After dropping the 862 at the harbor and adding the 866 to the consist, the 0900 morning crew out of Greenville prepares to assemble a loaded ore train bound for the URR at North Bessemer.

D810, made up of 43 empty hoppers and four engines, grinds through some tight curvature as it departs from the Harbor.

After coming up the Loveridge Secondary and stopping at Brownsville for a recrew, the N72 makes its way down Main Street, continuing onward toward its final destination of Bailey Mine.

After four separate paint jobs throughout its lifespan, the first U25B in existence is back in the NYC paint scheme, after dawning the livery of GE Demonstrator paint, its first coat of NYC black,... (more)

It's business as usual at the Station Inn on a dreary Friday afternoon. A pair of SD40E's on the head end of 10N assist the train over the tricky slopes of the Pittsburgh Line as Inn patrons look... (more)

A quartet of fresh GE's bound for Britain sit atop flat cars in NS' Motor Yard awaiting the arrival of 14N, which will take them onward and eastward.

Norfolk Southern's Conrail heritage unit makes it's in-service debut on the point of a 578 loaded coal train bound for Portsmouth, OH and beyond. Here, the train pounds the diamond with the Wheel... (more)

As a southbound Z243 with a single IC SD70 waits north of the diamond at Vickers, piggyback train 20E rolls east with a pair of commonplace widecabs.

After stopping at CP 174 to address mechanical issues with the lead unit, Q018 gets back on the move towards Station E for fuel. Obviously the problem wasn't quite solved...

NYLE 6758 (originally built as CN 6702) pulls a short excursion back to the station at South Dayton on the Erie Railroad's former B&SW Division. With freight traffic dwindling within recent years... (more)

The Illinois Terminal and Conrail heritage units team up to power an eastbound steel coil train bound for Weirton, WV across the Maumee River swing bridge.

In the last light of day, Empire Service train 283 departs the bustling city of Rochester, passing over the famous High Falls.

A great day of chasing black diamonds in the Mon Valley started off little something like this... N30 knocks down CP "STREET" in West Brownsville and begins its trek down Main Street.

A trio of SD40-2's from DME, ICE and CITX pose atop High Falls and affront the towering structures of downtown Rochester.

Amtrak 992 (NS 068) completes its Mother's Day journey from Chicago to Pittsburgh after crossing the Allegheny River and splitting CP "WEST PITT."