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Toledo is a very active railroad city, served by NS, CSX, CN, WLE, and Ann Arbor. This page also includes photos at Oak Harbor, east of Toledo, and various locations in western Ohio -- except Fostoria which has its own page -- such as Deshler, Defiance, Lima, Oak Harbor, and Bryan, as well as northeast Indiana and southeast Michigan.

The major yards are CSX - Walbridge and Stanley (both on the southeast side of the city); NS - Airline (just west of downtown) and Homewood (northeast of downtown east of the Maumee River) which also is used by WLE; and CN and WLE - Lang (north of the city).

We continue to get reports that Toledo area railfans are attracting the attention of railroad Special Agents. The principal problem locations in and around Toledo seem to be Vickers, Walbridge, and now Stanley, all of which are CSX; and at Lang which is CN. Please be especially alert because railfans are being kicked out of, and sometimes being written up at, these areas. If a railroad Special Agent asks you to leave, even if you are on public property, please do so without making a big issue about it. Let's show the police a good image of our hobby; that may help avoid more stringent regulations.

CN ALERT: Please also be very careful when you are railfanning around CN property in the Toledo area, and in Michigan. CN, which always has been difficult to railfan, has recently issued a public notice that it is strictly enforcing its "No Trespassing" policy, and that it has zero tolerance for unauthorized persons anywhere on CN property. We don't want to see you encounter CN's Special Agents who definitely will ruin your railfanning experience (as happened to two fans who we know).

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With CSX 5495 (ES44DC) leading, CSX Q272 comes north on the Toledo Sub and will turn and go east at Deshler 7/24/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX 164 (AC4400CW) brings CSX K185 south on the Toledo Sub at Deshler 7/24/10 (Jor Kohnen)

CSX 8064 and a sister (2 SD40-2) bring CSX Q500 north and will turn west at Deshler 7/24/10 (Joe Kohnen)

Sister act: CSX 7760 and 7761 (2 C40-8W) team up on a westbound at Deshler 7/25/10 (Joe Kohnen)

UP 7281 (C45AC) and an unrepainted SP AC4400CW) take a CSX Powder River train west at Defiance 7/24/10 (Joe Kohnen)

UP 1982 (SD70ACe) leads 4 more units on eastbound CSX K648 ethanol train at FC, Defiance, 7/21/10 (Joe Kohnen)

BNSF 4033 (C4-9W) leads CSX Q393 west at Deshler, with 2 deliveries from GE in the consist 7/22/10 (Joe Kohnen)

BNSF 7900 and 7902 (2 ES44DC) deliveries from GE at Erie roll west on CSX Q393 at Holgate, OH 7/22/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX 2691 (GP38-2) on CSX D743, the Lima local, heads north in Deshler with grain cars for Totogony 7/22/10 (Joe Kohnen)

BNSF 1015 (C44-9W) leads 2 NS units on CSX Q389 west at Deshler after a long storm wait east of town 7/22/10 (Joe Kohnen)

With the CPL beckoning them on, a 3-unit CSX X97 power move.has come from the east and turned to go south at Deshler 7/22/10 (Joe Kohnen)

Taking a look; CSX's track geometry test car checks the Toledo Sub tracks at Deshler 7/22/10 (Joe Kohnen)

Hot train on Main St. as CSX 120 and UP 8243 (AC4400CW/sd90-43MAC) on CSX Q512 goes north at Deshler 7/17/10 (Joe Kohnen)

"Big Mac"; UP 8243 (SD90-43MAC) was in the #2 spot on CSX Q512 at Deshler 7/17/10 (Joe Kohnen)

BNSF 6138 and 9546 (ES44AC/SD70MAC) bring a Powder River coal train east on CSX at Deshler 7/17/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX Q389, with CSX 8720 (SD60) leading, rolls west near Hamler 7/17/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX 79 and 624 (2 AC4400CW) take coal empties west at Deshler 7/17/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX 7784 (C40-8W) leads two sisters on a train coming around to East Deshler; 7/17/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX K185 with CSX 224 and 272 (2 AC4400CW)gets rolling northbound after waiting for traffic at Deshler to clear 7/17/10 (Joe Kohnen)

