All star lineup at Petersburg on the SBVR.

An IC freight makes an appearance at Brighton Park's manually controlled junction.

In this photo taken from a blimp, one can see the former B&O shop in the middle of the frame, and the blimp's shadow to the right. The W&P and Glenwood bridges are visible at top right, as is Gle... (more)

There aren't many places in Western Pennsylvania where you can shoot a train in full sun after 8PM in August. Fortunately, Mingo Creek is one of those places, as illustrated by a westbound crossi... (more)

C&O 806 was one of many speeder cars hi-railing the south end of the SBVR on this day. A large contingent of speeders departed Petersburg behind a Potomac Eagle passenger train. The PE and speed... (more)

JB Hunt doublestacks slither through the sharp curves on the OC Bridge Ramp.

The trailing CSX engine came through the day before, presumably it's starting a lengthy return trip to home rails.

Former N&W, SBD, and SCL units give Cumberland a unique appearance - much different from the Chessie, B&O/C&O, and WM locos seen here in years past.

Probably the longest passenger train I've ever seen, the eastbound RBBB circus train passes through Pittsburgh just east of CP Bell.

Unusual visitors in Butler today, no fewer than five EMLX 90MACs populate the terminal along with a few B&P units.

An oddball pairing of an NS SD70M and an IC SD 40-2 team up on CSX Q359.

Mill switchers and bottle cars congregate outside of US Steel's Edgar Thomson plant.

An older MARC cab unit leads a recently acquired MARC Bonnet, westbound on the Metropolitan Sub.

In the early 90's the Mon Line was a moderately busy single track route primarily used by coal trains. By 1996 double track had been re-installed and traffic on the line grew considerably as inte... (more)

The long descent to river level is almost over as 391 slowly drops downgrade on a spindly trestle. It's hard to fathom that ore trains once traversed this stretch of track.