SPRING 1975


OPPOSITE: The so-called “Ironton Run” was the quiet country end of the 400-plus mile Detroit, Toledo & Ironton, seen here entering Ironton, Ohio, on tracks embedded in the middle of Railroad Street.


ABOVE: Faded orange geep No. 982 blends perfectly into the delicate spring colors on May 1, 1969. Baltimore & Ohio operator Ron Henderson often gets eggs from the local farmers to sell to the train crews, but today it’s just a wave that goes to engineer Charlie Ogan as he passes Black Fork Junction.


LEFT: DT&I GP38 No. 210 waits in Ironton for permission to cross the Norfolk & Western line in 1974. The years of ownership by Grand Trunk Western would bring dramatic changes to the south end of the DT&I line and the eventual end of the Ironton Run.


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