Bridging the Day: Just before sunset, NS 8098, the fresh Conrail heritage unit, leads empty coal train NS 873 eastbound over the OC Bridge on the outskirts of Pittsburgh.

A pair of Carload Express SD60M's roll through the control point at CP Bloom as they get on to NS's Pittsburgh Line in the Strip District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This is the Allegheny Valley ... (more)

A former FURX SD40-2 leads another SD40-3 on the Wheeling & Lake Erie 618 as it crosses over I-376 on the south side of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as a few late fall leaves still cling to the trees.... (more)

25G running through Mon Line on a beautiful day with the Lehigh Valley heritage unit leading

The AVR-1 job returns to Glenwood Yard after interchanging with NS at Island Avenue. Three former SD45s, numbered in reverse consecutive order, powered the train on this overcast afternoon. The ... (more)

An NS manifest navigates the trench in fall splendor with some of the downtown Pittsburgh skyline in the background. What better place to experience autumn than the "Trench", also know... (more)

An eastbound NS stack train crosses the Ohio River and Brunot Island taking the Mon Valley through town to the Port Perry Branch

Amtrak train 29 lead by the Phase IV heritage unit 36 minutes late to Pittsburgh Union Station. On the right is the Pennsylvanian ready to depart the next day.

Two Union Railroad trains meeting on a bridge.

An eastbound unit sand train crosses the busy streets of west Pittsburgh.

CSX M215 heading westbound thru Pittsburgh.

With fall colors in full peak at Point Park, the AVR job head's back west to their home rails passing the beautiful scenery.

It's a beautiful spring afternoon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as Norfolk Southern's Conrail heritage unit leads eastbound intermodal train 26X as it crosses over the Ohio River and Brunot Island. ... (more)

You know when the skies are ready to open up. Luckily, the 15 job arrives before the storm and brings coil cars past US Steel's Edgar Thompson works. This interlocking is guarded by a signal bridg... (more)

Photo by Howard Hutchison from my collection taken sometime in the mid to late 1950's.