A similar scene captured quite magnificently by John Ireland (photo id 273316) shows a higher vantage point and a busier Penn Avenue, as the KC32 hauls it's cars bound for Island Avenue just a few... (more)
AVR 3 makes another stop to switch an industry on the old B&O Wheeling & Pittsburgh Subdivision.
AVR conductor walks back to the train after setting the switches following a setoff at Island Ave yard. The power will head east to take another set of cars to the AVR Glenwood Yard.
AVR-2 heads south into Etna on the leased P&W Sub.
AVR-2 heads south along PA Route 8 with a bunch of tank cars in tow.
AVR 3 crosses the Mon and heads back to Glenwood, hauling one of the last cuts of "dirty dirt" gons from an industrial clean-up site in Washington.
After exchanging cars with the Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad in Evans City, AVR 2008 is seen descending Bakerstown Hill as it heads eastbound.
A modern day Alpha-Jet? Not quite, but it is an AVR train running on the W&LE, via their former N&W route, which was built by the P&WV. Then lets not forg... (more)
The AVR's three ex-KCS SD40-2 rebuilds (in SD45 carbodies) bring interchanged B&P RR merchandise traffic back to Glenwood Yard.
The engineer of the AVR-2 appears to "eyeball" the competition in the Strip District of Pittsburgh. Formerly a large warehouse area associated with the PRR, there is still a sizable amount of pro... (more)
An abnormally long AVR 3 returns to Glenwood with a sizeable cut of "dirty dirt" cars from Washington, PA.