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

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.

I never thought I'd see the Union Pacific Big Boy in the state of Indiana but it came through here yesterday and I was f...
06/06/2026

I never thought I'd see the Union Pacific Big Boy in the state of Indiana but it came through here yesterday and I was fortunate enough to get it in several locations. Here at Claypool, Indiana, this was my location of the day. The train is headed east through town and everywhere I went had big crowds out to see it.

I wasn't expecting to see anything on the CF&E Railroad when I was on my way home from northwest Indiana on May 21st bu...
05/30/2026

I wasn't expecting to see anything on the CF&E Railroad when I was on my way home from northwest Indiana on May 21st but as I was going east on U.S. 30, a train went by going west so I turned around and chased it for a bit. Here, the train is at Wanatah, Indiana and is at the spot where the Monon used to cross. This train was being led by it's America 250 unit and this was my first time seeing it.

I had to take advantage of the fog this morning any get a couple shots. Here, a Norfolk Southern train is about to cross...
05/25/2026

I had to take advantage of the fog this morning any get a couple shots. Here, a Norfolk Southern train is about to cross Nuttman Avenue in Fort Wayne, Indiana on the Norfolk Southern Huntington District. I sat here for an hour with nothing running and then had three trains withing a half hour.

While in northwest Indiana the other day, I saw a headlight at Thomaston on the Chesapeake and Indiana Railroad and a sh...
05/23/2026

While in northwest Indiana the other day, I saw a headlight at Thomaston on the Chesapeake and Indiana Railroad and a short time later, they started heading south toward LaCrosse. I got this shot at county road 875 W just northeast of LaCrosse. This is a former Pere Marquette line.

Last weekend, I attended my first NARCOA motor car excursion on the Indiana Northeastern Railroad. As we were coming bac...
05/21/2026

Last weekend, I attended my first NARCOA motor car excursion on the Indiana Northeastern Railroad. As we were coming back Sunday, I got off the car I was in at took some shots of the cars coming south into Steubenville, Indiana. We had 31 motor cars altogether and it was a great time!!

It seems like every time I go through Grabill, Indiana, there’s never a train going through there. I lucked out last Sun...
05/13/2026

It seems like every time I go through Grabill, Indiana, there’s never a train going through there. I lucked out last Sunday as there was one waiting to head south but had to let the oncoming train get into the siding first. I didn’t have my scanner on me so I don’t know the symbols on either one but it was nice to see something here lol. This is the Norfolk Southern Huntington District which is a former Wabash line.

After dropping my Mom off from our lunch for Mother’s Day, I took the long way home and decided to see if anything was c...
05/11/2026

After dropping my Mom off from our lunch for Mother’s Day, I took the long way home and decided to see if anything was coming on the Norfolk Southern Huntington District. I saw a light in the distance and it was the local, train L96. I got it in a couple locations and here, it’s about to cross the county road 64 crossing just north of Spencerville, Indiana.

On 4/25/26, Norfolk Southern train L43 leaves Claypool, Indiana after switching cars at the Louis Dreyfus Company. Led b...
04/30/2026

On 4/25/26, Norfolk Southern train L43 leaves Claypool, Indiana after switching cars at the Louis Dreyfus Company. Led by an SD40E, this train had more cars that usual to take back to East Wayne Yard in New Haven. This is in the Norfolk Southern Chicago District which is a former Nickel Plate line.

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