Leaning every which way, the westbound MAW freight crawls through the backyards of Napoleon as they approach the busy crossing at the intersection of Glenwood Avenue and West Washington Street.
After assembling their train on the east side of town, the MAW's westbound train to Defiance rolls through downtown Napoleon on a perfect spring afternoon. To see what this scene looked like in 19... (more)
School has let out and no fewer than four kids are running along and across the tracks of N&W's tiny yard in Napoleon as a crew heads to the DT&I interchange to pick up a car or two. The plant loo... (more)
The Napoleon local works the soup plant prior to heading to Malinta and the mainline. In 1983 the Napoleon branch ended a few hundred yards behind 222, but this had once been DT&I's mainline.
The eastbound train from Defiance waits for the crew to arrive. Before they can go into town, the maintenance crew will have to clear up, as some much needed track work is being done with rail and... (more)
Near the end of their workday, the M&W works Interstate Cold Storage on Napoleon's east side.