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)

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 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)

Back in '05 the Black Lick was still using the front doors of their shop building, and the 2000, finished with its work for the day, is being readied to be backed into the cavernous shop for the n... (more)

The 2000 shoves a cut of cars back into the hole at the 'Wire Mill'.

Having delivered a couple gondolas to Johnstown Wire Technologies across the river, the Black Lick's 2000 recrosses the Conemaugh River via the Ten Acre bridge.

Right at home. For 60 years this little EMD has worked around the various mills in Johnstown.

Delivered as the 102 in 1949, the 2000 was renumbered and repainted for the third time in the year 2000 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of its home town of Johnstown. Here it works in downto... (more)

From a former C&BL employee, here is some info on the building in the background.... The building in the background was built in 1975 - 1976 as ' Kent ' yard office named after then Bethlehe... (more)

The 'Wire Mill' as it is known locally, is one of the Black Lick's best customers these days, even if they only get a couple loads of wire a week.

Specially painted up nine years ago for the bicentennial of the City of Johnstown, the 2000, one of three NW2's on the C&BL roster (and the only active one), still toils along wearing only the sec... (more)

We didn't expect to see this as we were driving around looking for the CSX D703.

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)