Just when it seems like the GEVOs have completely taken over, 138 shows up with a veteran SD50 on the point.

Rare mileage for the OCS, southbound on Conrail's Popes Creek Secondary.

A busy afternoon at Wall on Conrail's Pittsburgh Line.

An ex-MGA Super Seven leads a fleet of Pittsburgh Division local power on a move to Conway for weekend servicing.

America's quintessential steel mill, the USS Homestead Works once occupied this land but by the mid-90's virtually all traces of it had been removed, leaving a surreal, barren landscape. Redevelo... (more)

Northbound coal trains meet on the Mon Line, led by a C40 at left and a C39 at right.

On final approach to Conway, an eastbound pig train rounds a sweeping curve and passes the venerable tower at Rochester. This busy junction features three different lines converging here - Clevel... (more)

A detouring CSX container train rolls through Homestead on NS rails, allowing a rare opportunity to shoot non-NS power in the lead.

A confused elderly man exits a Mercedes Benz that was fouling NS's Hall Running Track. The man was extremely lucky that the car was not on one of the Mon Line's very busy main tracks. Moments ea... (more)

Containers and coal, two of the commodities most often found on the Mon Line.

By the late 90's, industrial backdrops like this were becoming scarce in Pittsburgh. They're even harder to find today - the coke plant in the background has closed and been demolished.

Most of the plant has been removed, but a few remnants of US Steel's Homestead Works can be seen in the background, along with part of the Carrie Furnace across the river in Rankin.

A rare Conrail C39 (only 22 on the roster) crosses the Ohio River with a container train.

Several former Monongahela Super Sevens lead a loaded coal train through the college town of California, PA.

Looking west at Conway, an endless sea of freight cars and blue diesels.