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Berea, Ohio, just southwest of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, is one of the hottest train watching spots in Ohio, with about 130 trains of Norfolk Southern (about 60%) and CSX (about 40%) passing the now-closed BE Tower/CP 194 daily -- although with the current economic slowdown, the number of trains, and their frequency, on both NS and CSX are down from the previous levels. The two Wheeling & Lake Erie coke trains trains through Berea are operating again because the Arcelor Mittal steel plant in Cleveland's Flats has resumed production.

IMPORTANT ! While you are at Berea, please DO NOT cross, or walk on, the tracks! Unfortunately, some visitors have started doing this again, and this has attracted the attention of both the CSX Special Agents and the Berea City Police. Crossing, or being on, the tracks is trespassing on railroad property, a Federal offense. We do not want to see any of our visitors arrested, or injured, so please be on your best behavior while at Berea. We don't want our railfanning curtailed or fenced off. Thank you!

This page carries photos of NS, CSX, and WLE trains passing through Berea, Ohio -- also known as CP 194 -- on the NS, ex-Conrail, exx-PennCentral, exxx-New York Central tracks. We have expanded this page to include NS' Rockport Yard which is about 4 miles northeast of Berea, and is the road's main Cleveland yard, and also train action in Olmsted Falls, the next town west of Berea.

You might want to look at the Berea Map and Berea Facts pages for information on how to get to Berea, especially since the bridge project is under way; where to park and eat, and a brief history of the railroad scene at Berea.

In February, 2009, CSX extended the "IG" dispatcher's territory from Berea all the way to Greenwich, about 50 miles, but retained the former "IF" frequencies for this territory. Please see the Berea Facts page for more details.


The Front Street Bridge Project

Getting trackside at Berea will be a challenge for the next two years! Construction is well under way on the long-awaited Front Street (Ohio Rt. 237)  bridge over both the NS and CSX tracks from Emerson St. on the north to Lou Groza Blvd. on the south, and Depot St. is being angled to connect with Groza Blvd.

On Monday, May 4, the intersection of Depot and Front St./Lou Groza Blvd. closed for 480 days while construction crews started moving earth, building ramps, and forming piers. The work on the bridge will last until mid-Summer 2011. We're glad to see this project get started. And it will be better when the job is finished. In the meantime, we'll all have to endure the challenges of railfanning near a major construction zone.

The railfan parking sites on Depot St. still are open, and you are welcome there; however, you need to use an alternate route to the Berea trainwatching sites. You will find the suggested detour on the Berea Map page along with the newest 2009 downloadable Welcome to Trainwatching at Berea, Ohio!  brochure which deals with the bridge project, the parking changes -- there are several of these -- and other revised information to help you get to, and enjoy your time at, Berea during the construction period.. If you are not familiar with the area, we suggest that you print out and keep it with you. The alternate route is to take Rocky River Dr. to Depot St. (just south of the rail underpasses) and then go east on Depot St. to the parking areas.


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A CSX ethanol train (left) heads east on CSX Tk. 2 as a NS freight switches to Tk. 4 at Berea 3/6/10, from partially done bridge (Dan Davidson)

CSX 4849 and 1508 (SD70ACe/GP15T) hustle a westbound freight through Berea 3/6/10 (Dan Davidson)

A view from the (partially completed) bridge at Berea shows CSX 5415 and 8385 (ES44DC/SD50-2) on an eastbound as a NS rolls west 3/6/10 (Dan Davidson)

CSX 59 (AC4400CW) has the point on a fast eastbound at Berea, passing a westbound on Tk. 1 3/6/10 (Dan Davidson)

CSX 7530 and 436 (C40-8/AC4400CW) head west under the under-construction Front St. Bridge in Berea 3/6/10 (Dan Davidson)

NS 2709 (SD70M-2) leads a NS train west at Berea 3/6/10 (Dan Davidson)

CSX 7711 (C40-9W) leads CSX Q380 east at Berea 3/6/10 (Steve LaConte)

BNSF Warbonnet 790 (C44-9W) was the trailing unit on a westbound NS freight at Berea 2/1/10 (Douglas Luke)

CSX 9007 and 7349 (C44-9W/C40-8W) lead CSX Q393 west at Berea 1/23/10 with 5 BNSF C44-9W delivesries in tow (Steve LaConte)

There's nothing like a splash of orange - 6 new BNSF C44-9W deliveries on CSX Q393 - to brighten up a dreary day at Berea 1/23/10 (Steve LaConte)

NS 6754 and 6742 (2 ex-CR SD60I) bring NS M4K east at Berea 1/23/10 (Steve LaConte)

Eastbound CSX Q090 cuts through the fog at Berea with UP 1995 (SD70ACe) CNW Heritage loco riding in the #3 spot 1/17/10 (Alex Bruchac)

Right place, right time. CSX 7267 (C40-8W) leads a freight east at Berea as NS 364 headed west holds just east of the tower 12/12/09 (Dan Davidson)

CSX 5432 (ES44DC) and a CSX SD70MAC bring CSX X919 empty coal drag west at Berea 1t2/4/09 (Rich Kaminsky)

NS 364 Cleveland-Bellevue turn is westbound past Berea Tower with ex Conrail 3420 and 3336 (2 SD40-2) in charge 12/4/09 (Rich Kaminsky)

