M&W 2026 former Santa Fe GP20 rests in the yard in downtown Defiance Ohio

Former GP35 2393 works for the Maumee & Western near Napoleon, OH || May 2000

Back before there was any talk of a Pioneer takeover, the Maumee & Western was still "going strong" on a fine spring afternoon as their Paducah-build GP11 leads a good sized train through downtown... (more)

CNUR 5 assembles cars for interchange at the Maumee and Western Yard in Defiance, Ohio on a brutally windy, snowy and cold Boxing Day. This was the last day for operations of the Maumee and Wester... (more)

The last Maumee and Western train ever from Napoleon to Defiance waits out Christmas Eve about halfway along the 15 mile line. The MAW will cease to exist soon, the line has been purchased by Pio... (more)

Making a rare Saturday turn to Napoleon, the MAW enters Okolona alongside Gessner Street with one of their former Santa Fe geeps in charge.

Making it's best lawn mower impersonation MAW 16 pulls cars out of Storage west of the CSX Diamond in Defiance. 3 years later MAW 16 has possibly seen here last days as she has been rode hard and... (more)

There's no better way to try something new, than to try it out on a train barely moving at jogging speed! The MAW creeps alongside County Road M1 with one of their former Santa Fe geeps up front.

With all their work complete on the east side of town, the MAW heads west through what was once a small yard, but today is nothing but weeds. Meanwhile, old glory flies high above the local VFW ha... (more)

Heading east to switch the industrial park in Napoleon, the MAW crew slowly crawls out of Okolona with one of their former Santa Fe GP7U's up front. The white truck along the side of the road is t... (more)

Number 5 backs a car into the Johns Manville siding in Defiance, Ohio. The line to the left leads across the Maumee River and onto Napoleon. Maumee and Western, Defiance, Ohio

Number 5 heads back to the yard after dropping cars at Johns Manville, i didn't know it at the time but the Maumee and Western Toolcar in the foreground which is the only piece of rolling stock wi... (more)

It's just another day at work for the engineer aboard one of the Maumee & Western's two former Santa Fe GP7U's as he carefully guides his train over the poorly maintained mainline near Okolona. Th... (more)

The conductor prepares to uncouple the train and allow MAW 16 to run around it's train and back to the office as it completes it's Napoleon to Defiance journey.

The conductor throws the switch as MAW 16 waits to back up at "The Station" a Bar and Grill that the MAW derailed into on the fall of 2011.