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NEW VIDEO! Mid-Train Power! CSX ES44AC & Rebuilt CM44AC Lead Intermodal Across Deshler Diamonds

2026-03-08T15:04:00.000-07:00

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At Deshler, Ohio — the legendary Crossroads of the B&O — a westbound CSX intermodal train made up of single-level containers rolls across the busy Toledo Subdivision diamonds. Leading the train is a modern GE ES44AC, but the real treat appears mid-train where a CM44AC distributed power unit assists with the heavy load. The CM44AC is a rebuilt GE AC4400CW, giving new life to one of GE’s most successful freight locomotive platforms. Deshler remains one of the Midwest’s best railfan hotspots, offering constant action as CSX freights thunder through the famous crossing. If you enjoy modern freight railroading, GE locomotives, and action at historic railfan locations, this is one you won’t want to miss!

📍 Location: Deshler, Ohio

🚂 Railroad: CSX Transportation

🛤 Subdivision: Toledo Subdivision

⚙ Power: ES44AC + CM44AC (AC4400CW rebuild)

Filmed on 8/31/22

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(NEW VIDEO!) Classic Meets Modern! CSX GEVO & C40-8W Lead Freight at Deshler, Ohio

2026-03-07T14:24:00.000-08:00

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Catch a powerful CSX freight train led by an impressive combination of GE Evolution Series (GEVO) power and a classic GE C40-8W Dash-8 as it rolls through the famous railfan hotspot of Deshler, Ohio. Filmed under clear skies, this train showcases the contrast between modern Tier 4-era locomotive technology and classic GE widecab power that helped define railroading in the 1990s. The train glides through town delivering great railfan action from one of the Midwest’s most well-known railroad locations. Deshler is famous among railfans for its busy CSX mainlines and the historic B&O diamond crossings, making it one of the best places in the country to watch freight trains. If you enjoy modern freight trains, classic locomotives, and Midwest railfanning, this video is for you!

📍 Location: Deshler, Ohio 🚂 Railroad: CSX Transportation

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CN GP9 with P5 horn and Caboose at Champaign, IL 2004

2026-03-04T23:22:00.000-08:00

The CN Seymour local winds through downtown Champaign at Randolph Street. On the west side of Randolph, the IC branch actually fed into the Wabash branch line, so at this point he is actually running on the Wabash. The Illinois Terminal put their wires over these tracks as well, and the depot was immediately to my left. Note the "jog" in the platform where the bay window once was. This track is now gone. At this point, the CN train heads east on the ex-Wabash to the IC New Orleans mainline.

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NEW VIDEO! Freight Train Goes Off The Rails—Onto The Street In Warsaw

2026-03-04T13:52:00.000-08:00

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In this video, a northbound Norfolk Southern freight train is captured running directly down the middle of Hickory Street in Warsaw, Indiana, creating a rare and eye-catching example of true street running railroading. The train is powered by a pair of General Electric C40-9W (Dash 9) locomotives, leading the consist through the heart of the city where rails share space with pavement, traffic markings, and nearby buildings. Scenes like this are uncommon in modern railroading and offer a fascinating glimpse into how historic rail routes continue to operate today. This section of track is part of the former New York Central (Big Four) route, which once ran from Goshen, Indiana to Louisville, Kentucky. While many street-running routes have been abandoned or rerouted over time, this line remains active, preserving a unique piece of railroad history. Whether you’re a railfan, a local history enthusiast, or just someone who enjoys unusual sights, this video showcases a moment you truly don’t see every day — a full-sized freight train rolling down a city street as if it were just another vehicle on the road.

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RAILROAD TOWER AND CABOOSE INTERIOR TOURS AT GRIFFITH, INDIANA

2026-03-04T13:51:00.000-08:00

This is a tour of the railroad tower at Griffith, Indiana. It was retired in December, 1999, and relocated across the tracks in July, 2000. This tower once controlled the crossing of five railroad lines, and once saw the passage of 180 trains a day! Filmed in September, 2011.

