Some times you just get lucky. Amtrak's eastbound Capitol Limited passes CSX empty coke train K310 on the P&W Sub while eastbound Trailer Train X125 rolls on the (P&LE) Pittsburgh Sub.

A meet inside US Steel's Edgar Thomson Plant. ET-53moves empty hot metal cars down from the BOF while ET-5 waits to move a cut of empty coke hoppers.

Night roster shot at US Steel's Edgar Thomson Plant.

Looking like a pair of HO scale figures, two remote control operators ride the front step of a well-worn switcher at the Edgar Thomson Plant of US Steel's Mon Valley Works.

Eastbound R352 passes under the Union Railroad's Port Perry Bridge with an interesting GP30M/SD45-2 consist.

CSX 7717 & 5297, leading Q226, show their reflection in the Monongahela River at CP Port Perry. The train has just passed under the Union RR bridge and is about to duck under the NS Port Perry Bra... (more)

Three Union Railroad MP15's lead by 28 back empty slab racks into the US Steels Edgar Thompson works in Braddock PA. Although this photo was taken in 2008, it could have easily been taken anytime... (more)

CSX autoracks Q226 eastbound through Braddock A.

A freshly painted switchers moves a cut of hot metal towards the BOF at Edgar Thomson Plant of US Steel's Mon Valley Works. The engine is a former P&LE SW1500.

Westbound coke train K301 rolls under the P&LE signal bridge at CP-10Y.

Elephant style 40s lead the way west past US Steel's Edgar Thompson Works. Note the hot metal train picking up speed for the ramp to the caster mill about ten cars back from 389's power.

A very late Q137 heads west by the Edgar Thomson Works, opened in 1875 and still going strong.

Q277 heads west along the Monongahela River with U.S. Steel's Edgar Thomson Works in the background. Three ET switchers and several hot metal cars are in the yard today.