Union Underneath. Union Railroad (URR) MP15DC no.s 12 and 26 are about to duck under Pittsburgh McKeesport Blvd as they haul a train of gondolas south to the US Steel Co. Irvin Works.
With a light rain falling, a trio of MP15's emerge from the tunnel in Dravosburg, Pennsylvania on the Union Railroad's Job 76B. The second shift crew is making their first run of the evening with ... (more)
A trio of MP15's emerge from the tunnel in Dravosburg, Pennsylvania on the Union Railroad's Job 76A. The crew has a train loaded with steel slabs in tow from the Edgar Thomson Works and bound for ... (more)
Original Kodachrome slide by Bill Volkmer. Pittsburgh Raiways street car 1471 is about to head west on the Dravosburg Bridge, 24 April 1960. Slide from my collection.
Steel has always been Pittsburgh's big claim to fame and the Union RR is one of the staples. Here we see URR 18 leading the morning slabs through Dravosburg. The slabs come from Edgar Thomson Stee... (more)
The Lackawanna heritage unit approaches the Boswell Oil crossing in Dravosburg as it traverses the Mon Line. The empties are destined for loading in the Waynesburg, PA area.
The Southern heritage makes it's way through Dravosburg, PA. and will eventually cross the OC Bridge in Pittsburgh, PA. Photo 409854
An empty hopper train dashes through the snow en route to the mines for another load of coal. Merry Christmas to all!
URR 15 leads two other MP15's on a loaded slab train approaching the USS Irvin works from the USS ET works.
Lady Liberty On The Mon Line
One of Union Railroads MP15's pull hard on the still warm steel slab cars.
In the late afternoon sand flies and exhaust pours out of 5 MP15's grind up hill with a loaded coke train from Clairton for the Port Perry and Dexter Yards as it nears the Dravosburg tunnel. The s... (more)
2009, one of three Gensets tested by the URR over a couple month period, sits at Irvin over night under a cloudless sky.
The Monongahela unit back on it home rails in Pittsburgh pa on the NS Mon Line.
