Blue Island - 11 Trains, 9 Railroads, 2 Hours! [July 23, 2004] The Locomaniac Channel 2026-09-21 | Blue Island - 11 Trains, 9 Railroads, 2 Hours! [July 23, 2004]
Summertime Steam! Jeddo Coal #85 at LM&M Railroad The Locomaniac Channel 2025-09-12 | Jeddo Coal 0-4-0T steam locomtive #85 powers an excursion train to and from Lebanon, Ohio on the Lebanon Mason & Monroe Railroad on Sunday, August 17, 2025.The trains consuists of three ex-lackawanna MU commuter cars and an ex-Detroit Toledo & irnton caboose.The train is shoved southbound with the steamer on the "rear" and pulled northbound by #85.#JeddoCoal #Steam Locomotive #LM&M Railroad
Jeddo Coal 0-4-0T Steamer #85 - Part 4 - Approaching and Crossing US 42 The Locomaniac Channel 2025-09-11 | Jeddo Coal 0-4-0T #85 pushes its train of ex-Lackawanna MU cars and DT&I caboose southward from Lebanon, Ohio, at US Route 42 on the Lebanon, Mason & Monroe Railroad. Sunday, August 17, 2025.
Jeddo Coal 0-4-0T Steamer #85 - Part 3 - Southbound from Lebanon The Locomaniac Channel 2025-09-10 | Jeddo Coal 0-4-0T #85 pushes its train of ex-Lackawanna MU cars and DT&I caboose southward from Lebanon, Ohio, on the Lebanon, Mason & Monroe Railroad. Sunday, August 17, 2025.
Jeddo Coal 0-4-0T Steamer #85 - Part 2 - Southbound from Lebanon The Locomaniac Channel 2025-09-02 | Jeddo Coal 0-4-0T #85 pushes its train of ex-Lackawanna MU cars and DT&I caboose southward from Lebanon, Ohio, on the Lebanon, Mason & Monroe Railroad. Sunday, August 17, 2025.
Jeddo Coal @ Lebanon OH - Split Screen Madness! The Locomaniac Channel 2025-08-23 | Jeddo Coal 0-4-0T #85 pushes its train of ex-Lackawanna MU cars and a DT&I caboose out of Lebanon, Ohio on August 17, 2025. Watch two cameras with two different views!
P&LE Heritage and Snap Switches! #train #railroad #railfan The Locomaniac Channel 2025-08-23 | CSX ES44AC #1875 Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Heritage Unit and CSX AC44CW #81 lead a mixed manifest northbound at Hamilton, Ohio with preassembled "Snap Switches" in tow!The train is traveling on CSX's ex-Baltimore & Ohio Toledo Subdivision and is leaving the CSX Cincinnati District at Butler Street Interlocking.Video captured on August 21, 2025
Caboose Toots for Crossing and CSX Square Cab GP38-3! The Locomaniac Channel 2025-06-19 | The CSX local heads north, caboose first through downtown Hamilton, Ohio, on June 18, 2025, while Square Cab GP38-3 #2053 (Ex-L&N #4113 Built 1973) provides the power on the "rear".Please excuse the wind. A strong line of thunderstorms was approaching the area, and we were already experiencing 30 mph+ wind gusts.The train is traveling on CSX's ex-Baltimore & Ohio Toledo Subdivision.Video captured on June 17, 2025
CSX Track Geometry Train! The Locomaniac Channel 2025-06-17 | The CSX track geometry train heads south at Butler Street Interlocking in Hamilton, Ohio, on June 17, 2025.The train is led by ED40DC #5369 and includes the HEP (Head-End Power) Car "Florence" and the crew car "Detroit", along with the track geometry car TG2.The train is traveling on CSX's ex-Baltimore & Ohio Toledo Subdivision and is entering the CSX Cincinnati District.Video captured on June 17, 2025
3 Trains at Winton Place - May 29. 2025 The Locomaniac Channel 2025-06-15 | Train #1 is a southbound CSX led by CSX ES44DC #5477, CSX SD40-3 #4050 (Ex L&N SD40-2 #8158), and CSX C40-8W #7767 Train #2 is a northbound CSX led by ET44AH #3295 and CSX ES44AH #3205 Train #3 is a southbound Norfolk Southern led by AC44C6M #4900 and AC44C6M #4707 Winton Place is just north of CSX's Queensgate Yard (Cincinnati), and trains from CSX's Ex-B&O Toledo Subdivision and Indianapolis Subdivision, Norfolk Southern's Ex-Pennsylvania Newcastle District and Ex-New York Central Dayton District, and Indiana & Ohio trains can all be seen here.Video captured on May 29, 2025
Ex-C&EI Geep Switches in Cincy - Railserve Ex-C&EI/MOPAC/UP GP15-1 #574 in Cincinnati The Locomaniac Channel 2025-06-12 | RSSX #574, originally Chicago & Eastern Illinois GP15-1 #1574, switches the P&G facility at St. Bernard, Ohio (Cincinnati) on May 29, 2025.The diesel has also served as Missouri Pacific #1574, Union Pacific #1574, and UPY #574.
