URR 33 slowly making its way towards Edgar Thomson works, just a mile or two ahead, with loaded ore from the B&LE, passing the former headquarters/office in East Pittsburgh, PA.

A sleeping Steel City stands guard as a Q331 heads west along the Monongahela River and Pittsburgh PA.

Finishing up with the floodgates. After a washout that crippled the artery of coal from the coalfields of Southwest Pennsylvania, traffic is non stop on the NS Mon Line. N21 pulls loads north ... (more)

The AVR Glenwood to Island Avenue turn brings cars from the NS back to Glenwood Yard, beginning their journey here at Allegheny Commons Park in Pittsburgh PA.

67X heads westbound through PENN interlocking and through Island Avenue Yard on a gloomy, beautiful day in Pittsburgh PA.

It's the train they call the City of New Orleans. Amtrak 59, The City of New Orleans, begins its journey out of Chicago IL on a beautiful windy city evening.

WE 102 leads the westbound Connellsville to Rook train over the Banning Bridge, spanning the Youghiogheny River, the B&O on the east side of the river and old P&LE Youghiogheny Branch on the West ... (more)

Westbound mixed freight runs along the Mississippi River just outside of Savanna, Illinois.

37A claws and grinds west around Horseshoe Curve in between periods of heavy snow which put down anywhere from a few inches up to a foot in places such as south of here in Somerset County. https:... (more)

21G heads west out of Johnstown PA down track 3 on the Sang Hollow Extension crossing the Conemaugh River.

Alarm bells ring at 0500 hours, it’s time to seek out the damage from continuation of a relentless winter storm. Sleepy eyes gaze the surrounding forests slumped as if they can’t bear anymore ... (more)

The faint roar of giant diesel engines gain in decibels as they approach the summit of Sand Patch Grade, down to their hands and knees clawing at the icy snow covered rail only to manage 4 tenths ... (more)

K471 rolls across the bridge at Pool Point just outside of Elkhorn City KY.

WE 110 brings hoppers in Monessen to be loaded at the coke plant just ahead and will pull loads up the grueling grade up the Matt Branch to the mainline under the cover of darkness.

As the sun dips behind the hills surrounding the Ohio River, an eastbound Q276 rolls over the massive Pittsburgh and Lake Erie bridge spanning between Monaca and Beaver PA.