A Saturday trip to Weirton back in '09 didn't reward much activity, as expected, at the once bustling steel mill. Seeming almost abandoned, it was a bit of a surprise when one of the in plant SW15... (more)

The 104 sits quietly in the NS/CBL interchange yard. One axle dropped into the gauge, the venerable SW7 will spend the night here rather than tucked inside the Black Lick shop, before being re-rai... (more)

A pair of 80MAC's lead 99 empty hoppers south through the fall foliage at Rockingham. The train is bound for PBS Coals' Shade Creek Mine in Central City to load. Once loaded and back to South Fork... (more)

A pair of 80MAC's roll through Rockingham on the headend of a train of empty hoppers bound for the PBS Coals loadout a couple miles to the south at Central City.

A catfish sprints east past Woodvale yard and the former Acme warehouse with a load of stacks.

A colorful stack train snakes its way along the side of the Little Conemaugh River on its way east through Johnstown. In the background is the world's steepest vehicular inclined plane, in front o... (more)

A couple of tough customers hang out in the back yard at JBS. The closest unit is the 5531, after being involved in a wreck at Chalmette, LA the unit was retired on 22 Jan 2008.

Built in 1978 as C&O 4274, the 6412 still retains its Chessie rock pilot in addition to its third paint job of its career. On this night the unit sits idle with its slug 2330, along with a ditchin... (more)

79 loads of iron ore for Sparrows Point slow to a stop at CP C. Up front are a couple of motors that don't often find themselves plying the Pittsburgh Line, NS GP38-2 5650 leads Wheeling and Lake ... (more)

Mountains, mills and churches, this is Johnstown. The mills aren't putting out too much smoke these days, but the Black Lick's only operable NW2 does its part on this fall morning as it goes about... (more)

The 104 rolls off Ten Acre bridge light on its way to the wire mill to do some switching after a fresh coating of snow.

Normally coming out to play only in the morning, shooting the Black Lick at night is a bit of a challenge. However, taking a look at the front truck on the 104 will provide some insight as to how ... (more)

The 2000 trundles past a gaggle of stored LPG tankcars in their Iron St. yard on its way to downtown. In the background is Ten Acre bridge which crosses the Conemaugh River, the bridge used to lea... (more)

A lone SW1500 goes to work on some gons on the east side of ET. Meanwhile a pair of MP15's have pulled up along Turtle Creek to await their turn to head back over to Duquesne on the south side of ... (more)

Some early morning fog lingers in the valley as a trio of MP15's trundle down into the bowels of the ET Works. They will emerge later in the day with a load of slabs bound for the Irvin works furt... (more)