NKP 765 (2-8-4) at Huron Jct., Norwalk 5/23/83 on an Orville to Bellevue trip (Steve LaConte)

NKP 105 coach, Bellevue 5/20/96; it's now under cover at the MR&NKP Monument Station (Steve LaConte)

NKP 140 (FM H12-44) Huron, 3/60; this was the photographer's crew (Glen Ayers photo; Steve LaConte coll.)

NKP 329 (RSD12) at the MR&NKP "coach yard" Bellevue 7/10/83 (Steve LaConte)

NKP 642 covered hopper, Huron, OH 11/16/87 (Steve LaConte)

ACY 61 caboose trails a N&W train from Akron to Bellevue at Monroeville 12/76 (Steve LaConte)

W&LE B & A shunts at Huron 9/13/88 Both were made in Cleveland by Atlas, and were scrapped. A similar one is in the Bellevue museum (Steve LaConte)

WLE Huelets at the Huron ore dock are being torn down 4/22/89. By the end of May they were gone, followed by the coal loader (Steve LaConte)

NKP Huellet ore unloaders at Huron in Apr.1960; they were demolished in 1989. (Glen Ayers photo; Steve LaConte coll.)

NKP 140 (FM H12-44) with Glen Ayers' crew and train at the docks, Huron, Mar. 1960 (Glen Ayers photo; Steve LaConte coll.)

Ex N&W caboose used as an office for years at the Huron, OH, ore dock. 9/13/88 (Steve LaConte)

NKP 611 (2-8-2) [not the famous J 611] at Bellevue 2/3/53 (Max Miller photo, Sheldon Lustig coll.)

NKP 180 and 187 (2 Alco PA Bluebirds) roll Train 7, The Westerner, west at Babbit Rd., Euclid c. 1958 (Sheldon Lustig)

NKP 800 leads 4 more units on an eastbound freight at E 335th St., Eastlake c. 1958 (Sheldon Lustig)

N&W 229 leads 2 more units on an eastbound at E. 335th St., Eastlake c. 1958 (Sheldon Lustig)

N&W 3521 and 2 others are on an eastbound freight at E. 335th St., Eastlake c. 1958 (Sheldon Lustig)

N&W 8495 leads a northbound freight at Marion, just south of the station and AC Tower c. 1958 (Sheldon Lustig)

NS (N&W) 1218, A-class 2-6-6-4, leaves Bellevue on a Mad River & NKP Museum excursion to the Ohio State Fair, Columbus c. 1985 (Richard Croy)

NS (N&W) 1218, A-class 2-6-6-4, leaves Bellevue on a Mad River & NKP Museum excursion to the Ohio State Fair, Columbus c. 1985 (Richard Croy)

NKP at E. 34th St., Cleveland, looking east on CUT conn. A tender-operated double slip switch is unusual, c. 1960 (Sheldon Lustig)

Night is rapidly falling as NS 7525 (ES44DC) and a sister bring an eastbound NS freight across CSX at Fostoria, Oct. 2007 (Ron Marston)

Stealthy! This really is BNSF 718 (C44-9W) passing through Bellevue on NS 409 7/12/97 (Richard Croy)

Susquehanna 4050 (SD70M) leads NS I-90 into Bellevue Yard 7/12/97 (Richard Croy)

NS 194 with NS 8798 (C40-9) east into Bellevue meets NS 757 with UP 6766 (AC4400CW) as 2nd unit going west 8/2/97 (Richard Croy)

Susquehanna 3612 (SD45) was the 2nd unit on NS 290 into Bellevue (Richard Croy)

NS 290 with SusieQ 4054 and 4052 (2 SD70M) and NS 8791 (C40-8) unit bangs across the CSX Toledo line at Fostoria 5/24/97 (Richard Croy)

NS 290 comes into Bellevue at the New Haven Conn. with SusieQ 4004 (C40-8B) and a NS unit 6/21/97 (Richard Croy)