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2026-03-02T12:36:00.000-08:00

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In a blurry leftover scene from my archives, Amtrak's northbound Lake Country Limited passes the Metra station at Grayslake, Illinois. Power on this occasion was a Genesis diesel and the usual Horizon coach and baggage car. Afterward, my brother traps a mouse between the rails.

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CSX C44-9W #9046 used for local power at Wellsboro, Indiana 8/11/18

2026-03-02T12:35:00.000-08:00

One Unit CN Auto Train: A Wellsboro, IN Experience

2026-02-28T00:12:00.000-08:00

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Witness the thunderous roar as a westbound CN auto train with a powerful GE ES44DC unit storms across CSX at Wellsboro!

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2026-02-25T11:07:00.001-08:00

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TWO CSX TRains Meet At Walkerton Tower 8/30/22

2026-02-20T15:22:00.000-08:00

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TWO TRAINS MEET AT WALKERTON! After waiting an hour and killing the time with a walkthrough, my patience at Walkerton paid off! First, a VERY LONG eastbound CSX doublestack led by a GEVO with an unidentified mid-train DPU hits the Elkhart & Western diamonds. Then a westbound led by a pair of SD40's-one with a "SpongeBob" cab and one with a standard cab- hustles past with a local. Filmed on 8/30/22

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Two Canadian National Trains Crossing Paths Again At Wellsboro!

2026-02-20T12:37:00.000-08:00

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Wellsboro never lets us down! We caught an exhilarating moment as a duo of CN freights on the ex-GTW powerfully pull and cross the CSX diamonds. The eastbound is a thrilling manifest, while the westbound showcases an endless unit grain train!

Eastbound Power: EMD SD75I #5752, EMD SD70M-2

Westbound Power: EMD ES44AC's #3826 and #3856

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01:35 Second Train with 2 ES44AC's

05:04 Second Train Clears

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CPKC orders new power from Wabtec

2026-02-20T10:26:00.000-08:00

CPKC orders new power from Wabtec

By Chris Guss | December 22, 2024

Additional power will help bolster the newest Class I's roster

Less than 1-month old, new KCS ET44AC No. 5022 leads a train into East St. Louis, Ill., on April 2, 2019. The new CPKC ET44AC order beginning delivery in 2025 will increase the number of ET44ACs on the roster to 203 units. Chris Guss

CPKC will receive some much-needed motive power help starting next year in the form of a 170-unit order of new locomotives from Wabtec.

The railroad has been heavily spending on capacity work across its combined system to support new traffic and motive power has been in short supply to move tonnage across its network. The order consists of 170 ET44ACs with delivery expected to be spread across a number of years considering the large amount of rebuild orders Wabtec already has committed to. Road numbers and reporting marks for the new power hasn’t been disclosed yet.

The ET44ACs will join an existing fleet of 33 ET44ACs, eight of which have recently joined the roster. These eight were a canceled Baffinland Iron Mines order in Canada that were selected from General Electric’s field test units. The other 25 ET44ACs were purchased new before the merger by Kansas City Southern in 2019. The 25 former Kansas City Southern units are the most reliable power on CPKC’s roster and are performing very well.

Prior to the merger in 2023, Canadian Pacific had been the lone holdout across Class I railroads in adding Tier 4-compliant locomotives, not purchasing new units for over a decade before the CPKC merger. It instead opted to rebuild existing GE and EMD AC traction locomotives, the latter of which were long stored on the railroad. Canadian Pacific’s SD9043MAC fleet was rebuilt to SD70ACUs in 2019 and 2020, adding 60 additional units to Canadian Pacific’s active roster. Canadian Pacific’s last new power purchase was in 2012 when it bought 30 ES44ACs from General Electric.

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2026-02-19T10:36:00.002-08:00

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Witness the action at Waterloo, Indiana, as an eastbound Canadian Pacific train, led by a powerful ES44AC and AC4400CW, zooms pasT the Amtrak station! The majority of the train is loaded with stunning auto racks.

