R.J. Corman at Justus

A northbound R.J. Corman train crosses the Wheeling & Lake Erie at Justus just east of Brewster. The image was made on May 19, 2021. The Corman train is on a former Baltimore & Ohio secondary route.

Photograph by Robert Farkas

Working in Warwick

R.J. Corman GP9 No. 9003 is working in Warwick in the late 1990s/early 2000s. Corman comes into town on a former Baltimore & Ohio line.

Photogrraph by Robert Farkas

Bright Red

Some of the most colorful locomotives operating in Northeast Ohio work for R.J. Corman.

They wear a pleasing livery of red and white although the red is subject to fading.

So it was pleasing to see Corman GP 20 No. 4119 in Massillon on July 26, 2016, looking sharp and bright.

This locomotive was built in February 1962 for the Southern Pacific.

Photograph by Robert Farkas

As Far West as the ex-Erie Goes in Ohio

On on Friday I went to Lima, Ohio, where the R.J. Corman was switching the yard and then went west to Elgin, Ohio.

Elgin is as far west as a train can go on the former Erie Railroad mainline as it is abandoned west of there.

Here are some pictures of the train with the top images showing it passing the depot at Spencerville and two others from Elgin.

Article and Photographs by Todd Dillon

R.J. Corman in Massillon

It is July 5, 1996, in Massillon and R.J. Corman GP9 No. 9003 is on the point of a sitting northbound train.

The Corman uses former Baltimore & Ohio tracks here.

Photograph by Robert Farkas

At Work on the R.J. Corman in Northeast Ohio

R.J. Corman SD40T-2 No. 8336 is shown on Oct. 9, 2019, with just another routine manifest freight.

In the top image, it is backing a string of gondolas west into the Wheeling & Lake Erie railroad yard in Brewster on W&LE tracks at the RJ Corman/W&LE diamond.

The middle image shows another view of the backup move.

Having dropped off the gondolas and picked up mixed freight, No. 8336 is southbound at Justus, Ohio.

Article and Photographs by Robert Farkas