Under the cover of darkness the Rockwood Switcher goes to work dropping a cut of gons for the Conemaugh and Black Lick in downtown Johnstown. In the background looms a group of mill buildings whic... (more)
under threatening skies CSX train J781 rolls by the NS Magolia Yard as it makes its way back home to nearby Osborn Yard. Not long after this photo, J781 and counterpart J772 would be abolished.
Return home from Summerail entailed a side trip to the industrial "burbs". Sad to CSX ignore the old B&O main.
CSX local D763 rounds the curve at milepost BG 176.5 on it's way to Willard, Ohio. Note the lead locomotive is road slug CSXT 2325
Emerging from the morning fog, CSX local D703 breaks the silence in the small village of Listie. On this day the train would be the first of three movements on the S&C sub, which is usually dorman... (more)
Built as B&O 6901 now CSX Road Slug 2225 leads the NS transfer job Y220 north just out of Osborn Yard by FX.
The Balcony Falls local, H744-04, makes his way across the 1,700' James River Bridge, on its way to work the paper mill at Big Island, then its of to Lynchburg. Canon EOS 50D
Mitchell - Louisville local J781 eases through the semaphores at Hitchcock in a scene not likely to be repeated anytime soon. A week or so after this photo was taken, CSX abolished its two trains... (more)
On what had been a mostly cloudy morning the sun pops out behind them to shine on CSX northbound Y129. Built originally for the B&O as GP30 6936 now CSX Road Slug 2292 leads the train across the... (more)
The Cumberland yard is home to a number of 30 plus year old EMD's which labor with strings of cars all day long. The east end of the yard is home to the hump duty SD40-2's, while the west end is w... (more)
After completing their exchange with NS in Watkins Yard, CSX Y205 heads back to Parsons. In the very late evening light.
CSX W01003 creeps over Interstate 81 onto the Pulaski siding where they will meet Q62106, they are taking an empty rail train south.
An empty rail train heads south into the setting sun on St. Lawrence Subdivision. Just 5 days ago this came north, where it has been laying rail on the Montreal Subdivision.
One of two Northtown slug sets works the hump.
I'm not from around here, so I must ask--When and why did BNSF add power to their slug sets?
