With the fall foliage along the Mahoning Creek at its peak, Pittsburg & Shawmut’s Brookville local crosses the bridge over the Little Mudlick Creek near Putneyville, Pennsylvania. Today’s trai... (more)

Pittsburg & Shawmut’s Brookville local picks up two loads from the loader at McWilliams, Pennsylvania. One crewman waits to re-bend the iron while two others are ready to make the hitch.

Reflections on a Silt Pond

Pittsburg & Shawmut’s Brookville local passes a silt pond near the loader at Markle, Pennsylvania. The green water in the pond still provides a reasona... (more)

With a trainload of coal from various lineside mines, Pittsburg & Shawmut’s Brookeville local returns to Brookville on a February afternoon. Four P&S SW9’s lead the train onto the massive tres... (more)

A matched set of four Pittsburg & Shawmut SW9’s bring some empties to drop at the loader at McWilliams, Pennsylvania.

Pittsburg & Shawmut’s Brookville Turn departs Markle, Pennsylvania with a train of 50-ton twin hoppers. By this time, these cars were limited to intra-line service.

With its work complete, Pittsburg & Shawmut’s Brookville Turn departs Markle, Pennsylvania.

Pittsburg & Shawmut’s Brookville Turn is making a setout/pickup at Markle, Pennsylvania.

Pittsburg & Shawmut power switches at Markle, Pennsylvania.

Four Pittsburg & Shawmut SW9’s bring a long train of empties to the loader at Dora, Pennsylvania. The 50-ton hoppers in this train were outlawed from interchange, either due to age, friction-bea... (more)

Pittsburg & Shawmut’s Mahoning yard, located along the Mahoning Creek a few miles geographically east of Reesedale, Pennsylvania, was largely inaccessible. Here a pair of the road’s SW9’s wo... (more)

With ten loads in tow, Pittsburg & Shawmut’s Brookville turn heads back to Brookville at Markle, Pennsylvania.

The Pittsburg & Shawmut Brookville turn kicks up snow that blows across the cemetery in Timblin, Pennsylvania. Today it would be appropriate for a headstone to be on the roadbed.

Amid the October foliage, the Pittsburg & Shawmut Brookville turn passes through the cut at Ringgold, Pennsylvania.

After bringing up the rear on trains of anthracite, this ex-Lehigh Valley caboose ended up working in the bituminous coal fields of western Pennsylvania. This is the rear of the more)