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plenty of fog, but the forecast was for clearing skies later in the afternoon. As it turned out, the weather folks were spot- on and I retraced my steps to Greenwich and New London for some better photos. The highlight was an AC&Y-lettered Geep curving onto the CSX at New


London with seven gondolas of scrap steel. Again, it was another day filled with plenty of trains but just not what I was looking for. I ended the day with the drive to Covington, Ky., across the river from Cincinnati, where I was able to shoot a few trains from the balcony of


my hotel room. The next couple of days were spent attending Summerail and photographing the local railroad scene with a side trip to LaGrange, Ky., to take in the street running in that town. All in all it was a very enjoyable time and the street running in LaGrange isn’t to be missed if you’re in the area. Fortunately, while attending Summerail, I had heard through the grapevine that both of the former Rio Grande tunnel motors had been assigned to the coke train and would be headed through New London, Fostoria, Toledo, and points north the next day. Alright, now that’s what I came for! I spent the night in Greenwich, where


the next day dawned bright and sunny. My information had the train arriving in New London in the late morning,


LEFT: Just a mile or two from CSX’s Willard Terminal, the Rio Grande tunnel motors roll past a small pond while the swans admire the view.


BELOW: A Wheeling train crosses the Maumee River on a truss bridge in the heart of the Toledo on August 13, 2007.


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