The Mon-Fayette Expressway toll has increased from $.50 to $.65 but it's still money well spent to access this sweeping view.
Parked next to the turntable, ACR 181 and 183 rest between assignments.
Several years before a highway project changed the view, Q384 works upgrade towards Sand Patch with a trio of Geeps.
In the east, I tend to associate street running with coal trains - photographing Amtrak in the middle of a busy street was a very interesting sight!
Passengers get a great view of the steel industry as the train passes by a Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel mill.
Conrail's business train traveled to every corner of the system, but one of the more obscure lines it visited was the Popes Creek Secondary in Oct. 1991. Normal traffic on the PCS included unit c... (more)
Instead of the typical two or three units, today's edition of Q249 is powered by an incredible lashup of nine engines! Lead unit is CSX's "Spirit of Benning" SD80MAC.
An empty hopper train dashes through the snow en route to the mines for another load of coal. Merry Christmas to all!
138's yellow UP engines are a perfect complement to the yellow seats in Heinz Field, home to the World Champion Pittsburgh Steelers.
4553 prowls the immense yard at Hamlet. Please click on "CSXT 4553" to see this engine in B&O blue paint.
Over 60 of GO's passenger cars are visible in this view.
A pair of ex-PC GP35s rust away in storage at Altoona. GP9s, 30s, and a few SWs could all be found in storage at this time.
A westbound slab train crosses the Parkway on his final approach to Rook.
The DMU pauses at Oakmont between runs on the AVR.
An old Chessie caboose and a Seattle & North Coast boxcar date this photo to the 1980s.
