Matthew Ditton Railroad Photography

Matthew Ditton Railroad Photography I've been a lifelong railfan growing up first beside the CSX Garrett Sub and later Conrail, now the NS Chicago Line.

I've been taking train photos for the last 14 years across several states

On 6/19/2026, a Norfolk Southern trains loads coal at the Consol load out near Oakwood, Virginia. We were hopi g to be a...
08/06/2026

On 6/19/2026, a Norfolk Southern trains loads coal at the Consol load out near Oakwood, Virginia. We were hopi g to be able to follow this train when it left but we had another with the Clinchfield heritage unit leading in another line that we opted to chase. Hoping to chase a train on this line the next time I go down.

I took my first trip to the Indiana Eastern Railroad on August 3rd. I always wanted to get a few shots of the GP38-2 the...
08/05/2026

I took my first trip to the Indiana Eastern Railroad on August 3rd. I always wanted to get a few shots of the GP38-2 they use for their main power and I was told that they run to Fernald, Ohio on Mondays so it was a good day to check the line out. Here, the train with its two car consist crosses Springfield Road just south of Bath, Indiana. There's a lot of good spots along this line and I'll definitely be checking it out again sometime in the future.

On May 21st, 2026, The Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern heads west through Wanatah, Indiana on former Pennsylvania Railro...
07/29/2026

On May 21st, 2026, The Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern heads west through Wanatah, Indiana on former Pennsylvania Railroad trackage and is led by their America 250 unit. The Monon Railroad used to cross right here but those tracks were torn up in the early 1980's

I took my first trip to Pine Junction on June 29th with Caleb Briggs and we saw a ton of trains. One of my favorite shot...
07/22/2026

I took my first trip to Pine Junction on June 29th with Caleb Briggs and we saw a ton of trains. One of my favorite shots was this train meet here of an eastbound train on the CSX Garrett Sub and a westbound train on the Norfolk Southern Chicago Line. The CSX train had the Seaboard heritage unit trailing and while this isn't exactly a scenic area, you see almost non-stop train activity.

On 6/18/26, CSX train E738 passes by a set of old searchlight signals on the KD Subdivision at Habersham, Tennessee. Thi...
07/18/2026

On 6/18/26, CSX train E738 passes by a set of old searchlight signals on the KD Subdivision at Habersham, Tennessee. This is a former L&N line. We had to walk up a pretty steep hill to get to this spot!

Train M653 goes by the former mine loadout at McVicker near Shelbiana, Kentucky on 6/21/26. The tower here is the only p...
07/15/2026

Train M653 goes by the former mine loadout at McVicker near Shelbiana, Kentucky on 6/21/26. The tower here is the only part of the mine complex still standing. Everything else off to my left has been torn down and is now a grassy area. This is on the CSX Big Sandy Subdivision

On 6/18/26, train E738 goes through Rocky Top, Tennessee on the CSX KD Sub. The train is led by two units in the YN2 pai...
07/09/2026

On 6/18/26, train E738 goes through Rocky Top, Tennessee on the CSX KD Sub. The train is led by two units in the YN2 paint scheme which is becoming increasingly rare these days. We ended up chasing this train all the way to Corbin, Kentucky.

In the last light of the day, Norfolk Southern train 143 makes it's way through South Whitley, Indiana on the Chicago Di...
07/03/2026

In the last light of the day, Norfolk Southern train 143 makes it's way through South Whitley, Indiana on the Chicago District passing the grain elevator and a string of still standing code line poles. This was my last shot of the day after returning from the Pine Junction area.

CSX train M653 heads across the Copper Creek trestle on it's way to Kingsport Tennessee on the CSX Kingsport Sub on 6/20...
06/23/2026

CSX train M653 heads across the Copper Creek trestle on it's way to Kingsport Tennessee on the CSX Kingsport Sub on 6/20/26. The trestle below that one is a Norfolk Southern line that doesn't see much traffic. The water in this area was still pretty high from recent rainfalls so we didn't have a lot of room to move back and get our shots.

The Union Pacific Big Boy makes it's way east through Edgerton, Indiana on 6/6/20 on the Norfolk Southern Fostoria Distr...
06/15/2026

The Union Pacific Big Boy makes it's way east through Edgerton, Indiana on 6/6/20 on the Norfolk Southern Fostoria District. We heard that there were a few issues with their PTC system which caused them to leave around 40 minutes later than expected. This was a definite blessing because we had storms roll through about the time it should have originally come through and since there was a delay, the rain stopped about 10 minutes before it came through.

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