For a very short distance, the BR&P (left) and PRR ran parallel just outside of Punxsutawney.
Crawling northward at a leisurely 10MPH, 563 rolls past an old barn at Locust.
Shelocta trains no longer pass through here, having been re-routed onto NS's new Keystone Branch.
Bringing up the rear of 563, 7201 heads north 15 miles away from the junction with the B&P mainline.
It's incongruous to see such decrepit rail and a 420,000 pound locomotive in the same picture.
Popping out of the Pennsylvania jungle, 7214 leads a northbound empty Shelocta train.
NS 563's helper set passes CP Marion.
NS, BPRR, and Allegheny Valley power idle at Riker.
NS 7214 rolling thru Home,PA in early AM sun.
The 563 rolls down the straight away at Rochester Mills.
The second to last 563's helper passes railfans Wade Massie and Matt S.
Returning to the former Monongahela coal fields for another load, 563 stretches out along Route 837 and the Monongahela River. The train's last car can be seen at the top right of the photo.
Empty hopper train 563 heads south on the Mon Line towards Shire Oaks
8901 singlehandedly leads a train of empty hoppers past Island Ave.
Old and new EMD's meet during a thunderstorm at the old P&S station in West Kittanning. A pair of ex-Conrail SD80MAC's on NS 563 pass B&P GP9 626