Tranquil scene at Deshler as CSX 7859 and 7853 (2 C40-8W) on CSX Q231 turn to go south 7/17/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CITX 3062, a DME, and A CSX (3 SD40-2) bring an eastbound CSX ethanol train through Deshler 7/10/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX E957 empty Powder River coal with BNSF 9583 and 5763 (SD70MAC/ES44AC) at Harris Rd. near Defiance 7/10/10 (Joe Kohnen)

UP (CNW) 6726 (AC4400CW) and a sister roll CSX E960 empty Powder River coal west at Deshler 7/10/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX 5489 (ES44DC) has the lead on CSX Q110 eastbound at Deshler 7/10/10 (Joe Kohnen)

BNSF 8981 (SD70MAC) leads a Powder River coal train westbound on CSX at Deshler 7/10/10 (Joe Kohnen)

Looking west at Deshler as the CSX diamond replacement job is about to begin 7/5/10 (Joe Kohnen)

Looking south down the Toledo Sub at Deshler as the CSX diamond replacement job gets under way 7/5/10 (Joe Kohnen)

It's a beehive of activity at Deshler as the heavy-lift crain lowers the new Main Line/Toledo Sub diamond into place 7/5/10 (Joe Kohnen)

The heavy-lift crane for the 7/5/10 diamond replacement at Deshler is moving into position near the tower (Joe Kohnen)

UP 3884 (SD70M) and two sisters rush CSX Q091 Produce Express west past Deshler Station 7/2/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX 5427 (ES44DC) leads CSX Q110 east at FC in Defiance 6/29/10 (Joe Kohnen)

With CSX 7513 (C40-8) leading, CSX Q500 comes up to turn at Deshler 7/2/10 (Joe Kohnen)

BNSF 8858 and 9625 (2 SD70MAC) bring a Powder River coal train east on CSX at Deshler 7/2/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX Q340 with CSX 5402 and 7582 (ES44DC/C40-8) comes up the Toledo Sub and is preparing to turn to go east at Deshler 6/26/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX Q512, with CSX 7790 (C40-8W) leading, takes the wye at Deshler to go eastbound to Fostoria 6/26/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX 7515 (C40-8) on CSX S324 takes the northwest wye at Deshler to go to Toledo 6/26/10 (Joe Kohnen)

BNSF 6265 (ES44AC) has the point on an eastbound Powder River coal train at Snyder Rd. in Defiance County 6/21/10 (Joe Kohnen)

The day is nearly done as CSX Y101 switches the Standley Elevator in Standley, OH 6/21/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX 5495 and 8075 (ES44DC/SD40-2) power a CSX ethanol load east at Snyder Rd. in Defiance County 6/21/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX 7541 and 304 (C40-8W/AC4400CW) bring CSX Q324 eastbound at Snyder Rd. in Defiance County 6/21/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX 7315 and 8435 (C40-8W/SD40-2) are north of Cario, OH, on the CSX Toledo Sub 6/19/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX 8822 and 8406 (2 SD40-2) are at Breese Rd., Lima,on CSX's Toledo Sub 6/19/10 (Joe Kohnen)

With NS 9741 (C40-9W) leading, NS 261 RoadRailer is westbound across CSX at Leipsic 6/19/10 (Joe Kohnen)

MAW 5 (GP7), still in Santa Fe blue, switches at Johns Manville in Defiance 6/9/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX 2759 (GP38-2) and its work train sis in Defiance Yard taking a weekend break 6/12/10 (Joe Kohnen)

BNSF 9394 (SD70ACe) leads a CSX Powder River coal train at East Defiance 6/2/10 (Joe Kohnen)

Two-thirds of MAW's fleet, 5 and 16 (GP7/GP10), is parked for the day in Defiance 6/2/10 (Joe Kohnen)

Ouch! This accident victim was on the MAW in Defiance 6/2/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX 2538 (GP38-2) on CSX Y101 local is organizing the yard as a storm is brewing in Defiance 5/31/10 (Joe Kohnen)

A CSX Powder River coal train comes east at Deshler behind BNSF 9693 and 9355 (SD70MAC/SD70ACe) 5/29/10 (Joe Kohnen)

ICE 6217 (SD40-2) and two sisters take CSX K682 ethanol train east at Deshler 5/29/10 (Joe Kohnen)

