Having completed the work to be done around Oil City and Franklin, all that's left to do for the crew on ME-1 is to enjoy the ride back to Meadville.

The ex-Reading Alco is on its way to pick up two empty covered hoppers from the Dad's Dog Food plant. This spur used to connect to the Bessemer & Lake Erie, but the line now ends after the plant.

A busy morning in Meadville. The ME-1 crew builds today's "Branch" job's train as NS 533 gets a fresh crew to continue the trip to Conway. We were also lucky enough to catch NS 522 leaving the c... (more)

To paraphrase comedian Ron White: "Hey man, huh, huh! How far will this train take us?"..."Clear to the scene of the crash."

WNYP dispatch notifies the ME-1 of a rollover on the tra... (more)

With their brine empties picked up at McClintock and running around their train, the ME-1 heads to beans at Casey's before continuing to Franklin Steel for a P/U, and then heading back to Meadvill... (more)

Conductor Kevin C. "Grumble, grumble, grumble. Hey Chris, I have some bad news. The 3 cars that we need to take back are in the middle." Chris "So much for in and out. ... (more)

After setting in 5 loads at Continental Can, the ME-1 comes back across the Wye Bridge at the former Wye Tower site. The bridge won't see another train for a month or so. The ME-1 is now enroute t... (more)

Crossing Oil Creek, the ME-1 heads toward McClintock Yard in Rouseville to pick up a few brine empties and run around their train.

WNYP train ME-1 cruises westbound through the farm fields of Northwestern Pennsylvania.

421 pulls the 4 empties from Continental Can under an old Pennsy Signal bridge that once guarded the entrance to the Valley Yard (now just a single track main) from points south on the Valley Line... (more)

421 reverses light down the South Side Industrial to retrieve the 4 empties from Continental Can. The trackage there does not have the room to do the switching with the 5 D/O loads and 4 P/U empt... (more)

WNYP Alco C424 #421 and caboose #300 rest under the PA 322 overpass in the WNYP yard at Meadville, PA

Running long-hood-forward, #421 switches some tank cars.

Engineer Chris waves to the photographer as this old Alco charges south towards Oil City.

The Oil City Turn heads south on a nice clear day under this old signal gantry. Note the caboose at the end of the train.