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)

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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)