Hello from the Windy City, where it feels like January rather than late March. Or perhaps it feels like late March. Either way, I had a few minutes to spend at OTC watching the scoots whiz by the... (more)

I never tire of watching trains over Rockville Bridge. Here, NS 11R arrives Enola behind a pair of former Union Pacific "SD9043MACs". NS 7315 leads the yellow duo across the Susquehanna... (more)

RJCP 7081 SD40-2 leads three brethren across Munster Road, along with an inbound NS unit grain train destined for the Ethanol plant at Clearfield, Pa. Coal has slowed considerably, and so the inb... (more)

SWP1 pauses at O&B Junction, awaiting the attention of CSX BA Dispatcher. In the meantime, a dump truck full of 2A Modified delivers the stone to a construction project along the SWP's FM&P Sub. ... (more)

The AVR-2 crew pulls the final Azcon car, containing rail removed from Azcon's facility, making the final revenue run over this end of the Brilliant Branch. AVR 4003 GP40-2 does the honors. Than... (more)

CP 258 train tied down at "WK" north of Allentown, PA. My last "real" D&H train photo.

CSXT Q276 passing the former Jones Brewery in Smithton, Penn on a beautiful autumn day.

CSXT Q740-07 Tropicana Juice Train detouring via Pittsburgh with brand-new GE ET44AH 3302 leading at Smithton, Penn.

Gotta love the AVR's now-matching set of SD40-3s (sporting SD45 carbodies, no less) lugging a train back to Glenwood, from the B&P interchange at Evans City.

Superliners in Shadyside? Due to severe weather-related train delays, Amtrak decided to annul Capitol Limited service between Pittsburgh and Washington DC today, opting instead to terminate eastb... (more)

A loaded unit salt train, from the Rochester & Southern, heads towards Monessen, PA on the CSX Mon Sub for unloading at the huge salt pile there.

After spending time in coal service, many of the NS heritage units have been in crude oil service between the Dakotas and Reybold, Delaware. In addition, new trains 64X & 65X were established to ... (more)

Reading Heritage NS 1067 SD70ACe leads oil train 64X at Natrona Heights, passing Allegheny Ludlum's Brackenridge Plant. Their interplant railroad runs parallel to the Conemaugh Line for a few bloc... (more)

BLE U70261 loaded southbound ore crosses the Allegheny River with BLE 867 SD38 leading another SD38 and a SD40T-2.

Union RR 14 and URR 21 MP15DC handling interchange traffic with NS at Kenny Yard.