GT 5926 and 6405 (SD40/GP40) bribg NS 354 from Toledo into Bellevue under the Rt. 269 bridge 6/21/97 (Richard Croy)

NS 749 heads out of Bellevue Yard with CP 5432. SQ 4009, and CP 5589 (SD40-2/C40-8/SD40-2) 6/7/97 (Richard Croy)

NS 749 out of Bellevue Yard with CP 5432. SQ 4009, and CP 5589 (SD40-2/C40-8/SD40-2) curves toward Toledo 6/7/97 (Richard Croy)

NS 756 leaves Bellevue behind UP 6602 and 6603 (2 AC4400CW) 7/19/97 (Richard Croy)

UP 6638 (AC4400CW), lead unit on NS 757, stands at the east end of Klines Yard, Bellevue, for recrewing 8/2/97 (Richard Croy)

NS 757, with UP 6638 and 6756 (2 AC4400CW) heads west at the New Haven Conn.; Bellevue; near track goes to Columbus 8/2/97 (Richard Croy)

NS 517 coal train comes into Bellevue behind NS 9014 and CP 5578 (C40-9/SD40-2) 6/21/97 (Richard Croy)

South Point Terminal 2 is coming into Bellevue in tow on NS 185 6/21/97 (Richard Croy)

UP 8013 (SD90/43MAC) was the trailing unit on a Powder River coal train at Bellevue 8/2/97 (Richard Croy)

WE 2660 (GP35) at Bellevue is the power for WE 222 on 7/19/97; unit is still the same today (Richard Croy)

WE 222 is leaving Bellevue with WE 3016 (SD4002) 6/21/97; unit has been rebuilt as a SD40-3, repainted, with same number (Richard Croy)

Wheeling 4001 (SD40-2) is 8/12/97 at Bellevue on WE 772; unit has been rebuilt as a SD40-3 and repainted but kept the number (Richard Croy)

A weed-spray truck is working on the NS main at Cemetery St., Bellevue, 7/12/97 (Richard Croy)

NKP 765 (2-8-4) on a W&LE excursion to Bellevue is about to cross NKP at Monroe St.; 6/25/83; the diamonds now are gone (Steve LaConte)

NKP 765 (2-8-4) crossing the W&LE at Monroe St., Bellevue. 6/15/82, before the W&LE track was removed. Bellevue Tower is at center (Steve LaConte)

UP 4617 (SD70M) has the lead of the three units on westbound NS 15E at Fostoria 11/13/02 (Richard Croy)

SP 8647 (SD40M), still unpatched or repainted by owner UP, holds the #2 spot on westbound NS 15E at Fostoria 11/13/02 (Richard Croy)

UP 6330 (SD60M), in the #3 spot on NS 15E, belches smoke as the train crosses S. Main St. and CSX at Fostoria 11/13/02 (Richard Croy)

NS L-70 (right) belches a good cloud as it races NS 17E west across Columbus St., Fostoria. The rail park will replace the building at right. 9/5/02

UP 4436 and 4754 (2 SD70M) eastbound NS 186 auto rack train across Poplar St., Fostoria 10/1/02 (Richard Croy)

NS 7206 is one of ex-CR SD80's pushing a NS coal train west at Berea where NS' SD80's are a rare sight 9/18/02 (Richard Croy)

NS 7211 is the 2nd ex-CR SD80 unit pushing a loaded NS coal train west through Berea 9/18/08 (Richard Croy)

WE 4003 (SD40-3), named Bo-Bo, was one of the two units on WE 222 at Spencer 9/14/02 (Richard Croy)

WE 2705 (GP35) and 4003 (SD40-3) power WE 222 at Spencer 9/14/02. 2705 has been rebuilt into WE 108 and repainted (Richard Croy)

One of the Huelett ore-unloader buckets going from Huron to the then-N&W Brewster Shops for maintenance 4/22/89 (Steve LaConte)

