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Nickel Plate Road 765, a 2-8-4, S-2 "Berkshire" steam locomotive built by the Lima Locomotive Works in 1944, is seen here passing the Indiana/Michigan state border. It is seen passing the Indiana/Michigan state border in Ray, MI. The 765 is pulling the Indiana Rail Experience’s "Fall Colors Train", hosted by the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society and the Indiana Northeastern Railroad. As said, directly from the IRE’s website, "Named Indiana’s 'Best New Experience' by the Indiana Tourism Association, the Indiana Rail Experience offers a variety of trips and events including hour-long rides, themed event trains, and all-day excursions aboard our historic passenger trains."

AVR-3 heads south through near New Homestead, PA on a beautiful morning.

KCSM 4133 leads NS 60W through Mishawaka, IN past the old NYC depot.

AMTK 303 leads a train out of Chicago Union Station to do some simple switching tasks.

IC 1036 leads CN Q11691 through South Bend, Indiana on the former Grand Trunk Western Railway.

A pair of NS GP60s lead NS B08 through Rolling Prairie next to two grain silos.

NS 29P hauls through Osceola, IN with a nice snowfall.

KN Tower still stands strong as a YN2 AC44 passes with a bomb train in tow.

A 4-way meet happens on the west end of Norfolk Southern’s Elkhart Yard. Which includes a heritage unit, veterans unit and a classic EMD SD40-2!

Westbound Canadian Pacific manifest train 231 is seen splitting the CD 442 signals in Lydick, Indiana.

NYC 4085 brings in the “20th Century Limited” into Elkhart, Indiana. The 4085 is seen sitting static at the National New York Central Railroad Museum in Elkhart. Now, gutted and is free to go into.

UP 6379 (Ex-SP 333, AC4400CW) is a DPU on this crewless UP grain train in Dolton, IL.

A westbound South Shore Line commuter train to Chicago passes through Hegeswich, IL. Crossing over the “Big Blue” bridge.

Milwaukee Road SD10 #532 is at Grand Central Station on the Whitewater Valley Scenic Railroad in Connersville, IN. It is waiting to follow the “Polar Express” train to Laurel, IN. The train features: Games, hot chocolate, and more.

An old Missabe SDM (JTBX/EJE 814) is seen here in North Judson, IN pulling a Hoosier Valley Railroad “Pumpkin Train”.

INRD SAHW heads west through Morgantown, IN with a pair of SD90MAC’s in the lead. The lease for these ends at the end of December 2022, so get them while you can!

CP’s Holiday Train kicks off December with a colorful assortment of lights on boxcars and passenger cars, spreading the Christmas cheer to folks around the United States and Canada.

CN 2010 (a spartan cab C40-8) is seen leading CN A441 out of Norfolk Southern’s Elkhart (Robert R. Young) Yard and will later on head onto the CN South Bend Subdivision at the name’s sake. A nice New Year’s treat for us northern Hoosiers.

PNLX/WSMR leads the Steam Railroading Institute’s 2022 North Pole Express through Owosso, Michigan on 11/27/22. PNLX was built for the Western Maryland in 1966 as WM 7571. It was later sold to CSX, and eventually PNLX.

Norfolk Southern’s “Monongahela” heritage unit is seen here leading NS 21G past the Rolling Prairie silo’s.