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2026-02-19T10:36:00.001-08:00

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RARE MOVE! UP Heritage SD70ACE + Amtrak P42 Lead NRHS Dome Car Excursion

2026-02-19T10:36:00.000-08:00

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2026-02-17T22:24:00.000-08:00

CSX Wellsboro, IN Railroad Junction Reallignment 1998

2026-02-17T15:55:00.000-08:00

In August, 1998, we visited Wellsboro, Indiana, to find that CSX had done some housecleaning, much to the disgust of railfans. CSX's ex-B&O Willard Sub crossed the GTW Chicago-Battle Creek main, as well as CSX's ex-C&O nee-Pere Marquette branch. The three lines once crossed here in the shape of a triangle. Now the C&O simply merges into the B&O on a new connecting track from the south. The diamonds with the B&O and GTW were removed, as well as all the C&O trackage north of the junction. A balloon track once wrapped around and connected up with the B&O to the west. Between 1974 and 1986, Amtrrak's JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY, later renamed the CARDINAL, used the C&O mainline through Indiana. Beginning on June 1, 1977, it took the B&O to Wellsboro, and utilized this connecting track to the Pere Marquette branch, which they took to La Crosse to pick up the C&O of Indiana mainline. The Pere Marquette branch was abandoned north of here in 1988. Note the recently removed rail, rusty connecting tracks, and the new tri-light signals, which replaced the color position lights. You can see a CPL lying on the ground on the south side of the mainline. My father, who was always big into the signal hobby, was furious when he saw this sight! As of 2011, the trailers next to the diamond are also gone. Wellsboro is still a hotspot, but is not as interesting as it once was. Click here for a 1997 view when this junction still had a triangle of diamonds: 👉🏻 • Railroad Tour of Wellsboro, Indiana 1997 Please subscribe, rate, and comment! :o)

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Amtrak’s Airo Debut: A New Era Begins

2026-02-16T10:38:00.000-08:00

Amtrak offers first look at Airo equipment

By Rip Watson | February 10, 2026

| Last updated on February 11, 2026

Media gets chance to tour Cascades trainset currently testing in Northeast

Amtrak unveiled its Airo equipment at a Feb. 10, 2026, event at

Washington Union Station. Amtrak

WASHINGTON — Amtrak unveiled Airo, its newest fleet addition,

on Tuesday with a media tour that featured an in-depth look at the interior of the shiny,

feature-filled trainset that’s slated to begin revenue service this summer on the Amtrak Cascades’

service in the Pacific Northwest.

Before offering a tour of coach, café car, and business class equipment, speakers from Amtrak, manufacturer Siemens, and the Department of Transportation extolled the virtues of the program

slated to produce 83 trainsets for service on routes less than 750 miles long. The Airo equipment is intended for 14 routes in the East, as well as the Cascades that run between Eugene, Ore., and

Vancouver, British Columbia.

Amtrak President Roger Harris called the trainset parked at Union Station —

wearing the green, brown, and white paint scheme unique to the Cascades —

“the next step in Amtrak’s transformation,” following the introduction of NextGen Acela less

than five months ago.

“We can all be proud,” said Tobias Bauer, CEO of Siemens North America. “The train is beautiful.”

The interior of a coach-class car on the new Airo trainset. Rip Watson

Amtrak literature describes Airo

as an “elevated experience” with “spacious seating” and improved signage. For a reporter,

the tour showed off bright and carefully designed seating, signage, and amenities intended

as upgrades from Amtrak’s workhorse Amfleet railcars.

There are three different types of Airo consist: seven-car trainsets with 317-seat and 335-seat configurations, and a nine-car version seating 479. The 317-seat arrangement includes a baggage compartment. Cascades service will continue to offer checked baggage, said Michael Carter, senior director of the Airo program.

In general, the train offers larger windows and seating meant to improve on Amfleet design

shortcomings, including one that put too many seats in places where riders had difficulty

looking out the windows. The gray, ribbed seats feel much like Amfleet, based on a brief

test that doesn’t offer a clue how they would feel on a long trip. Seat pitch is 37 inches in

coach and 39 inches in business class.

