In addition to the oddities, Cleveland Cliffs operated railroad Brandywine Valley uses a roster of leased GATX power to shift cars around the complex and to interchange with Norfolk Southern.

In addition to the oddities, Cleveland Cliffs operated railroad Brandywine Valley uses a roster of leased GATX power to shift cars around the complex and to interchange with Norfolk Southern.

One of the more unique locomotives I have photographed, located in Coatesville, PA at the Cliffs plant are a series of electrically powered "DRONE" locomotives. They run off overhead cat... (more)

A 1911 H.K. Porter lettered as Lukens Steel Company No. 10 sits silently, contrasting against Keystone Service Train 645 as it passes on the Ex. Pennsylvania Railroad mainline. According to steaml... (more)

LUKENS Steel Company #10

This little critter is a narrow gauge 0-4-0T HK Porter built in 1911. Lukens wanted a display engine and originally had two HK Porters purchased in 1902 but had sin... (more)

An Amtrak Keystone train traverses the "High Bridge" constructed by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1904. The 934 foot, 10 arch bridge carries the Main Line across the water gap cut by the Brandywin... (more)

Coatesville, Pennsylvania -
"The Pittsburgh of the East"

Here we have what Coatesville might have looked like today, in the 21st century, had the industrial might of the Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: Siemens ACS-64
Location: Coatesville, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: N/A
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 18, 2020

Amtrak's 1889 built Coatesville Station (former PRR) gets - a new nostalgic street lamp!
And a rebuilt sidewalk, as well... Otherwise the station still sits vacant, pending dispositio... (more)

Super Rare... The #NewAcela preproduction train is seen on a test run on Keystone Line in rather stark contrast with the 1904 stone arch bridge. I wonder what the engineer of that bridge would thi... (more)

An original medium format negative from my collection; the photographer was not specified.

An original medium format negative from my collection; the photographer was not specified.

An original medium format negative from my collection; the photographer was not specified.

The Coatesville High Bridge seen here is a stone masonry arch railroad viaduct that crosses the West Branch Brandywine Creek in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. Built by the Pennsylvania Railroad betwee... (more)

Amtrak's Coatesville Station, former PRR, built in 1889 sits vacant and forlorn pending disposition. This two story structure, hollowed inside and windows either boarded up or broken, once had a ... (more)

A mid-morning eastbound Amtrak Keystone arrives at the dilapidated station in Coatesville, PA. Coateville, rouighly 40 miles west of Philadelphia was once known as the "Pittsburgh of the East" th... (more)