The Monongahela Railway has just dropped a loaded coal train at West Brownsville, Pennsylvania. As the power pulls away from the train, waiting Conrail power can be seen waiting to take trains nor... (more)

Another loaded coal train has been delivered by the Monongahela Railway to the Conrail interchange at West Brownsville, Pennsylvania. The four Super Sevens are about to drop their train at the nor... (more)

Northbound coal loads approach East View Cut near Waynesburg, Pa. The train was loaded at the Federal #2 facility, located just over the West Virginia border on the MGA's Miracle Run Branch.

I Wana Get This Train Loaded

A Wisconsin Electric train begins the flood loading process at the Blacksville Number 2 Mine in Wana, West Virginia. The Super 7’s are all on the pro... (more)

Bringing a trainload of empties to the Loveridge Mine, two Monongahela Super7-23B’s pass through Keyport, West Virginia.

My high school’s football stadium was carved into the side of a mountain, and from the home stands, there was a great panorama of a large portion of the Lehigh Valley. I often thought that the... (more)

Bound for the Bailey Mine, three Monongahela Super 7-23B's bring a train of empty hoppers around the sweeping curve at Nineveh, Pennsylvania.

MGA 2309 enters Main Street in West Brownsville, PA in June of 1992 as a late 1980's Caddy looks on.

Lucky Dog

Bud, who had a spacious cottage at 625 Middle Street in West Brownsville, Pennsylvania, had what railfans would consider to be the perfect location. Situated adjacent to ... (more)

Monongahela Super 7-23B 2308 idles near the engine terminal in Brownsville, Pennsylvania. The Monongahela bought eleven of the sixteen factory-rebuilt U23B’s, which were upgraded to late Dash 7/... (more)

MGA 2308 tows a coal train thru Brownsville, PA in June of 1992.

A dreary Monongahela Railway GP38 is paired with a CR GP 38-2 on a dreary March day in 1981 at Collinwood Yard on Cleveland's east side. The somber unit appears very similar to New York Central's ... (more)

MGA 2308 works in Brownsville, PA in June of 1992 as the tug Bill Stile works the river.

A Wisconsin Electric coal; train waits for a crew on the Monongahela Railway at White Cottage, Pennsylvania. The Super 7’s are on the property, but two of the GP38’s have not yet been sent for... (more)

Taking another train of empties back to the mines, a trio of Monongahela Super 7’s crosses one of several bridges across the south branch of Tenmile Creek, this one as it leaves Waynesburg, Penn... (more)