A safety feature of the Airo seats is a grab handle in each headrest along the aisles. Rip Watson

Half of the coach seats face forward. The others face backward. There are four tables in each coach car.

Among changes from Amfleet: 3 inches of extra space between neighboring coach seats, reflecting customer research that showed more space was a popular feature that Amfleet doesn’t offer. While Amfleet cars have footrests (and Amfleet II features leg rests), coach seats in the new trains seats do not have footrests, although business class seats retain them.

The drop-down seatback tables have space for a 15-inch laptop, as well as a slot to hold phones or tablets. Plugs are located under each seat. Each aisle seat has a grab bar for safety, said Amtrak Principal Electrical Engineer Kevin Choi. Each seat has a reading light as well, plugs for multiple devices, and a USB-C outlet, Choi said.

Features in business class include the familiar two-and-one seating configuration, with 49 seats per car. Choi said there are additional outlets as well as a coat hanger on the seat and 6 inches of space between passengers on the two-seat side of the car.

Cup holders are included on seatbacks between the normal tray tables; those tables, when folded down, reveal a cellphone holder. Rip Watson

The café car includes a dining space with 21 seats and a total of four tables — unlike the NextGen Acela design, which has no sit-down café space. The counter where passengers order from the attendant faces the business-class end of the train. While passengers looking to order can line up at either end, there is no real space where those waiting to order can congregate, other than in the aisle.

The counter is in the center of the café car. Several cabinets are near the end of the café on the coach side. One bright café car feature is the ability to change the lights for holidays and special occasions, Choi said.

Interior lighting is adjustable, with further tests planned on intensity of ceiling lights, Choi said. Current settings are 80% for daytime and 25% at night.

Special attention was paid to Americans with Disabilities Act standards, resulting in spaces that include tables and other improvements, Choi said. These include aisles wide enough in the café to accommodate mobility aids such as wheelchairs, allowing passengers to order from the attendant or access

items in grab-and-go food cases.

Food service will be at this counter in the café car. Note the electronic menu display

at the end of the counter, and the grab-and-go food offerings in the background. Rip Watson

Along with the introductory statement and equipment tour, officials emphasized the made-in-America theme for the trainsets. They are being built at Siemens plants in Sacramento, Calif., and Lexington, N.C. Suppliers in 31 states provide parts.

Cars include baggage racks as well as space above seating areas. Some trainsets will include compartments for checked baggage. Rip Watson

Details that casual riders might not notice include a small space for conductors featuring screens for diagnostic information and train announcements — avoiding the need to have the crew members occupy tables or seats that passengers could have used. There is a video surveillance system in each car that activates if the conductor reports an event.

The new equipment is part of a $7.3 billion order, including a long-term parts and service agreement and related expense, announced in July 2021 [see “Amtrak, Siemens finalize deal …,” Trains.com, July 7, 2021]. While the initial sets for the Cascades are diesel powered, the order also calls for dual-power and battery hybrid trainsets.

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2026-02-16T10:10:00.000-08:00

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2026-02-14T23:53:00.000-08:00

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At Milford Junction, Indiana, an eastbound CSX double stack train rolls through the high-speed cross-overs and thumps across the diamond with the NS Goshen Line. Power is a GE C40-8W and a GE Tier 4. Filmed on 10/13/18.

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2026-02-14T12:48:00.000-08:00

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NORFOLK SOUTHERN GEVO and SD70ACU LOCOS at Milford Jct., IN 6.7.19

2026-02-13T18:01:00.000-08:00

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With the cottonwood foo foos still swirling in the air, another northbound NS train hustles through Milford Junction and across CSX. Power is a GEVO and an SD70ACU, which is a rebuilt UP SD90MAC. Filmed on 6/7/19

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RARE CSX GP38-2 Makes a Set-Out and THROTTLES UP!!

2026-02-13T12:21:00.001-08:00

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