A Union RR slab train heads up the ramp to US Steel's Irvin Plant as it diverges from the Clairton Branch at CH.
Its uncommon to find trackage this complex anywhere nowadays, let alone on an all switcher shortline! The Coke train is always wyed at J Interlocking to allow the units to push into USS Edgar Thom... (more)
Just about every paint scheme on the Union is represented on today's Coke train, even a new "Accidents Just Don't Happen" decal on 17.
Union railroad switcher waiting for signal to proceed up grade to high bridge. In the background Conrail Reading units arrive.
Over-under meet of sorts between scrap train power heading home and empty coke train K380. K380 will terminate about two miles of east of here in Demmler Yard, where a quintet of Union MP15DCs wil... (more)
A union Railroad empty hopper train exits Duquesne Receiving Yard in route to USS's Clairton Coke Works.
Union Railroad slab train from USS-Edgar Thompson Works rolls near the Duquesne-Dravosburg, Pa. boundry in route to USS Irvin Works. The heat from the slabs is noticeable from several feet away fr... (more)
A Union Railroad cab hop with cab C-104 enters the throat of Duquesne Receiving Yard in route to the yard office.
A friend working on the Union said the railroad is slower than its been in twenty years and it shows here. Note the rows of laid up hot metal cars and shuttered blast furnace across the river at U... (more)
Union Railroad MP15's 15, 16, 10, 14, and 18 get a brief rest before continuing on in the cold and snow as they lead a CSX coke train to Dextar yard
An empty URR train pulls ahead then reverses back into the yard right near the Westinghouse Bridge.
The Union Railroad shoves a cut of cars up a ramp at Port Perry.
Even thought the steel industry around Pittsburgh has all but collapsed, the Union will not go quietly into the night. Case in point; the Union's Duquesne Wharf coal loader is among the most advan... (more)
A trio of MP15's lead a southbound slab train towards the Bull Run Crossing.