CSX ES44AC Leads at Butler Street - May 13, 2025 The Locomaniac Channel 2025-05-15 | CSX ES40DC #5358 and CM44AC #7200 (Ex #202) lead a northbound CSX manifest at Butler Street in Hamilton, Ohio, on May 13, 2025. The train is riding on CSX's ex-Baltimore & Ohio Toledo Subdivision, having left Cincinnati.
CSX ES44AC-H #990 Leads M of W Cars and a Manifest Freight The Locomaniac Channel 2025-05-15 | CSX ES44AC-H #990 leads a southbound manifest freight with maintenance of way cars at the front at Butler Street Interlocking in Hamilton, Ohio, on May 13, 2025. The train is running on CSX's former Baltimore & Ohio Toledo Subdivision headed toward Cincinnati.
Norfolk Southern SD70IAC On The Point! The Locomaniac Channel 2025-04-30 | Norfolk Southern SD70IAC #1230 leads a northbound stack train at Butler Street Interlocking on April 26, 2025.
Union Pacific AC44CW Solos On A Norfolk Southern Stack Train! The Locomaniac Channel 2025-04-29 | Union Pacific AC44C# # 6471 is the only power on a LONG southbound Norfolk Southern stack train at Hamilton, Ohio, on April 25, 2025.
SURVIVORS! GE Dash 8 and EMD GP38-2 Trail A CSX CM44AC The Locomaniac Channel 2025-04-19 | CSX CM44AC #7226 leads CSX C40-8W #7766 and GP38-2 #2801 on a northbound manifest at Butler Street Interlocking in Hamilton, Ohio on a very windy April 15, 2025. The train is on CSX's ex-Baltimore & Ohio Toledo Subdivision.
NS Manifest With BNSF DPU @ Butler Street! The Locomaniac Channel 2025-04-15 | Norfolk Southern AC44C6M #4345 leads a southbound manifest with BNSF ES44AC #6268 serving as the mid-train DPU at Butler Street Interlocking in Hamilton, Ohio on April 12, 2025.The train is leaving CSX's ex-Baltimore & Ohio Toledo Subdivision on which the NS has trackage rights is returning to "home" rails, the ex-Pennsylvania Railroad "Panhandle" (later Penn Central, then Norfolk & Western) to Cincinnati.
CSX Manifest With SD40E3 And More! The Locomaniac Channel 2025-04-13 | CSX ES44DC #5373 leads SD40E3 #1709 (Ex SBD SD40-2 #8025) and GP38 #2613 (Ex L&N #4105) southbound at Butler Street Interlocking in Hamilton, OH on April 12, 2025.The train proceeds south "The Old Way" on CSX's ex-Baltimore & Ohio rails to Cincinnati.
Monster NS Manifest with DPU and a Norfolk & Western Gondola! The Locomaniac Channel 2025-04-03 | Norfolk Southern AC446M #4153 leads a LONG northbound manifest at Butler Street Interlocking in Hamilton, Ohio on April 1, 2025. Norfolk Southern AC44C6M #4462 serves as the mid-train DPU, and a CSX hi-rail truck and a Norfolk & Western gondola also make appearances.
Norfolk Southern Train POWERING Through Cincinnati The Locomaniac Channel 2025-04-02 | Norfolk Southern CW44-9 #9969 and SD70ACe #1058 lead a string of covered hoppers southbound at Winton Place (Cincinnati) on April 1, 2025.
Loram LMIX Rail Grinding Train Spotted in Cincinnati The Locomaniac Channel 2025-04-02 | Back-To-Back Loram Trains! LMIX #3417 leads a rail grinding train southbound at Winton Place (Cincinnati) followed immediately by LMIX #605! April 1, 2025
Echoes Of Chessie System: CSX GP40-2 (Ex-C&O) And Caboose In The Rain The Locomaniac Channel 2025-03-25 | CSX GP40-2 #6064 (Ex C&O #4165 built November 1972) leads CSX caboose ("shoving platform") #900045 on northbound Y-101 on a rainy afternoon at Butler Street Interlocking, Hamilton, Ohio on March 20, 2025.
