Cold and desolate: this yard could be a pretty good metaphor for the future of the C&BL if you're into that kind of thing. On most days it only takes about two hours to complete the day's work. Ho... (more)
C&BL #104 heads into what it left of their yard at Johnstown. What was once a comparable operation to today's Union Railroad is now relying on a single major customer for much of their traffic.
CBL 104 switches one of the largest few remaining customers spun off when Bethlehem Steel left town in 1992. Today, JWT is the largest producer of high quality carbon steel wire in North America. ... (more)
A Conemaugh & Black Lick EMD NW2 shoves a cut of cars through an old yard on a rainy day in Johnstown, PA. The box car in the background is an ex-C&O/Chessie System box car.
Former Bethlehem Steel road Conemaugh and Black Lick's Iron Street yard is filled with rail from Bethlehem's Steelton Plant.
The steel mill on the east end of Johnstown was still going full tilt in this photo. Note the difference in size with the narrow gauge mill center cab switcher.
C&BL 111 heads out of the wire mill.
Conemaugh and Black Lick's Johnstown bicentenial unit 2000, gets ready to head into the shop for the day.
C&BL 100 and 101 are vintage EMD NW2s, built in 1949!