NW 611 (4-8-4) arrives in Bellevue 4/29/89 from Detroit on a charter for Bluewater NRHS. A Milwaukee Super Dome was for first class (Steve LaConte)

MILW Super Dome,1st class car on a trip from Detroit, at Klines Yard, Bellevue 4/29/89 (Steve LaConte)

PC 7 observation car (Ted Church's private business car from the Mad River & NKP Museum) at Dorney, OH 5/13/89 (Steve LaConte)

Sperry Rail Service 136 is tied down in the NS, later WLE, and now gone, Pleasant St. Yard, Norwalk 6/19/82 (Steve LaConte)

NS 240 RoadRailer had a minor derailment at Cemetary St, Bellevue 5/28/89. They uncoupled the train and continued on their way north (Steve LaConte)

NYC 4068 (E8A) and its sister 4080 were at the Mad River & NKP Museum, Bellevue, in 2002. Now they are in Medina, NY, on static display. (Tom Boylan)

Western Maryland 25 (GP9) is entering Bellevue 12/75 (Steve LaConte)

NKP 300 (0-8-0) at the old W&LE shops in Norwalk, OH 8/11/57. The shops moved to Brewster. (Philip Horning photo; Steve LaConte coll.)

NKP 416 leads a train east under the NYC bridge at West 98th St., Cleveland, near the RTA Rapid station c.1970 (Sheldon Lustig)

NW 1356 powers a freight west on the ex-NKP main at Eastlake c.1970 (Sheldon Lustig)

NKP 566 and two sisters are in charge of a fast eastbound freight rolling through Willoughby, OH, c. 1970 (Sheldon Lustig)

NKP steam and diesel locomotives marshal trains at NKP's East 34th St. Yard, Cleveland, c.1960 (Sheldon Lustig)

N&W 30 (T-6) in Fremont, OH. 7/76. by the old LE&W freight house on now gone Sandusky to Fostoria line (Steve LaConte)

A pair of ex NKP units with a new GP38-2 are at the ice house in Bellevue 3/76, a year before it was torn down (Steve LaConte)

In the Conrail merger in 1976; D&H picked up a little mileage and some locos. Here an Apollo train heads east on N&W at Avery, OH 7/76 (Steve LaConte)

N&W painted 1776 (SD45) for the Bicentenial. Here 1776 leads an inspection train up the Hartland Hill at Norwalk 6/76 (Steve LaConte)

N&W 1501 (SD35) crosses Plank Rd. in Milan, OH, on the Huron Branch; track now gone and will be a bike trail 4/10/82 (Steve LaConte)

N&W 557740 caboose at Huron Jct. Norwalk, 4/08/82 trailing a car of Mack truck cabs made in Norwalk (Steve LaConte)

NKP 765 (2-8-4) at Norwalk, east of Huron Jct., 6/20/84. on a return trip for the Orville RHS (Steve LaConte)

A green N&W unit? N&W 2966 (ex-IT SD39) into Bellevue froim Brewster 4/24/83. The IT units were sold to Guilford. (Steve LaConte)

A long way from home and a long time ago. AC&Y boxcar 3024 in Campo, CA, 10/9/99 (Steve LaConte)

AC&Y 422 covered hopper in Bellevue 2/14/95 (Steve LaConte)

Not to often you see a car #1. Indiana Hi-Rail (IHRC) 1 was at Bellevue in 1995 (Steve LaConte)

The Nickel Plate passenger station on East 118th St. and Euclid Ave. Cleveland, was replaced in the C.U.T. project, 7/11/1928 photo (NYCSHS coll.)

