Extra Power awaits their turn on the sanding track at Shelby.
The P&LE has been gone for well over a decade, but at least it left its mark on Pittsburgh's landscape.
One of CSX's newer GEVO units drifts along on the rear of loaded coal train U303 as it snakes its way through Glenita. Soon both helper engines will be in number 8 throttle as the train begins the... (more)
A couple new GEVO's have turned up in Shelby. These are going to take about 85 MTY's to Beaver Jct, then up Beaver Creek to the yard at Martin.
The cloud/sun line is perfect, and the deep mean roar of thunder far in the distance overtaken, as a power move heads West into the sinking sun of a somewhat warm summer evening.
An eastbound train is waiting for a crew outside the yard office at Hinton, West Virginia. The last two units are JDNX 70 & 80, former Illinois Central Gulf Paducah GP-10s.
Note the single deck, half-height Through-Truss.
A southbound manifest waits for clearance into Howell.
Eastbound CSX U839 coal train includes an unpatched Southern Pacific engine 117 as the fourth unit in the consist.
CSX Q692 splits the signals at Ashford and slowly ascends the Loops. The ex-BN SD40-2 behind the SD70AC is not running, resulting in a slow climb. This northbound will meet an extra south ahead a... (more)
E752 with 90 empties crosses Wills Creek
