The very last light of day of the last longest day before spring. Good combination.

The last of the longest days for light until we "spring forward". The last light of day gave me an appearance right before I headed home. SD40-2 WLE 7375 is ready to run long hood forward as WLE... (more)

NS dispatch center prior to remodeling. The wall screens are gone. Each dispatcher is now in an individual office. This is the Pittsburgh East Desk. The RDU box is used to confirm the brake pipe p... (more)

I was rather surprised when this large front loader came around the corner to assist the MoW crew with re-railing their equipment.

The sun sets on a quiet evening in Rook Yard.

Another shot I've been wanting to grab, but upon arrival, WLE 301 has appeared to be parked in a soft spot in the rail and is leaning pretty bad, also of note is the light poles in the background ... (more)

Three SD40-2's bring 54 cars into Rook; one car for Toledo's Lang Yard (CN), and 53 coke loads from USX Clairton (via the Mifflin Branch). I'm guessing the coke is headed to LTV Cleveland?

The crew has just tied down the local and is ready to go home.

5413 and a GP35 begin an afternoon's work by getting into position to meet an ore train. The pair will be cut in as a mid-train helper set and stay with the train as far as Monessen.

Seeing double. For a short while, both of the W&LE's Kodachrome Geeps were in Rook at the same time, allowing a somewhat rare photo opportunity.

102.5 WDVE Rocks! Perched at the top of Green Tree hill, the studios of the western PA radio heavyweight have a commanding view of Rook Yard, and on this night a pair of Rio Grande a... (more)

WE 303 (GP40-3, ex-DRGW/WE 3085 - former GP40) and WE 2650 (GP35, ex-SOU/NS 2650) at Rook Yard. I shot these units during engineer training on the W&LE. The students were sent to Rook for remote c... (more)

I'm not sure what the odds are of seeing four Rio Grande units in the same place in 2009, but it probably doesn't happen very often! (The fourth unit is #302, barely visible at far left).

A short local pulls into Rook with the Wheeling's version of a Rio Grande heritage unit on the point. This train's not quite as overpowered as it looks, three of the units were picked up at Mones... (more)