A veteran EMD operated by Three Rivers Marine and Rail Co. pulls a pair of former Norfolk and Western Pullman Standard 4740 cuft covered hoppers up the Monessen Southwestern's former trestle in Be... (more)
NS 688 rolls across the stone arch viaduct in Latrobe, PA with the Nickel Plate in charge.
CSX power leads a Wheeling empty coke train as it crosses the massive Speers Trestle overlooking the Mon Valley
After setting off and picking up in Monessen, a W&LE local works upgrade towards the mainline, visible at upper right.
The local has exchanged one flatcar for seven hoppers and is now working upgrade on the Mat branch. In a couple of miles the branch will be at the same height as the main and this train will pull... (more)
Special delivery! The Wheeling brings one giant load of spools into Monessen on the Mat Branch. The bridge in the background crosses the Monongahela River, it took this train about one hour to g... (more)
Ben and I were traveling down I-70 listening to the scanner when Ben heard a Coal train was going to be coming through Belle Vernon (where we live). I've been wanting for ages to go up on the brid... (more)
Top left Wheeling emptys with CSX leaders enter the massive W&LE trestle next to I-70 Its no accident that the traffic is hitting there brakes, its not very often this scene is created, let alone... (more)
It's quite a sight to see this operation underway across the Mon River from Charleroi. This SW1200 is backing/braking a string of covered hoppers down a ramped track to a transload facility, wher... (more)
Taking lunch out on the massive Monongahela River Bridge.
Back when the NS operated the Pittsburgh & West Virginia...
BNSF power on the last slab train over the W&LE massive Speers Trestle that sits above the Monongahela River next to Interstate 70
The SW1200 braking the decent of the hoppers into the unloader, the barges, the guys and the construction site below, lots goes on, on the Mon River, I wish more people would appreciate her.
The Brookville is backing it's train into the unloader on the very steep ramp, not very often you get opportunities to see this.