NKP 765 (2-8-4), before rebuilding, is full steam ahead on a steam excursion at Orrville in about 1980 (Russell Imburgia)

NKP 765 (2-8-4) is on a second photo runby near Orrville in about 1980 (Russell Imburgia)

NKP 344 (SD9) at Norwalk's Pleasant St. yard, Feb., 1961 (Glen Ayers photo; Steve LaConte collection)

NW J 611 (4-8-4) westbound at Sheffield, OH, 6/17/87 (Bill Taylor)

NS 611 (4-8-4) leads an excursion train back to Buffalo east over the Rocky River Bridge and back to Buffalo 8/3/85 (Bill Taylor)

N&W 611 on a southbound Bellevue-Columbus excursion crosses the CR diamond at AC Tower, Marion (in its original location) 11/93 (Richard Croy)

Southbound on an excursion, N&W 611 gets many waves from the crowd at Marion Union Station 11/93 (Richard Croy)

CP 5418 and "SusieQ" 3612 (SD40-2/SD45) are in charge of NS 084 Chicago-Binghampton eastbound into Bellevue in 8/97 (Richard Croy)

NW S J-class 611 storms out of Bellevue with an Ohio State Fair special, 8/89. (Richard Croy)

Classy test car! NS RTC-6 Mercedes truck-mounted rail test car was working its way south out of Bellevue Yard 6/21/95. (Richard Croy)

UP AC4400CW's 6638 and 6796 drag an empty Powder River coal train around the curve at the New Haven Conn., Bellevue, headed west 8/97 (Richard Croy)

WC/Oxford Leasing 4003 (SD40-2) is on the point of WLE 771 coming into NS' Bellevue Yard 6/25/95 (Richard Croy)

Crun-n-c-h! NKP 733 (2-8-4) running westbound in Lakewood and an auto "got acquainted" at one of the city's 28 crossings, early 1950's (Ed Favre)

White flags (extra movement) flying, NKP 908 and 484 are headed west at Lakewood 6/7/64 (Sheldon Lustig)

NKP westbound #7 pulls into East Cleveland Station on its next to last run in 6/63 (Sheldon Lustig)

A pair of passenger Geeps pull NKP westbound #7 into East Cleveland Station on its next to last run 6/2/63 (Sheldon Lustig)

NKP Pullman City of Erie switched at Cleveland Union Terminal by CUT 9629 7/16/65 (Sheldon Lustig)

N&W 2021 is working a wesbound freight on the AC&Y in Akron when AC&Y was under N&W control, 8.67 (Sheldon Lustig)

N&W 530 and 224 are pulling an AC&Y freight in Akron 8/67 during the time when N&W controlled AC&Y. (Sheldon Lustig)

Wabash 127 and several cabooses are in the road's St. Thomas, Ont., yard 9/22/63 (Sheldon Lustig)

Wabash 659, 670, 666, 668 are at St. Thomas, Ont., 9/23/07 (Sheldon Lustig)

Wabash 659, 670, 666, 668 are at St. Thomas, Ont., 9/23/07 (Sheldon Lustig)

NKP 765 (2-8-4) eases out of the Bellevue roundhouse in preparation for a Mad River & NKP Museum excursion trip in the late 1980's. (Steve LaConte)

NKP 140 (FM H10-44) switches cars at the Huron ore dock back in Feb. 1960. (Glen Ayers photo; Steve LaConte collection)

NKP 329 (RSD-12) at the Mad River & NKP Museum, Bellevue, 6/2483. The loco now is inside the museum fence. (Steve LaConte)

NKP 765 (2-8-4) at Norwalk (Huron Jct) on a Bellevue-Orrville excursion, June, 1982 Photo by Mike LaConte, Steve LaConte collection)

NKP 765 (2-8-4) clears its cylinders at the Bellevue roundhouse in preparation for a Mad River & NKP Museum excursion 4/30/80 (Steve LaConte)

NKP 703, the photographer's caboose, is at Pleasant St. Yard; Norwalk, in July, 1961. (Glen Ayers photo; Steve LaConte collection)

NKP 244 (SD9) at the Pleasant St. Yard, Norwalk, in July, 1961 (Gken Ayers photo, Steve LaConte collection)

