What came first, the chicken or the egg? For years I've wonder if the Parkway South was designed to fit between the pillars of the this PWV bridge, or was the bridge altered to allow the Parkway t... (more)
Mon Line meets Duquesne Incline. Everything came together here; sunny day, wrong way main and obviously an over/under meet between two very different types of railroad.
An 8 minute ride for a reasonable price (I can't remember what it now off the top of my head) provided a great view of impressive Hong Kong skyline. The ride itself was pretty memorable, with grad... (more)
It looked like all hope for a good railfanning day was lost when a semi slipped down an embankment and onto the tracks right around daybreak. However, UP and DOT crews quickly cleaned up the mess.... (more)
I had heard about this western workhorse floating around on the Keystone line so when I saw it at the engine terminal from train 42 I braved the heat to get a shot.
Pittsburgh at it best: One of a kind URR 17 leads over CSX Q353 & Q226 on the north bank and NS 570 (not pictured) on the south bank. With in five mins, NS 510 and two URR drags would pass this lo... (more)
Warbonnet 682 is a long way from home rails. Seen here passing the old P&LE station on a cold, grey Pittsburgh winter day.
CP Frost almost lived up to its name today; the thermometer was hovering around 40F at day break.
What a wild lash up! Featuring a Dark Future GP15-1, Bright Future SW1001 and a stealth RDMT. The plack in the foreground marks the spot where Frick's Pinkerton guards were attacked by locked out ... (more)
I bet 50 years ago it must have been hard to believe one day the Mon River would be this clam in Homestead. Note the old USS Carrie Furance in the background and old USS Homestead Dock in foregrou... (more)
When I asked the crew when they were going to stop buying such nice trucks and start buying locomotives, their response was 'just you wait.'
After spending the day learning about how effectively Soviet built cruise missiles are going to sink me over the next 7 months, I decided to risk it for last light at Cajon. This is what I came up... (more)
