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Illuminated by the golden light of the early morning sunrise, CSX train B641 is reflected in the calm waters of the Mill Creek as it hustles northbound across the bridge at Winton Place just north of Cincinnati with a trio of Union Pacific motors on the point.

On the return leg of a test run to Metamora for the WVRR 709, the only two operational Lima diesels on Earth roll into Laurel, Indiana at Sunset.

With three SD40-2's on the point and 95 cars on the drawbar, CSX's Worthville Turn, train L411-12, looks almost like a vision out of the past as it exits the south portal of the Latonia Tunnel.

As our oldest daughter Kira films the action with her phone, the engineer of CSX road local L425-26 gives a friendly wave as the train cruises over the Great Miami River Bridge in Hamilton.

On a cool, rainy, and foggy May afternoon in the hills of Southern Kentucky, K&T / Big South Fork Scenic SW9 No. 106 powers a BSFS excursion out of the the only tunnel on the old K&T mainline, near the old mining community of Barthell.

Memorial Day 2021 in the Ohio Valley brought a special treat for local railfans, as the Ohio Rail Experience passenger equipment made a deadhead ferry move back to their home base near Cincinnati after two weekends of excursions on the former DT&I in Western Ohio and Southern Michigan. Leading the train back home was CRC/C&O GP7 No. 5704, the oldest continuously active GP7. Here, the 5704 is putting out some nice exhaust as it works a hill on the former B&O Ohio Division mainline, today the Indiana & Ohio Railway's Midland Sub, between Remington and Indian Hill, Ohio with 10 passenger cars and the other ORE locomotive for the trips, CRC/NKP GP30 No. 901, on the drawbar. The sound of that old EMD 567 series motor thundering down the mainline was absolutely beautiful!

CSX's former Louisville & Nashville LCL Subdivision between Louisville, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio has some iconic and scenic locations, such as the Street Running in La Grange and Bridge 40 over Banklick Creek near Independence. Another spot that has become well known in recent years is this view from Eagle Tunnel Road on the north side of Glencoe, Kentucky. A tunnel existed here behind the camera in the cut below until it collapsed on a train in 2005, at which time CSX spent the time and money to daylight the tunnel. Now known as Eagle Cut, the location is now a favorite among many photographers in the area, and this train in particular, the L411 Worthville Turn (better known as J767 until recent CSX symbol changes), is usually a prime target, as it typically has older EMD power. In this scene, we see CSXT 8839, an SD40-2 of Conrail heritage, leading the charge on the point of L411 as it makes its way north through the rolling hills of the Bluegrass State, approaching Eagle Cut, heading towards Queensgate Yard in Cincinnati on a beautiful summer morning.