Black is Beautiful : The crisp spring colors of the countryside are divided by the black engines, cars, and commodity of this Norfolk Southern unit coal train.

NS 7671 is in notch 8 hauling 123 loads out of Bailey, with a CR painted SD50 which is one of the few on the roster still in blue.

Pumpkin Time : Spring time in Pennsylvania's farm country isn't the usual time of year one thinks of pumpkins, but these 2 BNSF units leading elephant style, on a loaded unit train out of... (more)

Black & Blue Dash 9 & Dash 8 GE's lead 130 loads of Coal up the Manor Branch on a crystal clear afternoon.

A rather grimy looking CSX unit climbing up the Manor Branch.

The lead units have just crested the hill and are going into dynamic braking as the helpers are still shoving hard on the rear.

N21 takes another load of black diamonds north out of Bailey Mine pasiing through the village of Time.

An empty train for Bailey Mine approaches the summit of the Manor Branch.

A BNSF unit lends a little bit of color to the all black and white N21 as it heads up the Manor Branch coming from the Bailey / Enlow mine complex. Consol's Bailey loadout handles approx. 70,000 ... (more)

CSX 416 Crests the summit at Time, Pa as the early morning sun burns through the fog.

2 SD60I units lead 129 loads of coal up the Manor Branch on one of the last remaining days of Winter. The white face of the ES40DC helpers can be seen on the rear if you look closely.

NS N71 with loads from Bailey Mine passes NS N72 which is enroute up tp the Tipple to begin loading.

Plain yellow nosed SD70Mac 4767 pulls on 129 loads of coal from Bailey/ Enlow mine. This scene is quite different than it was a couple of weeks ago, as most of the snow is gone and temps are in th... (more)

The Bailey Helper helps hold back 128 loads of coal as train N31 crests the grade and begins the descent into Waynesburg.

Winter Time: 128 loads of Coal make their way up the approx. 1% grade on the Manor Branch having just loaded at Consol Energy's Bailey / Enlow Fork loadout. Last year over 20 million to... (more)