Im Not Dead Yet! - CSX GP-38-2 #2645 and Georgia Railway Heritage GP40-3 @ Winton Place The Locomaniac Channel 2025-03-13 | Allegedly-retired CSX GP38-2 #2645 (Ex L&N #4139) and CSX GP40-3 "Square Cab" #6509, sporting its Georgia Railroad Heritage Sticker, struggle with a cut of tank cars at Winton Place (Cincinnati) on a warm Thursday morning. March 13, 2025.
A Good Catch In The Morning! PRR Heritage #8102 at Winton Place! The Locomaniac Channel 2025-03-13 | Norfolk Southern ES44AC #8102 in Pennsylvania Railroad Heritage colors leads Norfolk Southern AC44C6M #4615 and a southebound string of covered hoppers at Winton Place (Cincinnati) on a warm and sunny Thursday morning! March 13, 2025
CSX ES44AC-Hs At Busenbark (Trenton), Ohio - March 9, 2025 The Locomaniac Channel 2025-03-09 | CSX ES44AC-H #886 and ES44AC-H #3121 lead a northbound manifest on the former B&O Toledo Subdivision at Busenbark, Ohio on a seasonable but breezy March 9, 2025.
The Last Run? CSX GEs, RJ Corman GP20E and 4 CSX Road Slugs - March 8, 2025 The Locomaniac Channel 2025-03-08 | CSX ES44DC #5278 and ES44AC-H #809 lead RJ Corman GP20E #4121 (ex-Southern Pacific GP20 #4075) and CSX Road Slugs #2315 (Ex C&O GP35 #3535), #2289 (Ex B&O GP30 #6906), #2380 (Ex C&O GP39 #3906), and #2252 (Ex GM&O GP30 #501) on a northbound manifest at Busenbarrk (Trenton), Ohio on March 8, 2025. The road slugs, and possibly the RJ Corman unit, are likely en route to a new owner or scrap.
BNSF GEs On Norfolk Southern @ Hamilton, Ohio The Locomaniac Channel 2025-02-27 | BNSF ES44C4 #and7971and C44-9W #4311 lead a northbound Norfolk Southern manifest at Butler Street in Hamilton, Ohio on a VERY windy but mild February 25, 2025. The train has come north on CSX's ex-B&O Toledo Subdivision and will remain so until it reaches New River Junction, about 3 miles to the north, where it will return to Norfolk Southern's ex-Pennsylvania "Panhandle" route.
CSX GEs Lead SB Stacks @ Butler Street - 2/25/2025 The Locomaniac Channel 2025-02-26 | CSX ES44DC #5422 and ET44AH #3328 lead a southbound stack train at Butler Street in Hamilton, Ohio on a mild but breezy February 25, 2025. The train is about to divert to Norfolk Southern's ex-Pensylvania "Panhandle" route, which CSX and NS dispatch jointly for directional running between Butler Street and Winton Place (Cincinnati).
BNSF SD70ACe 9077 Leads A Long SB Manifest Train The Locomaniac Channel 2025-02-26 | BNSF SD70ACe 9077 and ES44AC 5888 lead a southbound NS manifest at Lincoln Avenue in Hamilton, Ohio on a mild but windy February 25, 2025. The train is on NS's former Pennsylvania Railroad "Panhandle" route, now operated jointly by NS and CSX between Butler Street in Hamilton and Winton Place (Cincinnati).
CSX SD70MACs At Sunset The Locomaniac Channel 2025-02-21 | CSX SD70MACs #4733 and #4752 lead a northbound mixed freight at Butler Street in Hamilton, Ohio at sunset on February 19, 2025.
Amtral ALC-42 Dies - CSX SD70MAC To the Rescue! The Locomaniac Channel 2025-02-09 | CSX SD70MAC # 4722 leads Amtrak's Chicago-bound Cardinal 8+ hours late on February 6. 2025. Siemens ALC-42 #354 had died en route.
NS #8025 Monongahela On The Point! The Locomaniac Channel 2025-02-04 | Norfolk Southern ES44AC #8025 Monongahela Heritage Unit leads an Eastbound NS mixed freight at Butler Street in Hamilton, Ohio on February 3, 2025. NS AC44C6M #4420 serves as the mid-train DPU.
BNSF Power On NS Stacks - Hamilton, OH 1/29/2025 The Locomaniac Channel 2025-02-01 | BNSF ES44DC #7862 and Dash-9-44CW #5506 lead a southbound Norfolk Southern stack train at Butler Street in Hamilton, Ohio on January 29, 2025.
