Although a Winter Storm Warning was issued for a possible 6-12 inches, this would be it for the snowfall that weekend as the weather turn into freezing drizzle for this part of Pennsylvania.
A pair of veterans on these rails give a coal drag a push past the the Borough of Lilly on a cold afternoon.
As the helpers on an eastbound (away from photographer) coal lean into the curve at Lilly, a light set drift past on track 2.
Nothing else can show the speed at which trains travel at in the frozen moment of a camera shutter better than a new snowfall.
With the sun quickly setting behind the mountains, two SD80MACs struggle to lift a loaded coal train through Lilly. Another three SD80MACs are shoving on the rear of the train.
Three EMD SD70M-2's help kick up some snow from last night's snowfall.
Helpers shove a heavy eastbound manifest early in the morning.
Westbound empty grain train.
During a quick snow-burst, a pair of SD40-2 helpers shove eastbound 10N through Lilly.
Eastbound 10N passes through Lilly with BDRV GP9 #1850 running third.
A Thorough-Junk leads a westbound empty grain train down grade through Lilly past one of the more vibrantly colored trees on the mountain.