A mixed freight moves briskly east down the north shore of the Ohio River as it passes through the hillside town of Sewickley, PA. The Ohio River, with its ships and industries composes the backg... (more)

As I walked back from class, I heard the familiar sound of a BLE locomotive's horn blowing for the crossings in downtown Grove City, PA. I quickly grabbed my camera, rushed to my car, and drove 2... (more)

A BNSF loaded coal train moves west along the branch line to St. Louis. I said on another recent post that this line was owned by CN and that the coal trains operate under CN train numbers. Howe... (more)

Amtrak's southbound "Saluki" speeds into Du Quoin over two hours behind schedule. Unfortunately, for those who travel on this train, passengers are often late as the train is regualarly hours beh... (more)

A BNSF coal train, probably running under a CN train symbol, gets ready to take the branch west towards St. Louis. These coal trains always sport BNSF locomotives adding a nice variety to the com... (more)

A colorful lash-up of foreign and domestic power leads a manifest train south into Du Quoin, IL. The train will have to wait in Du Quoin for some time to meet two northbound trains before continu... (more)

It is rare to see a northbound train through Grove City during daylight hours. But here, CN 5422 leads a northbound train of empty ore cars, bound for the docks in Conneaut, right through the mid... (more)

After another snow storm blew through the area laying down a fresh 5 inches, a southbound ore train kicks up a cloud of snow as it accelerates through the outskirts of Grove City. Leading this CN... (more)

A rarer sight these days, a southbound ore train passes through downtown Grove City with not one but two ex. BLE units in the lash-up. After the Bessemer and Lake Erie was bought out by CN, many ... (more)

A loaded ore train heads south through Grove City on its way to Bessemer where it will turn and bring empties back north. A light snow is falling as the train kicks up a fresh layer of powder at ... (more)

Running over 4 hours late, Amtrak's eastbound Capital Limited slows as it prepares to make a stop in Cumberland, MD. This train left Chicago 2 hours late and picked up another 2 on the way.

An NS intermodal train bound for New Jersey proceeds east through the cut at Union Furnace, PA. The train was made up almost entirely of export containers which will be put on ships in NJ and the... (more)

NS 23Z, a westbound intermodal train bound for 63rd Street Yard in Chicago, passes under the old Pennsy signal bridge in Fostoria, PA. The shadows are lengthening as the sun falls towards the hor... (more)

An NS manifest train passes Hunt Tower in Huntingdon, PA on its journey East. The Tower is still in great shape because I believe it has been refurbished previously. It was once host to a transp... (more)

After 20K moved through Altoona without stopping and then flew down the Pittsburgh line at track speed, I was barely in time to catch it here over the bridge in Mount Union. 20K was a short train... (more)