Conemaugh & Black Lick’s newest arrival #51 is at the interchange with Norfolk Southern at Woodvale Yard. The Woodvale section of Johnstown used to be much busier, as remnants of the steel mills... (more)

As a light snow begins to fall in the Alleghenies, the elusive Conemaugh & Black Lick Railroad 111 brings a set of gondolas to Johnstown Wire along the Conemaugh River. The CBL 111 was built in 19... (more)

C&BL's Johnstown bicentennial NW2 2000, burbles along with a cut of gons past one of the few remaining overhead cranes in the former Bethlehem Steel complex. The crane still stands today, but unfo... (more)

The Black Lick’s only operational NW2 pulls a couple loads of wire across ten acre bridge just after sunrise. Spanning the Conemaugh River, the bridge provides access to Johnstown Wire Technolog... (more)

Conemaugh and Black Lick's Johnstown Bicentennial painted NW2 rolls through the former Bethlehem Steel car shop facility on its way to pick up a gondola loaded with scrap. At this point the plant ... (more)

With no snow plow, or a full pilot for that matter, the 104 is having a rough go in the fresh layer of wet snow that has fallen overnight. It is a literal game of two steps forward, one step back ... (more)

Bethlehem Steel’s railroad serving its plant in Johnstown, Pennsylvania was the Conemaugh & Black Lick Railroad. Like most Bethlehem Steel roads at this point in time, the C&BL roster was domina... (more)

While still under Bethlehem Steel ownership, five Conemaugh & Black Lick EMD switchers idle on the lead to the enginehouse. Three NW2’s and two SW7’s, all vintage 1950 and earlier, are in the ... (more)

The 104 sits quietly in the NS/CBL interchange yard. One axle dropped into the gauge, the venerable SW7 will spend the night here rather than tucked inside the Black Lick shop, before being re-rai... (more)

Mountains, mills and churches, this is Johnstown. The mills aren't putting out too much smoke these days, but the Black Lick's only operable NW2 does its part on this fall morning as it goes about... (more)

The 104 rolls off Ten Acre bridge light on its way to the wire mill to do some switching after a fresh coating of snow.

Normally coming out to play only in the morning, shooting the Black Lick at night is a bit of a challenge. However, taking a look at the front truck on the 104 will provide some insight as to how ... (more)

The 2000 trundles past a gaggle of stored LPG tankcars in their Iron St. yard on its way to downtown. In the background is Ten Acre bridge which crosses the Conemaugh River, the bridge used to lea... (more)

Heading towards downtown Johnstown as a fog hangs over town, this old warrior picks it way through its yard. The RR is moving steel to be made into wires and interchanging with the CSX. This is th... (more)