A Detroit Edison dedicated empty hopper train travels up the Monongahela’s Manor Branch. The DEEX power has two Conrail SD’s along for assistance today.

On its way to the Bailey mine, a Detroit Edison train of empties works upgrade through Nineveh, Pennsylvania. Nineveh is just a few miles outside of Waynesburg on the Monongahela’s Manor branch.

An empty Detroit Edison coal train heads for the Bailey Mine on the Manor Branch of the Monongahela Railway.

Detroit Edison bought a fleet of U30C’s and SD40’s to ensure that Penn Central would not delay coal shipments to their electric generating stations due to unavailable or unreliable power. Here... (more)

A Detroit Edison coal train rolls south (timetable north) on the Monongahela Manor Branch. These trains were heavy, typically with mid-train helpers and upwards of one hundred and forty 140-ton ho... (more)