After taking some shots of the high Muskingum River at Zanesville, I stopped by the
Ohio Central's yard for a few shots. Much to my
surprise there was a fair amount of material in the yard!
A far cry from the CSX days! I remember when I passed through and checked out this yard, it was usually empty and today I find it packed with cars and what looks like construction going on!
Look at all the "sectional track" laying on the ground! I wonder who got the idea from whom, model railroaders or the big boys?
Anyway this shot shows the waiting track.








Here is a shot of the engines sitting in the yard,
waiting to leave and do their work.
Note the CSX logo is still on the fuel tank.
Also all the rail laying around. OHCR is quite busy here!
The next photo shows a small back hoe filling a car with cinders and dirt from the yard. A bulldozer sits nearby. It obviously was used to grade the yard and remove the material.
I asked the engineer what was going on, but neglected to write it down, and yes, I forgot what he said. I think he told me they were leveling the yard to re-ballast the tracks.
It is always interesting to see other aspects of the railroad business and here was a rare glimpse into the "other activities" here in Zanesville.

The overpass in the background is the I-70 overpass. The tracks to the yard go under the overpass and up the Muskingum River. The railroad has dozed the ground to the right of the cars in the photo and under the overpass. Since
they were working in that area, I didn't go up there.

The last photo (on the left) shows the MOW train waiting
to haul its load out.

On my way through Zanesville, it is a cloudy March day and the Muskingum River is up after snow melt and heavy rains.
I decide to take a few shots of the bridge that the Ohio Central uses to cross the river. That is a dam just in front of the bridge.