Steam finally returns to the B&O!! BTNC screams through Ellwood City with around 120 cars as the 3302 does it's best impression of a steam engine.

BPRR 458 and 302, still in the tunnel, lead the BTNC out of Ellwood Tunnel and across Connoquenessing creek.

B&P veteran 459 is teamed up with freshly rebuilt SD40-3s 3064 and 3331. The 3064 is former BPRR 460, and the 3331 is of CN heritage.

An extra BTNC with some of the B&P's roughest power runs light to New Castle to pick up empty gons for AK Steel.

Clean enough to eat off of! Notice the reflections in the freshly painted and seemingly polished blacks on 452. The B&P sure does have some ugly units running around, but when you get a good lash ... (more)

CSX eastbound Trailer Train Q136 crosses the former B&O trestle as it approaches Ellwood City.

With the grace of a mountain goat , I perch on the snow and ice covered hillside waiting for the BTNC to emerge from the Ellwood Tunnel. Click Railroad: Buffalo & Pittsburgh
Locomotive: EMD SD40T-2
Location: Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: BPRR 3302
Train ID: BTNC
Photo Date: February 09, 2009

Fresh out of the paint booth, B&P 462 adds a little extra sunshine on an already bright day. B&P 462 also is sporting the "Zero Injuries" decal that has been recently applied to G&W family locomot... (more)

B&P local PW-1 waits for a recrew after outlawing at Nalco Chemical's North Plant.