Heading for Queensgate

CSX #434 leads a manifest train southbound through Covington,KY.

It’s Sunday, June 24, 1956, and Louisville & Nashville M-1 class number 1962—one of the memorable “Big Emma” 2-8-4s that worked the eastern side of the system, in Kentucky only—slowly ba... (more)

Looking out over the nose of L&N E7 760, this is the view from the fireman’s seat as train 6, the New Orleans-Cincinnati “Humming Bird” approaches its final stop at CUT in the Queen City. Th... (more)

Cincinnati Union Terminal looms in the background as 179 builds their train at Gest Street Yard, led by the Nickel Plate Road heritage unit. Casey Thomason photo, copyright Norfolk Southern Corpo... (more)

Equipment for today's "Pocahontas" at left, on track 13; NYC's "Ohio State Limited" on track 12

It is the summer of 1970 less than a year before Amtrak, and C&O 4027 and 4016 wait for their train at Cincinnati Union Terminal.

All four of the so-called SD-20-2's caught at the hump tower in the then-new Queensgate Yard.

An SD40 works the intermodal yard next to the Western Hills Viaduct.

As a northbound NS manifest with a UP C40 in the lead comes to a stop, a switch crew backs their high hood GP50 onto a spur.

An ex-Conrail SD60 pushes hard on the rear of a heavy grain train as it climbs southward out of Cincinnati up the Ohio River Bridge and Erlanger Hill. In the foreground sits Cincinnati Union Termi... (more)

Clifton Avenue crossing during the construction of the direct connection to the CH&D; looks like the crossing is out of service (and Winton Place station is closed).

NS 9000 North waits for a light to depart Cincinnati.

A view of the action below at Queensgate on a rainy Sunday morning, not a GE to be seen.

A railfan first. After living in the Queen City for 26 years it's always a treat to find new photo angles. Today my Dad decided to test his Sea Ray in the Ohio River, so I couldn't help but bring ... (more)