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CSX I008-09 runs over the Great Miami River in Sidney at CP 163 on the Indy Line with the Western Maryland and Baltimore & Ohio units leading on a dreary Sunday morning.

Porter #2 curves around Duck Lake at the Hesston Steam Museum under some luscious fall foliage.

This ex-MILW GP9 on the former GR&I sits tied down after doing some morning work. 907 seems to be back again, with 16 being a secondary engine now.

NS B43 heads west through Brimfield with a GP60 for power, in the midst of high rail traffic.

PREX 16 (ex. Ludington & Northern) getting ready to switch out the Kraft plant on the former GR&I. GP9 #907 was being used for power for 5 years while 16 sat sidelined. However, a quick visit to the KTR saw 16 back in action while 907 was offline.

Huron & Eastern 702 with GEXR 3393 and CFE 3415 creeps through Bay City's illustrious Fall colors on its way to Durand on a warm Fall afternoon.

NS 30N with the Norfolk & Western heritage unit leading crosses over the Eel River in North Manchester.

UP 'Big Boy' 4014 gets up to steam over the Kankakee River in Monence after a service stop just north of the UP/NS diamond.

NS 22X with SD70ACC #1800 in the yellow-mane paint scheme highballs through CP 379 in Kendallville as the morning sun rises over Northeast Indiana.

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.