Southbound 20Q rides next to another southbound C35 along Carson Street up above the Southside on a beautiful Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania morning on the NS Mon Line.

Loaded coal heads through the trench, commonly called this time of year the "Yellow Brick Road", and it's obvious why. The blue leader just stands out with the great fall color minutes away from ... (more)

A stack train heads west across the Conemaugh River on the Sang Hollow Extension just west of Johnstown, PA.

Westbound coal flies along the CSX Mon Sub passing boats out to pasture near Bunola, PA

The Steel City glistens and shines as Q216 heads east through Station Square, the once home of the mighty Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad.

NS 5358 idles away at NS's Pitcairn Yard waiting for its next assignment.

After a repair to a washout on the Mon Line, an endless parade of coal loads and empties go up and down the NS Mon Line at a frequency I've never witnessed before. N21 heads north through the doub... (more)

Q137 heads West leaving downtown Pittsburgh, PA behind in the background as the sun rises over the Steel City.

G089 with BNSF 5858 sails east across the Youghiogheny River at Versailles PA with rain moving in quick that will last all afternoon into the evening.

Breaking the silence of rustling leaves and a rushing Wills Creek (Just beyond the other side of the tracks), E759 although empty, grinds up Sand Patch Grade with a YN2 duo pulling hoppers past on... (more)

It's been 43 years since the Salisbury Viaduct has had a Western Maryland train, or any train for that matter, cross this mighty structure. The longest bridge on the Western Maryland (WM), it spa... (more)

WE 3034 takes train 612 east across the Sudan Trestle heading for a drop off at Monessen PA and a tie down at Connellsville PA.

AVR 3004 and 2 Wheeling and Lake Erie units take the interchange cut of cars from NS Island Avenue east through Pittsburgh, PA heading for Glenwood.

Double stacks make their way south along the Mon Line, still coming off the OC Bridge. To the right is CSX's Pittsburgh Sub. In between the 2 railroads is route 51/Carson Street.

A 16 unit wonder. The original hopper train, NS 615, lost both of it's units and was solely relying on the 4 pushers (in view coupled to the train) as sole power to get it up one of the hills jus... (more)