N&W 1218 (2-6-6-4) off a 1989 Ohio State Fair trip steams west out of Bellevue to Toledo (Mike LaConte photo)

N&W 1205 (SW 1000( is in Barberton 8/6/82 (Steve LaConte)

With NS retiring its SD9's, one of them, N&W 2341, still shows its NKP striping at Bellevue, 3/13/82. (Steve LaConte)

N&W 28 T-6 switcher at Cleveland 12/18/82 (Steve LaConte)

A green NW loco? In the 1980's NW had Illinois Terminal SD39's, later sold to Guilford. Here NW 2966 comes into Bellevue 4/82 (Steve LaConte)

In a cloud of steam, N&W J 611 (4-8-4) at Bellevue blows down the cylinders in preparation for an excursion to Columbus 5/89 (Steve LaConte)

N&W 6175 was the only SD40-2 on N&W's roster to get the red paint scheme for executive train service, here at Norwalk 8/19/81 (Steve LaConte)

NW 8072 (C30-7), Norwalk, 5/82, had an experimental paint scheme: white letters on one side, gold on the other. White won. (Steve LaConte)

N&W Speeder 1443 is on the Huron Branch on 1/29/81 while the MofW crew checks the tracks. (Steve LaConte)

The Mount Holly Park, ex-UP, was W&LE's business car in 2002, here in Brewster. We don't know if they still have the car. (Tom Boylan)

This is the "business end" of the Mount Holly Park, W&LE's business car, in 2002 at Brewster. Where is the ex-UP car now? (Tom Boylan)

Really long gone! ACY F-M units 504 and 204 head east on the AC&Y at Carey, 1964. (Merle Unger photo, Dale A. DeVene Jr collection)

Georgia RR 1034 (GP9) in Bellevue Yard on the way to GE for trade-in when Seaboard cleared out its roster 10/25/81 (Steve LaConte)

Georgia RR 906 (NW2) in Bellevue Yard on the way to GE for trade-in when Seaboard cleared out its roster 10/25/81 (Steve LaConte)

Ex-L&N 957 (RS11) sits in NS' Bellevue Yard pn 10/31/81 on the way to Erie as a trade-in on new GE power (Steve LaConte)

N&W 28 T-6 switcher at Cleveland 12/18/82 (Steve LaConte)

Oxford Leasing 3049 (SD40) at Norwalk on a Mad River Museum excursion on WLE 5/94. The loco has been rebuilt into WLE 3049 (SD40-3) (Steve LaConte)

The paint and logo still are The Rock, but this is P&LE 2059 (GP38-2), one of the many P&LE units seen in Bellevue in the 1980's (Steve LaConte)

In 1995 W&LE was using Peoria 2000 on its 771 rock train to the quarry in Flat Rock near Bellevue. (Steve LaConte)

Another GE trade-in is ex-SCL38 (VO-1000) also in NS Bellevue Yard 10/31/81 enroute to Erie (Steve LaConte)

Brand-new Santa Fe "Warbonnet" 535 (B40-8W) sits in Bellevue Yard in 1990 on its way to delivery to SF. (Steve LaConte)

It seems GE had a little problem with paiut in 1990 and new SF 533 and 531 (2 B40-8W) came out in pink, here in Bellevue Yard. (Steve LaConte)

WE 2679 (GP35) is at Norwalk (Huron Jct.) on 5/7/94 and will pull a Mad River & NKP special train back to Bellevue. (Steve LaConte)

Rails For Ohio 2913 (GP35) is an ex-WLE loco painted for a rail promotion in the 1990's. It's now at Ohio Central and may be repainted. (Tom Boylan)

Busy time at NS' Sandusky Yard, as two trains wait for a RoadRailer to clear the tracks, June, 2000 (Sheldon Lustig)

Seaboard 105 (S12) in Bellevue Yard on the way to GE for trade-in when Seaboard cleared out its roster 10/25/81 (Steve LaConte)