A somewhat rare "Triclops" leader on the south end of the B&P.
The newest thing to hit the rails of the B&P are 6 SD60M "triclops" on a 6 month lease from Progress Rail. If the 6 month trial is successful 6 more are rumored to appear and be panted GWI orange.
A single SD40-2 is the power of a train of steel slabs from AK Steel in Butler, PA.
BTNC-26 descends down the P&W into New Castle Yard with a long cut of slabs from AK Steel in Butler.
Internally a SD40-3, but still sporting a SD45 carbody, this former SP unit leads an afternoon BTNC.
The early morning sun burns through the clouds and fog as the daily B&P train from New Castle runs east over this former B&O line.
BTNC struggles up hill with a large train including a empty slab train that is being returned to AK steel in Butler.
BTNC rolls across the massive bridge over the Connoquenessing River in Ellwood City as the train heads back to Butler.