It looks like work is to start at Deshler as BNSF 4332 and 4933 (2 C44-8W) bring CSX Q368 east 5/21/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX 8236 and ICE 6411 (2 SD50-2) take a CSX ethanol train west at Deshler 5/29/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX 8772 (SD60M) leads 5 other units on CSX Q339 around the wye to go south at Deshler 5/29/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX 5441 (ES44DC) leading CSX Q339 turns at Deshler to go south to Lima 5/21/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX 5363 (ES44DC) leads 2 BNSF units on CSX Q393 westbound at Harris Rd. near Defiance 5/21/10 (Joe Kohnen)

BNSF 4341 and 4827 (2 C44-9w) roll CSX Q395 westbound at Deshler 5/29/10 (Joe Kohnen)

BNSF 5352 and 4558 (2 C44-9W) bring a loaded grain train east on CSX at Berea 5/15/10 (Joe Kohnen)

BNSF 7816 (ES44DC) on a westbound CSX auto rack train is about to hit the diamonds at Deshler 5/15/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX 5380 (ES44DC) leading CSX Q339 turns to go south at Deshle, passing the CPL 5/15/10 (Joe Kohnen)

An old Conrail veteran, CSX 749i3 (C40-8) takes CSX Q375 south at Deshler 5/15/10 (Joe Kohnen)

Amazing! A pair of (as yet) ungraffitid refrigerator cars on CSX Q375 at Deshler 5/15/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX 567 (AC4400CW) has the point on a CSX train waiting at Deshler for clearance to go east from the Toledo Sub t the main line 5/15/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX 16 and 7310 (AC4400CW/C40-8W) on an eastbound CSX auto train in Deshler 5/15/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX 7660 (C40-8W) leads CSX Q500 around the wye at Deshler to head west 5/8/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX Q501 with CSX 8519 and 7319 (SD50-2/C40-8W) is eastbound at Harris Rd., Defiance 5/8/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX 2484 (SD50-2) and its rail train are tied down at West Deshler 5/8/10, ready to move to new North Baltimore Yard on 5/10/10 (Joe Kohnen)

B&O 175th anniversary caboose on the end of the rail train at West Deshler 5/8/10, ''tey will go to North Baltimore on Monday (Joe Kohnen)

CSX Q389 is westbound at Deshler with CSX 4561 (SD70MAC) leading a KCS, a NS, and 2 BNSF units 4/30/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX Q501, with CSX 482 (AC4400CW) leading waits at South Deshler to go to Lima 4/30/10 (Joe Kohnen)

ICE 6426 (SD40-2) has the trailing position on an eastbound CSX grain train at Deshler 4/30/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX 415 (AC4400CW) leads CSX Q136 east at FC in Defiance 4/18/10 (Joe Kohnen)

GATX 1993 TankTrainer safety training car is headed west in consist of CSX Q500 at Defiance 4/18/10 (Joe Kohnen)

Nowhere to go, MAW 16 (ex-IC GP10) sits east of Defiance waiting for stored cars to be put back in the yard 4/17/10 (Joe Kohnen)

BNSF 9207 (SD70ACe) and a sister bring a CSX Powder River coal train east at Deshler 4/3/10 (Joe Kohnen)

NS 9921 (C40-9W) leads 2 sisters on a stack train into Muncie, IN 4/10/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX 454 (AC4400CW) Spirit of Magnolia at the CSX Garrett, IN, terminal 3/29/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX 7575 (C40-8) leads CSX S386 east at Auburn, IN 3/29/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX 7810 (C40-8W) and a sister lead a westbound CSX train on the Indianapolis Line at Muncie, IN 4/10/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX 7549 and 489 (C40-8/AC4400) take CSX Q135 west at St. Joe, IN 3/29/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX Q389, with BNSF 4421 (C44-9W) leading another BNSF unit is westbound just west of Sherwood, OH 3/29/10 (Joe Kohnen)

Ex-Detroit Terminal Baldwin switcher at the elevator in Waterloo, IN 4/3/10 (Joe Kohnen)