CSX Local With Caboose! Hamilton OH 1/29/2025 The Locomaniac Channel 2025-01-31 | CSX GP40-2 #6064 (Ex-C&O #4165 delivered 11/1972) leads a southbound local atButler Street in hamilton, Ohio on January 29, 2025. And pulling up the rear is CSX Caboose #900045!
Big Boy 4014 Takes Dekalb Illinois by STORM! The Locomaniac Channel 2024-09-13 | Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive heads east toward Chicago at Dekalb, Illinois on the morning of Monday, September 9, 2024.
Union Pacifics Big Boy 4014 Takes Illinois by STORM! The Locomaniac Channel 2024-09-12 | Big Boy #4014 at Dekalb, Blue Island, Beecher, Momence, and Watseka, Illinois on the 2024 Heartland Of America Tour.**The memory card on my primary camera malfunctioned. All shots starting at Blue Island are on my backuyp camera (phone)**
Ohio Railway Museum - Worthington, Ohio The Locomaniac Channel 2023-11-05 | I found myself in the Columbus area this week, so I visited the Ohio Railway Museum to check them out. Unfortunately, they were closed when I visited. They are open on Sundays, Noon to 4 pm, May through December.
How Far To Hoboken? Lackawanna MU cars lead Jeddo Coal #85 West of Lebanon, Ohio The Locomaniac Channel 2023-08-06 | Ex-Lackawanna MU cars of the Lebanon, Mason, and Monroe tourist railway lead Jeddo Coal 0-4-0T steamer #85 and a DT&I caboose west of Lebanon, Ohio on Saturday, August 5, 2023.
PUSH!! Jeddo Coal #85 Pushing the Summer Steam Train at Lebanon, Ohio 8/5/2023 The Locomaniac Channel 2023-08-05 | Jeddo Coal's traveling 0-4-0T steamer pushes the Summer Steam Train excursion train west out of Lebanon, Ohio on the Lebanon, Mason & Monroe tourist railway on the morning of August 5, 2023. The train is an out-and-back run, with the steamer leading on the return trip.
The Great Pumpkin - Ex-Conrail and BNSF on Halloween - #Shorts The Locomaniac Channel 2022-10-31 | 4 Years Ago Today...Here is a southbound stack train at Butler Street Interlocking in Hamilton, Ohio on October 31, 2018. It might be either a CSX or Norfolk Southern train - I'm not certain. The CSX unit is actually an EX-CSX (note the black band through the logo) that has become a lease unit. It is a former Conrail C40-8. The BNSF Pumpkin unit was a nice touch for Halloween!The Locomaniac Channel features various railfan and railroad-themed videos from yesterday and today.
CSX @ Butler Street Interlocking 10/27/2017 - #Shorts The Locomaniac Channel 2022-10-26 | 5 Years Ago Today...Here is a northbound CSX manifest at Butler Street Interlocking in Hamilton, Ohio on October 26, 2017. The former B&O CPL signals had recently been replaced with the standard CSX style.The Locomaniac Channel features various railfan and railroad-themed videos from yesterday and today.
20th Century Ltd On 3 Rail Track?? The Locomaniac Channel 2022-10-14 | #Shorts - These are clips of the 20th Century Limited (New York Central) from a 1933 Fox Movietone short film entitled "Rhapsody of the Rails".Spoiler: No - it's not 3 rail track. It's the water pans where the locomotive takes on water "on the fly"! [But it sure LOOKS like Lionel 3-rail track, doesn't it?!]
BNSF B40-8 Leads CSX @ Blue Island The Locomaniac Channel 2022-10-13 | #ShortsBlue Island, IllinoisJuly 23, 200411 Trains, 9 Railroads, 2 Hours!Southbound on the Indiana Harbor Belt led by BNSF B40-8 #8606 (Ex-ATSF #7416) and CSX CW40-8 #7758.Watch the entire video here: youtu.be/urux8roBOW8**Originally recorded on VHS-C videotape
CN SD50F, IC SD70 #1000 and CN GP9RM @ Blue Island #Shorts The Locomaniac Channel 2022-10-12 | Blue Island, IllinoisJuly 23, 200411 Trains, 9 Railroads, 2 Hours!A southbound Canadian National work train is led by an odd assortment of power including CN SD50F #5456, IC SD70 #1000 (the first Illinois Central SD70), and ancient CN GP9RM #4017 (Originally GP9 #2000).**Originally recorded on VHS-C videotapeWatch the Full Video Here: youtu.be/urux8roBOW8
Ex-Conrail GP38-2 Leads A CSX Rail Train @ Hamilton Depot 2004 The Locomaniac Channel 2022-10-11 | ...
