RJC-1 pulls into Cresson with the first sectiion of loads from Fallen Timber on the Irvona branch, as a set of light helpers led by a recently-released SD40E (SD50 rebuild) drifts through the inte... (more)

Coal empties for Fallen Timber round the curve approaching Rt 53 crossing. Corman loads trains at Fallen Timber once or twice per month, at the east end of the former Conrail (PC/PRR) Irvona bran... (more)

Excellent! Coal cars drag uphill at Terra Alta as the N741 prepares to watch the train brakes down the 2.2% grade to Rowlesburg.

We were surprised by this Office Car Special at Penobscot Yard, so we gave chase south to Jim Thorpe. It is one of the first trains to utilize the newly-rebuilt ex-CNJ mainline, which now connects... (more)

Corman ran a "plow extra" of three light engines down to Cresson, where they cleared some switches and crossings. Here we see the consist returning north to Clearfield.

Eastbound and westbound meet at Klondike in the middle of the Mojave.

BLE U70261 loaded southbound ore crosses the Allegheny River with BLE 867 SD38 leading another SD38 and a SD40T-2.

An aging switcher drags a cut of hot slabs out to shove down towards the harbor. (A rolling mill, maybe?)

Two ISG Weirton steel units at their engine terminal.

We went out looking for Aurora Borealis but only found this southbound Bessemer train.

Just another coal train rumbling down the street in West Brownsville, PA.

The Loram ballast cleaner working the ex-P&LE. It scoops up ballast, cleans it, puts it back down, and tamps it; all in one machine.

The first section of Saturday's Clymer train heading towards Mahaffey at Cherry Tree. They'll tie down at Mahaffey and wait for the second section of the train to arrive to put the trains together... (more)

13T eases east (geographic south) along the Lehigh Line waiting for a signal to enter Allentown Yard.

Three CR SD40-2's lead a loaded coal train most likely destined for PP&L's Strawberry Ridge power plant on the Watsontown Secondary. In the foreground is the Nittany & Bald Eagle (to Tyrone, Pa).