BNSF 4838 and a sister (2 C44-9W) bring CSX Q393 west under the bridge construction at Berea 11/28/09 (Rich Kaminsky)

CSX Q377 rushes west at Berea with CSX 791, 4525, 210, and 7867 (ES44AC/SD70MAC/AC4400CW/C40-8W) 11/22/09 (Richard Croy)

CSX 4521 and 7304 (SD70MAC/C40-8W) lead a westbound at Berea 11/14/09 (Dan Davidson)

NS 9928 (C40-9W) leads a westbound NS train past BE Tower and the new gantry signal and an eastbound as well 11/14/09 (Dan Davidson)

UP 4093, 4034, and 9778 (2 SD70M/C44-9W) hustle CSX Q390 east at Berea 11/11/09 (Richard Croy)

CSX 5419 and 333 (ES44DC/AC4400CW) are in charge of eastbound CSX Q386 at Berea 11/11/09 (Richard Croy)

NS 206 heads east through Berea behind NS 9169, 9058, and 9928 (3 C40-9W) 11/11/09 (Richard Croy)

CSX 587, 4781, and 7772 (AC4400CS/SD70MAC/C40-8W) power CSX Q122 east at Berea 11/11/09 (Richard Croy)

UP 7887, 7675, and 7442 (2 C45AC-CTE) rush CSX Q091 empty Salad Express back west through Berea 11/11/09 (Richard Croy)

CSX 421 (AC4400CW) is the leader on westbound CSX Q371 at Berea 11/11/09 (Richard Croy)

CSX 5261 (ES44DC) was riding in the #2 spot on westbound CSX Q371 at Berea 11/11/09 (Richard Croy)

CSX B034 work train has finished its work in the Berea area and CSX 2333 and 6438 (Road Slug/GP40-2) head it west to Crestline 11/11/09 (Richard Croy)

NS 205 rolls west at Berea behind NS 9356, 9524, 8749, 8526, and UP 5149 (2 C40-9W/2 C40-8/SD70M) 11/11/09 (Richard Croy)

CSX 7658 and 7651 (2 C40-8W) are westbound at Berea with CSX Q163 11/11/09 (Richard Croy)

NS 9372, 9425, and 9263 (3 C40-9W) roll a westbound NS intermodal train through the Berea/CP 194 interlocking 11/11/09 (Richard Croy)

CSX 5471 (ES44DC) is on the point of westbound CSX X919 at Berea 11/11/09 (Richard Croy)

CSX 5501, in the #2 spot on CSX X919 west at Berea, has been downgraded from ES44DC to ES40DC 11/11/09 (Richard Croy)

NS 701 (RP-E4C road slug) is in the lead on NS 364 Cleveland-Bellevue turn west at Berea 11/11/09 (Richard Croy)

The #2 and #3 units on NS 364 west at Berea 11/11/09 were NS 3019 and 6162 (GP40-2/SD40-2) (Richard Croy)

Bringing up the rear of NS 364's consist was NS 940 (RP E4C slug), Berea 11/11/09 (Richard Croy)

Mixed bag. NS 14N, eastbound at Berea, had NS 8460, 9490, and 8731 (ex-LMS C40-8W/C44-9W/C40-8 11/11/09 (Richard Croy)

"One-hit wonder" CSX 7851 (C40-8), all by itself, rolls a long CSX Q151 west at Berea 11/11/09 (Richard Croy)

CSX 5300, 7528, and 4825 (ES44DC/C40-8/SD70MAC) bring CSX Q164 east at Berea 11/11/09 (Richard Croy)

BNSF 4744 and 4663 (2 C44-9W) power CSX Q393 west through Berea 11/11/09 (Richard Croy)

CSX K682 loaded ethanol train comes east at Berea with UP 6530 and 5466 (C44AC/C45AC-CTE) 11/11/09 (Richard Croy)

CSX 5482 and 832 (ES44DC/ES44AC) take a mixed CSX freight west at Berea 11/11/09 (Richard Croy)

CSX motor crane is working on Tk. 1 rail replacement job at Berea 11/3/09 (John Muller)

CSX hired in Holland Corp.'s induction welding truck to make secure joints on the relaid Tk. 1 at Berea 11/3/09 (John Mulller)

"Conga line" of CSX track machines converged on Tk. 1 at Berea to replace both rails; an eastbound approaches in the distance 11/3/09 (John Muller)

NS 261 RoadRailer barrels west through the Berea interlocking with NS 9956 and 9248 (2 C40-9W) 11/11/09 (Richard Croy)

Westbound NS 23K, powered by NS 9236 and 2656 (C40-9W/SD70M-2), rolls under the new signal gantry at Berea Tower 11/11/09 (Richard Croy)

What's the other guy look like? NS 8352 (C40-8W) west at Berea 11/6/09 obviously had a "nose job" after some sort of mishap. (Douglas Luke)

CSX 7741 (C40-8W) on CSX Q151 is stopped at Berea 11/6/09 so the conductor could fix a leaky air line further back in the train (Douglas Luke)

Heavy stuff! KRL 370392 with a load capacity of 744,000 lbs is carrying a turbine rotor east on a CSX freight at Berea 11/6/09 (Douglas Luke)

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