Eastbound ore from Weirton crosses The Parkway West on a nice afternoon. WE 611 will tie on as helpers and assist the train towards Connellsville.

I stood atop the SuperCavTM to get a bit of elevation at Mance.

Here's the Buffalo & Pittsburgh detour interchange train to CSXT on the P&W Subdivision.

Keystone Service action on the ex-PRR "Main Line".

The TCKR is owned by Dura-Bond Coatings. Their 2nd unit rests at Dura-Bond's plant in Export, PA.

The Capitol and Position Light signals.

Two of the three NYS&W SD70M's on lease to the Indiana & Ohio take a break at the IORY's yard northeast of Cincinnati.

Loaded Bethlehem Steel (ISG) coke headed for Burns Harbor, IN from Sparrows Point, MD.

B&P locomotive specialist Tim Ross sands the B&P 453 at Butler, PA's facility as part of the regular servicing routine for road power there. The set will head north on the BTRI to Punxsutawney th... (more)

More UP power on Sand Patch grade, passing privately-owned Chessie cabeese at Hyndman. No helpers on this train permitted an easy chase west.

The fog rolls in as we wait on another westbound at Wegley Road.

I tried something different, since I always find coal trains stopped here, waiting on intermodal traffic. So, here's NS 519 waiting on 24Z passing on #1 track. Canon 10D, ISO 100, 28-90mm f4/5, f2... (more)

One of the few UP SD70M's with the next-generation cab enters the west end of Willard Yard.

This ex-Union RR unit patiently waits while the crew gets some "beans".

NS 35A crosses the Lehigh Canal as it pulls west out of Allentown Yard, destined for Edgemoor, DE.