From the 2024 night photo shoot.

P&LE GP38-2 sits at a locomotive facility in Youngstown, Ohio. The P&LE served the steel industry between Pittsburgh, PA and Youngstown, OH. The closing of steel mills led to the end of the P&LE i... (more)

Baltimore & Ohio E7(A) 1421 and E7(A) 1424 with train 8 the eastbound SHENANDOAH, at Youngstown, Ohio on September 19, 1965. Photo by Dave McKay, from my collection.

A leased LTEX SW9 shuffles scrap gons at the Midwest Steel & Alloy scrapyard in Youngstown, Ohio located alongside the CSX New Castle Subdivision. The crew has just run these two cars over the rai... (more)

A Youngtown Belt Railroad crew switches out cement hoppers at the City Concrete siding in Youngstown, Ohio, passing through a gantry at the unloading pit for City Aggregates. Once the crew spots t... (more)

Youngstown Belt job 109 smacks the diamonds at Center Street as they approach Haselton Yard on the NS.

Youngstown Belt job 109 heads through Youngstown headed for the NS interchange at Haselton with a pair of Ohio Central GP11's.

OHCR 8702 & 8712 are seen working Youngstown Belt job 109 as the train makes its way through Youngstown passing under the old Lake Erie & Eastern Railroad at Riverbend headed for the NS interchang... (more)

OHCR 8702 & 8712 are seen working Youngstown Belt job 109 as the train makes its way through Youngstown passing International Steel at Riverbend headed for the NS interchange at Haselton.

A Youngstown Belt crew begins their day at Brier Hill Yard with the Ohio Central GP11 pair.

In a scene reminiscent of the once mighty Pittsburgh steel industry, J&L #58 maneuvers into position beside hot metal car #822 for a night photo shoot. Built in Pittsburgh in 1937 by the HK Porte... (more)

UP SD40-2 #3408; Purchased new as number 8073 in May 1977, renumbered to 3408 in 1981. Equipped with 116 inch extended low nose. Norfolk & Western SD35 #1551 built in 1965 with a high short nos... (more)

A quartet of EMD GP's await their next assignment at the service pad of G&W's Youngstown Belt Railroad in Youngstown, Ohio. On the left are two GP11's, both wearing the colors of the Ohio Central.... (more)

New York Central System subsidiary Pittsburgh & Lake Erie SW-9 9831, 8937 and 8938 leads a wreck train at Youngstown, Ohio on March 25, 1962. Photo by Ken Douglas, from my collection.

C&O Greenbrier 4-8-4 no. 614 smokes it up for fans on a photo rugby east of Youngstown, OH during a tour with the Chessie Safety Special. The engine led the special around the railroad in summer ... (more)