Toledo Rails 1991

Toledo Rails is one of two VHS Tapes that was filmed by notable model railroader Doug Tagsold in the 1990s. In this two hour program we will see Conrail, CSX, Norfolk Southern, Grand Trunk, Ann Arbor and Amtrak action at Central Union Terminal, Maumee River Bridge, Vickers, Walbridge Yard, Alexis Tower, Ironville, Lang Yard, and the Toledo Terminal. To help with the viewing of this video, here are the timecodes of each sequence:

CENTRAL UNION TERMINAL (CUT)
0:00 Amtrak F40PH 255 departs Toledo with the Lake Cities

MAUMEE RIVER BRIDGE
2:23 Conrail GP40-2s 3337, 3373 & 3347 build their TV Train over the Maumee River
3:13 CR GP38-2 take a Stanley Yard transfer job over the river
5:28 CR SW1500 9503 switches Piggybacks at for old Trailer van facility by the station
8:09 CR GP40-2s 3337, 3373 & 3347 charge their TV Train East over the river
10:47 CR SD50 6720, C40-8W 6062 & SD50 6776 lead a EB Freight at CP Maumee
14:06 CR B23-7 1933 leads a Geometry Train
14:50 Another Stanley Yard transfer by a SW1500
15:28 SD50s CR 6754 & 6736 on a WB Freight

CUT
17:36 Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited arrives in Toledo
19:49 Amtrak's Lake Cities & Lake Shore Limited depart Toledo

VICKERS
22:14 CR SD50s 6762, 6711, & 6822 head a EB Freight
23:58 CSX SD40-2s 8167, Seaboard System 8020 & GP40 6711 run light over the diamond
24:23 Seaboard Coast Line GP40 6752 & Chessie GP40-2 6095 on SB Autorack at Wales Rd
26:00 CSX waits to cross the diamond while a CR stack train takes the Stanley Secondary
26:22 CR GP40-2 3372, B23-7s 1960 & 1952 on a WB Freight
27:17 CR B36-7 5040, B40-8 5076 & GP40-2 3358 on a EB TV train
28:57 Amtrak's WB Lake Shore Limited passes the camera
30:35 SBD & CSX Geeps get their coal train underway as CSX C40-8s 7698 & 7614 head South

WALBRIDGE
32:50 CSX C40-8s 7698 & 7614 at Blair Drive
33:53 The C40-8s enter Walbridge Yard
35:47 Walbridge Yard Fuel Pad
36:26 CSX SD40-2s 8056 & 8256 depart NB with a coal train
37:52 CSX GP38 2001 & B&O GP40 6541 on a SB Coal Train meet 8056 & 8256 at Vickers

ALEXIS TOWER
40:01 CSX SD40-2s 8056 & 8256 head for Michigan
41:13 CSX GP40-2 6249 on a short metals train
41:32 CR SW1200 9347 works a transfer job for the Ann Arbor
43:40 CR GP40-2s 3318 & 3346 work another transfer job as Chessie System GP40-2s 6216 & 6206 pound the diamond
49:36 Grand Trunk SD40 5918, GP38-2 5857, & SD40 5921 turn North on the AA

52:55 ex-DT&I GP40 6423 & 6418 on a SB Freight at Front St on the Toledo Terminal
54:14 NS SD60 6551 & C36-7 8520 at York Street
55:51 NS SD40-2 3183 works Ironville Yard at Front St
57:55 Grand Trunk Geeps cross the Ironville Diamond
59:17 Ann Arbor runs light over the diamond and again at Hallett Tower

1:00:39 SCL GP40 6732 & CSX GP40-2 6065 enter the TT with a SB Autorack
1:01:38 The Autorack at Suder Ave
CSX U23B 3272, SD40-2 8240, GP38 2171 & GP38-2 2548 at Walbridge Yard
1:05:12 The SCL/CSX Autorack at Vickers and Walrbidge

1:08:21 EB CR TV Train
1:09:46 B23-7 1958 & GP38 7704 depart Stanley for the TT
1:11:45 Another CR train departs Stanley via Yard E
1:13:08 The B23-7/GP38 swing onto the Chicago Line at Oakdale & caught over the Maumee
1:15:23 CR B36-7A 5037, GP38 7706, SD40-2 6337 & SD45-2 6662 at Vickers with a EB

1:17:00 NS SD40-2s 6164 & 6206 cross Otter Creek Yd at Homestead Yard
1:18:52 NS GP38-2 5051 crosses Front St at Ironville Yard

1:19:47 Grand Trunk Variety at Lang Yard

SWAN CREEK
1:20:23 Amtrak's Lake Cities heads for Detroit at Swan Creek
1:21:22 CR B23-7 2804 & GP38 7734 on a NB Freight
1:22:44 CR C36-7 6638 & B40-8 5064 lead a UP GE East
1:24:55 CR SW1550

1:26:55 CR SD40-2s 6288 & 6255 head for Stanley at Andrus Road

CUT
1:28:30 CR GP40-2 3349 & LMX B39-8E 8573 head west with a fresh crew
1:30:16 CR GP30-2 3329 WB & SW1500 9520 heads to Airline

WALBRIDGE
1:31:28 CSX Power crosses the Conrail Carrothers
1:32:42 CSX GP39-2 4300 switches while GT SD38-2 6253 (exDT&I 253) & GP38 5722 cross Union St
1:35:00 Chessie GP40-2 6143 & ATSF C30-7 8021 head south through Walbridge
1:39:31 More CSX Yard Moves
1:41:03 CSX Slug 2219, GP40-2 6414 & SCL GP40 6786 enter Walbridge Yard
1:43:52 GT 5722 & 6253 depart Walbridge

VICKERS
1:46:34 FT 5722 & 6253 head North over the diamond
1:48:55 A CR TV Train heads east
1:50:41 Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited heads west for Toledo
1:51:39 A pair of Conrail C40-8Ws head west. The only Conrail Quality locomotive in this video trails.
1:53:57 CSX C40-8 & C40-8W run light over the diamond
1:54:25 CR GP40-2 3396, 3348 & UP SD40-2 3912 grind east, meeting another Conrail WB freight
1:57:26 An ex-Missouri Pacific SD40 leads a Grand Trunk coal train north over the diamond
1:59:36 Ex-Reading & Chessie Geeps take a CSX coke train north as a Chessie SD40-2 & CSX GP38-2 head south
2:01:08 A fast CR TV Train heads east
2:01:38 CSX SD40-2 8116 & SCL GP40 6757 close out the program with a SB Freight

Shot and edited by Doug Tagsold
Digitized by ToledoRails... yes THIS is where the channel name comes from, in honor of this VHS.