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Making a rare run across the west end of the Oasis Subdivision due to track work on the east end, the Cincinnati Dinner Train passes the Thermo Fisher Scientific Plant in Reading behind an Ohio Central SD40-2 borrowed from CDT host road Indiana & Ohio.

After making a stop for the kids on board to have an Easter Egg Hunt, the LM&M's Easter Bunny Express rolls southbound on former CL&N rails in Turtlecreek Township behind Conrail-painted GP10 No. 7544 on a beautiful early Spring evening. Conrail operated this segment of former CL&N trackage from 1976 to 1984, so the 7544 fits right in here.

For the second weekend in a row, our middle daughter (and biggest railfan) Naomi gives a friendly wave to the crew of the LM&M's North Pole Express, this time powered by one of the two NKP GP30's on the CRC roster, seen polishing the former CL&N rails outside of Lebanon on a beautiful but cold December afternoon.

The Waxing Gibbous Moon rises in the late afternoon sky over Conrail-painted GP10 No. 7544 as it takes a breather between runs of the LM&M Railroad's Easter Bunny Express at the depot in Lebanon.

The westbound Ohio Rail Experience "Return to the Big Four" excursion rolls under the old NYC signal bridge that marks the former location of Lawrenceburg Junction in Greendale, Indiana on the CIND mainline.

Sporting authentic NKP White Extra Flags, the Cincinnati Railway's restored Nickel Plate Road GP30 901 leads a southbound excursion train on the CRC's LM&M Railroad across the Turtle Creek Trestle just outside of Lebanon, Ohio.

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!

CRC/C&O GP7 No. 5704 powers a deadhead move of Ohio Rail Experience passenger equipment returning home after two weekends of excursions in Northern Ohio and Michigan, seen here on the former B&O Ohio Division (today's Indiana & Ohio Railway Midland Subdivision) mainline on the trestle over Sycamore Creek and Spooky Hollow Road in Remington. It was such a treat seeing this classic vintage locomotive, built in June of 1950 and known to be the oldest continuously operating GP7, strutting her stuff on a mainline.

The LM&M Railroad's North Pole Express approaches Glosser Road on the outskirts of Lebanon behind Conrail-painted GP10 No. 7544.

Our middle daughter (and biggest railfan) Naomi gives a friendly wave to the crew of the LM&M's North Pole Express as the train rolls along former CL&N rails outside of Lebanon on a beautiful Thanksgiving Weekend afternoon.

Conrail-painted GP10 No. 7544 takes a breather between runs of the LM&M's North Pole Express at Lebanon Station.