Old Nellie is on a siding at Albany, IN, on NS New Castle District (between Mucie and Portland, IN) 4/10/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CN (IC) 1028 and 5670 (SD70/SD75I) on the transfer job from CN to CSX in Toledo 3/31/10 (Joe Kohnen)

UP 5461 (C45AC-CTE) and 2 sisters hustle CSX Q091 Produce Railexpress west at Deshler 3/31/10 (Joe Kohnen)

A contractor for NS works on the pile of derailed cars at Waterloo, IN, 3/29/10 as an NS intermodal crawls past (Joe Kohnen)

Scrap metal in Waterloo, IN, 3/29/10 from the NS Detroit Edison coal train derailment there (Joe Kohnen)

Two NS units east their train past the Waterloo, IN, elevatorm near the derailment site 3/29/10 (Joe Kohnen)

NS 9339 (C40-9W) and a SD60 sister gently walk their train past the Waterloo, IN, derailment site 3/29/10 (Joe Kohnen)

Aftermath of the Waterloo, IN, derailment, taken 3/29/10 from the Amtrak platform (Joe Kohnen)

NS 3056 (GP40-2) has brought in bunk cars ain for the work crews clearing up the Waterloo, IN, derailment 3/29/10 (Joe Kohnen)

BNSF 5865 and 5840 (2 ES44AC) lead a Powder River coal eastbound on NS at Archbold, OH 3/29/10 (Joe Kohnen)

BNSF 9458 and NS 6628 (SD70MAC/SD60) arecollecting their cars at New Haven (Fort Wayne), IN, to go east 4/2/10 (Joe Kohnen)

An eastbound CSX unit grain train, powered by 2 BNSF units, comes into Defiance 4/1/10 (Joe Kohnen)

MAW 16 (GP10) brings a string of coal cars from Liberty Center into the CSX siding in Defiance 4/1/10 (Joe Kohnen)

Surprise! South Branch Valley 100 (SD9 ?) was the traiing unit on CSX Q368 near Defiance 3/31/10 (Joe Kohnen)

NS 2530 (SD70) and a UP unit lead an NS eastbound trash train in Stryker, OH 3/29/10 (Joe Kohnen)

NS work train, with NS 3326 (SD40-2), is tied down at Continental, OH, for the Easter holiday weekend 4/2/10 (Joe Kohnen)

NS 7112 and 7113 (2 GP60) are on a westbound NS at Edgerton, OH 3/29/10 (Joe Kohnen)

NS 7651 (ES40DC) on an eastbound auto rack train on the NKP tracks at Broughton, OH, is waiting for a clear signal to proceed 4/2/10 (Joe Kohnen)

This NS crane in Bryan, OH, 3/29/10 will be back to work soon (Joe Kohnen)

UP 4742 and NS 8377 (SD790M./C40-9W) play waiting game to get in the yard in New Haven (Fort Wayne) on the NKP 4/2/10 (Joe Kohnen)

5's definitely are wild on this NS caboose in New Haven (Fort Wayne)m IN 4/4/10 (Joe l Kohnen)

This GE center-cab "critter" serves the grain elevator in Edgerton, IN, along NS' exp-NKP main 4/2/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX 278 (AC4400CW) rolls CSX N991 rolls into Lovell, OH, 3/19/10 with 114 loads of coal for Detroit Edison (Dale DeVene, Jr.)

CSX 2576 (GP38-2) on local H793 is on the Carey Short Line and headed for home rails at Carey, OH, 3/19/10 (Dale DeVene Jr.)

CSX 4509 (SD70MAC) leads CSX Q395 westbound near the County Rd. 424 (old US 24) crossing west of Defiance 3/23/10 (Joe Kohnen)

NS 8752 (C40-8) leads 2 units on NS 288 eastbound at "West North Findlay" (near Findlay) on the NKP line 3/5/10 (Joe Kohnen)

NS 5651 (GP38-2) on the local working waiting Sauder Woodworking in Archbold OH, is waiting for a new crew 3/2/10 (Joe Kohnen)

CSX Q368 rolls east with BNSF Warbonnets 746 and 8300 (C44-9W/SD75I) in Defiance 2/20/10 (Joe Kohnen)

Hulcher arrives to go fetch another derailed car on the Maumee & Western at Defiance 5/11/10 (Joe Kohnen)

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