crossing the Elkhart & Western's lightly used former NKP I-MC line.

NS 174 with the Illinois Terminal and Wabash heritage units leading rolls over the White River in Muncie as it heads towards Fort Wayne and points west.

NS 1065 S&A heritage unit leads 29A southbound for Inman Yard in Atlanta, GA. Here it is seen getting ready to pound the diamonds at Hugo on the southwest side of Fort Wayne.

CSX SD70MAC's 4555 and 4735 lead C631-26 through Bluegrass Cut on a cold and gusty morning.

A 5100 series unit leads I135-25 at Ripley, only 94 axles according to the nearby defect detector. The saga of the AC4400CW will be coming to a close at Wabtec will be rebuilding the remaining roster of these locomotives.

The Norfolk Southern Office Car Special, running as NS 950, glides past CP 360 just outside Butler as it heads east from Chicago.

NS 265 heads west just outside Waterloo with some of the most bizarre trio of power, especially on an intermodal. The original power set went east on 264, with Nickel Plate Road heritage unit NS 8100 leading. In the northeast, a CSX SD40-2 was tacked on as the leader. After the power was spun to lead 265 back west, speculation began as the SD40 was expected to be pulled at Binghamton, NY. However, this never happened. A detour was also taking place, and this train ran on CSX trackage under X427, and the SD40 still led. Speculation continued and it was expected to be pulled in Buffalo, and then Cleveland, but it never happened. Even on NS trackage it stayed on. It's nice to see that even after the PSR purge, old EMD's are still more than capable of leading road freights.

M565-06 slows down to stop at the Garrett yard office under a sea of rainy clouds. However, a break in the clouds let the sun shine bright on this fresh rebuild.

A road slug and GP40-2 set head east through Auburn Junction on L378-10 as the sun sets to the west.

An old EMD duo of an ex-BAR BL2 and an ex-DMIR SD9 shove back across the Kankakee River bridge at English Lake. The Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum saw delivery of the historic BL2's in 2021, and have recently restored them to operational status. And now these will pull diesel excursions at the HVRM hopefully for a long time.

This old BC Rail C44-9WL trails 3rd on NS ethonol train Z4K (extra 64K), rounding the giant curve in Kendallville at milepost 379. This is currently the last active BC Rail painted Canadian cab Dash 9 left on CN's roster, I feel that soon this will go to the deadline since CN is currently rebuilding their Dash 9's and SD75I's.

A YN2 Dash 8 leads I137 just outside of Garrett. Always neat to see tried and true power leading an intermodal, especially with one of the oldest Dash 8's on CSX's active roster.

Nickel Plate Road Berkshire #765 chugs under the Fox Lake Road overpass in Angola, returning from a short run for the Ice Cream Train as part of the Indiana Rail Experience

The 1911 H.K. Porter rolls through the woods at the Hesston Steam Museum on National Train Day.

KCSM 4523 leads E808, running from Cicero, IL off of the BNSF to Newell, PA. Haven't had a gray ghost leader in the area for a bit; but thanks to a last second heads up, I got to see this one blasting through.

CSX I192-04 with KCS 3911 leads past West Garrett headed for the Northwest Ohio Intermodal Terminal in North Baltimore. It's uncommon enough to see KCS leaders on this train, but even more rare to see a KCS SD70MAC leading.

CSX W003-28 blasts across the Northern Indiana countryside through the rain, sporadically testing defect detectors.

NS local L46 with an ex-SOU GP38-2 leading heads back south to Goodman Yard in Marion after working customers up north. Very nice to see a high hood leading this train, rather than the typical widecab road engines.