Amtraks Westbound Lake Shore Blasts Through Pine Junction The Locomaniac Channel 2022-10-10 | Morning at Clark Road / Pine Junction - Gary, Indiana7/24/2004**WARNING! DO NOT RAILFAN HERE**Since this video was taken, safety and security issues on the ground have changed. This location is no longer a safe and legal place to watch trains. Stay away! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!At the time this video was taken, railfanning was tolerated as long as one remained south of the CSX tracks and stayed out of the way of rail and truck traffic (and behaved oneself). This is no longer true. There is no longer any vantage point to photograph trains here from a legal location.********************************************************************************************After a week of master classes in Chicago, it was time to head for home. But there was time for one last stop ahead of the highway... Amtrak’s Train 49, the "Lake Shore Limited" (New York-Chicago), appears, led by P42DC #12 and P42DC #156. The train is a mere shadow of its glorious ancestor, the “Twentieth Century Limited”.After 11 trains and maintenance equipment, it was time to hit the road.[All times Eastern Daylight Time because I did not reprogram the camera]*Originally recorded on VHS-C videotape*
Ex-Conrail SD70MAC Leads CSX @ Butler Street 6/2004 The Locomaniac Channel 2022-10-09 | Butler Street InterlockingHamilton, OhioJuly 16, 2004The Caboose and The ConrailHere is the lineup: As CSX Y101 continues south, a northbound CSX mixed freight approaches the interlocking.Power sets for the two trains pass each other. The mixed is led by ex-Conrail SD70MAC #778 still in original paint, SD40-2M #8361 (Ex-C&O SD40 #7502), CW40-8 #7852, GP40-2 #6478 (Ex-L&N #6616), and Road Slug #2244 (Ex-Southern Pacific GP35 #7761)Y101 is led by Road Slug #2223 (Ex-B&O GP30 #6922), and GP40-2 #6437 (Ex-B&O #4423).**Originally recorded on VHS-C videotape
Chessie Steam Special #2101 @ Cottage Grove Indiana 1978 The Locomaniac Channel 2022-10-08 | Railfanning the Chessie Steam Special, Reading T-1 #2101, Hamilton, Ohio to Cottage Grove, IN 6/5/1978.On June 5, 1978, the Chessie Steam Special made a one-way move from Cincinnati to Chicago. Excursion passengers were picked up en route with the plan that these passengers could return to their points of origin on Amtrak's eastbound Cardinal.My mother and I rode from Hamilton, Ohio to Richmond, Indiana while my father paced the train and took 8mm movies and 35mm photos of the trip.From Hamilton, the train followed Chessie System's B&O Indianapolis Division to Cottage Grove, Indiana, where it diverted onto the C&O Of Indiana for the trip to Chicago.As it turns out, it was fortuitous for us that we planned to leave the train at Richmond. As the Special pulled into the depot at Richmond, someone (probably one of the school-age kids on board for a field trip) pulled the emergency stop cord. The resulting emergency braking broke a drawbar between two cars causing them to separate and a person standing in a vestibule at the time fell between the cars and was mildly injured. The resulting cleanup delayed the train's continued journey for many hours.The power for the Chessie Steam Special was Reading T-1 class 4-8-4 #2101, which had gained fame in 1975-1976 as American freedom Train #1.The Chessie Steam Special was part of a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the B&O Railroad in 1977. The success of the trips caused Chessie System to schedule a 1978 season for the train as well.Sadly, a roundhouse fire in early 1979 damaged 2101 so severely as to make it inoperable. It was cosmetically restored and is now on display at the Baltimore And Ohio Museum in Baltimore, Maryland.The success of the Chessie Steam Special led to the creation of the Chessie Safety Express, which toured the system in 1981-1982 in support of Operation Lifesaver, with largely the same train consist as the Chessie Steam Special, but led by ex-C&O "Greenbrier" 4-8-4 #614. This consist also briefly toured the Family Lines Railroads in early 1981 as the Family Lines' Safety Express.This footage was originally captured on Super 8 movie film and transferred to VHS in the mid-1980s. This digitized version is from the VHS copy.Enjoy!
The Eastbound Wolverine Tears Through Pine Jct (Gary) Indiana 7/24/2004 The Locomaniac Channel 2022-10-07 | Amtrak's eastbound Wolverine runs through Pine Jct (Gary) Indiana on the morning of July 24, 2004. Originally recorded on VHS-C tape.The Locomaniac Channel features various railfan and railroad-themed videos from yesterday and today.
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