Youngstown Rails: Classic EMD power on Shortlines & Class 1s

On July 23rd, 2020, I visited Youngstown, Ohio to shoot the variety of railroads that operated in and around the city. I started the day by chasing a northbound Youngstown & Southeastern freight train with a former Rock Island GP18 leading. Due to the trains slow speed, I managed to catch it a handful of times at spots between the Willow Crest and Cottage Grove neighborhoods of town. I then moved over to Graham in Struthers. Graham is the south end of Norfolk Southern's Hazelton Yard and has a set of G-head signals. The first train I caught at Graham was an Ohio Central job with a pair of G&W painted geeps. After that passed, a Norfolk Southern local with a former Southern Railway GP38-2 leading departed the Yard. The unit used to be a high hood, but was rebuilt with an admiral cab in 2015. Not long after he cleared, the Ohio Central job shoved back and into Hazelton Yard. I decided to go check out Brier Hill to see if any of the Ohio Central painted GP11s were operating. I was delighted to see the 8702 switching along State street. The 8702 was originally a Union Pacific GP9. It was rebuilt into a GP11 at the Illinois Central's Paducah shops and eventually found its way onto the Ohio Central in the late 90s or early 2000s. Enjoy the awesome trains of Youngstown, Ohio! Thanks for watching! Like what you see? Subscribe! Also make sure to check out my other social media pages!
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[@ericdavidson5011]

Thanks, I love seening these trains in places where I can't normally see them.

[@AlbertaBoundRailfanning]

Those horns though.... AMAZING catches!

[@thomasmackowiak]

Another great video Sam! Thank for taking a little vacation to the Youngstown, Ohio area to take this video and to share it with us!

[@joetarantine4075]

Graham is actually at the compass east (railroad south) end of Haselton Yard. Apologies for the minor correction

[@TheSantaFeGuy]

This is my neck of the woods, my Dad works for the OC in Youngstown

[@ScottTaipaleRail]

Real nice. Good job with the audio on the drone shots. Do you know how they get onto the NS Lordstown Secondary?

[@tylertoporcer]

I can’t help but wonder if any of those boxcars are ex-P&LE considering they used to interchange with them.

[@TrainsOhio]

Do you make it to Youngstown often? Lots of good shooting areas out there!

[@balloongoat8207]

Oh wow what type of drone do you have!?