It was mid-May when this photo was taken and 359 was the first CSX train that I shot in 2009.

With the Pittsburgh skyline serving as a backdrop, the AVR's Island Avenue Local crosses Norfolk Southern's (ex-PRR) Fort Wayne Bridge over the Allegheny River.

22W climbing the ramps to the OC Bridge

A long string of ballast and a lonely autorack makes 11V take it's route over Port Perry down the Mon Line, and over this wonder over the Mon, the OC Bridge.

About the last thing you would expect to find running through the middle of a popular city park; a busy four track mainline!

Stack train 20G hugs Mt Washington as it winds it's way south. This stretch of track saw the 2nd track installed in 1993-1994 to prepare for trains like this one. The Monongahela Incline is visibl... (more)

We were surprised to see an autorack running the way things are going these days. Louisville-Baltimore train 226 passes Station Square.

The Willard-Cumberland "junk freight" passes the Gateway Clipper fleet at Station Square, along with the former P&LE train station and Grand Concourse.

This is one of the those shots that you've known how to get for years; you gotta wake up early, drag yourself out to the spot and accept the fact there is a 50/50 chance you won't see anything. Wi... (more)