Freshly produced coke from the Mon Valley rolls west, destined for Inland Steel if the 3rd and 4th cars are any indication.

Matching C30s lead eastbound 276 across the Mon.

I bet 50 years ago it must have been hard to believe one day the Mon River would be this clam in Homestead. Note the old USS Carrie Furance in the background and old USS Homestead Dock in foregrou... (more)

Union power perpares to run around its new train from NS after dropping off a cut of cars for interchange.

One of the newest locos on the roster and one of the oldest lead autorack train Q217 across the Monongahela River.

13N is one of the more reliable trains on the Mon Line, typically running in the late afternoon.

Running wrong main to get around C70, 21G heads north past the URR interchange at Munhall.

A pair of SP's haul an empty PRB coal train back West.

An eastbound doublestack train kept me from getting a shot of the approaching 536, but I was able to manage a going away shot of the train's new hoppers glistening in the evening sun.

I knew the Union train was coming, but I didn't expect to see four vintage passenger cars in the yard!

You can't get this same photo anymore, the entire area in this scene is now filled with buildings and shops of The Waterfront. This is the former site of US Steel's Homestead Works.

A westbound CSX freight crosses the Mon River Bridge as "Bessie", the Bessemer Furnace, looks on from the site of the historic Homestead Mill. "Bessie" is one of designs selected by the Pitts... (more)

Far removed from its normal operating environs, KCS 638 is in charge of a CSX coal drag in Western Pennsylvania.

Q139 crossing the river in the last rays of sunshine. I love spring/summer evenings!