The last train of the day couldn't have come at a better time as Q640 heads east as the sky puts on a show.

In the setting sun, NS 316 hustles eastbound towards the Bort Road crossing and ultimately Buffalo, NY.

Mixed freight 316 charges eastbound towards the Bort Road grade crossing at sunset. You can see the glint of the rails on the old NYC adjacent to the NKP.

Going westwards towards Berea, Ohio then off to Chicago on the Chicago Line. Taken in the sunset.

NS 309 glides across State Line Trestle in the early evening light with a freshly painted Catfish at the helm.

NS C1A has just finished it's chores in North East and now heads back west towards Conneaut.

Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited rushes through the many vineyards in the area, with a somewhat beat up unit leading the way.

Three P42s lead the Lake Shore Limited out of North East PA and under Bort Rd. towards its next station stop in Depew NY.

NS 309 comes into Pennsylvania as it crosses Twenty Mile Creek.

Little Joe #802 displayed at night a mere 10 miles east of its Erie, PA birthplace. The electric was built by GE in 1946 for export to the Soviet Union. The Cold War embargo stopped the shipment... (more)

CSX ethanol train K683 races west past CP "Mac" on it's way towards Cleveland and points west.

Westbound 309 leaves the state of New York and enters Pennsylvania as she sails over Twentymile Creek on one of the many trestles that makes the old Nickel Plate a nice line to photograph. Also of... (more)

After four separate paint jobs throughout its lifespan, the first U25B in existence is back in the NYC paint scheme, after dawning the livery of GE Demonstrator paint, its first coat of NYC black,... (more)

Although Bort Road is a popular spot for photographers to get an elevated vantage point, I thought it would be interesting to have a new perspective on the "hot spot."

NS 23K heads across the massive State Line Trestle. This is the tallest trestle on the Ex. Nickel Plate, 113Ft high.