In the evening sun, NS 21Q crosses the Vermillion River.
Two brutish SD70M-2's wheel a priority train through the rain in Leetsdale. The great Pennsylvania Railroad four-track "broad way" still exists in sections.
A loaded coal bucket heads over the top at AR and is just yards from starting down the slide into the new Portage tunnel.
A string of black, brown, and gray hoppers, with their black diamonds inside begin their descent of "the slide".
