An loaded coal train rumbles down Main Street in West Brownsville.

The afternoon freight has left the siding after waiting for the 3 O'Clock excursion to head to Paradise. Here it begins a slight climb as heads back to Strasburg with a box car full of lumber. Thi... (more)

"Pumpkins at the Patch" With BNSF run-through power on the point, a spring snow storm covers Sandpatch with a layer of snow as empty oil cans crest the summit at Sandpatch on CSX's Keystone sub.

Winter has no schedule. A frozen switch causes delay and requires more than just the local's crew to thaw out. Traffic is backed up on the Conemaugh while MOW crew gets out the rosebud to melt the... (more)

A maintenance window resulted in only two trains in six hours. The iconic post office patiently waits for the next train. The photographer not so much.

A short northbound intermodal with two KCS Southern Belle units glides out of Tunnel 10 and starts into the loop. The dispatcher choreographed the meet between this train and the UP manifest in th... (more)

One of the crew discusses the next move with the yardman on a damp summer evening. A Lerro Productions photo event.

The end of the day finds us back at Logan Hill where in the last light of day, three trains are on the hill. Two loads are climbing and heading east and an empty is heading back to the mines for a... (more)

Empties head back to the mine. This train has just past Station Square. In the background, an incline car begins the climb up to Mt. Washington. Only the first two engines were powered up. The oth... (more)

Back on home rails the PRR heritage engine pulls a load of coal east to Maryland destined for the C.P. Crane power station as snow flurries appear on the first day of Spring. This is where But... (more)

The crew fills the saddle tank of the unique mallet engine before coupling to the train for the first excursion of the day. Larger crowds brought out 110 for the days activities.

A load of crude oil enters the West Park trench. The changing leaves of the Ginko trees along with those already off the trees create a "yellow leaf road" at this time of year. Picture i... (more)

Coal MT's head to the south yard for classification

Having stopped at the L'Enfant station, the southbound VRE Express takes its charges back to the suburbs. The cherry trees signify the arrival of spring. These blossoms aren't the famous ones, but... (more)

Rear DPU's meet at Logan Hill.