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

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.

I wasn't expecting to catch anything on the Indiana and Ohio Railroad last Wednesday but when I was coming up Sugar Stre...
04/11/2026

I wasn't expecting to catch anything on the Indiana and Ohio Railroad last Wednesday but when I was coming up Sugar Street in Lima Ohio, I noticed that the signal was green and within a couple minutes, heard a horn in the distance. The local showed up and I got a shot of it crossing the former Pennsylvania Railroad tracks which can be seen in the background.

I managed to get my first moving R.J. Corman train today. The train is crossing Monroe Road near Buckland, Ohio on it's ...
04/09/2026

I managed to get my first moving R.J. Corman train today. The train is crossing Monroe Road near Buckland, Ohio on it's way to Lima, Ohio It's passing a set of Nickel Plate era signals that are still in place but have the heads turned.

A westbound Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern train heads past the old grain elevator at Etna Green, Indiana on 3/5/2026. ...
03/06/2026

A westbound Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern train heads past the old grain elevator at Etna Green, Indiana on 3/5/2026. This is a former Pennsylvania line that used to be double tracked and saw 25 trains a day. Now it’s only a couple a day.

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