Dropped off only a few minutes prior by WE 611, which took the third engine off this train SWP 2006 back to Rook with 7 cars, AVR 3004 and 3002 sit at the AVR/WE interchange with 60 loads of coal.... (more)

A pair of AVR yard jobs work at the east end of Glenwood yard. 4001 is one of 4 newly acquired ex-KCS GP40-2's.

NS 688 rolls across the stone arch viaduct in Latrobe, PA with the Nickel Plate in charge.

One of those lucky shots. AVR 4002 pulls a cut of sand cars to double up as a light set heads up the hill.

A sharp set of matched GP11s yards their train at Glenwood, the hub of operations for the AVR.

Passing thru the former PRR Yard in Youngwood.

Kansas Valley Railroad KCR 3003... oops i meant to say Allegheny Valley Railroad 3003 leads the interchange traffic from the BP south to Glenwood yard. The AVR looks more like the KCS these days w... (more)

After running a cut of cars to NS's Island avenue yard the AVR heads back to Glenwood yard with a decent sized train as it passes through the trench at West Park during what is called Yellow Brick... (more)

A cloudy day helps make this shot possible, as KC32 the AVR Island Avenue turn makes it way towards the yard with the city of Pittsburgh in the background.

KC32 through the cut.

AVR-1 heads East thru the ditch along the "yellow brick road" after picking up its train at NS' Island Avenue Yard. This location in Pittsburgh's West Park has been well documented by many photogr... (more)

AVR transfer run heads east on NS Pittsburgh line towards Bloom Junction with CSX.