32 years ago today the third, and hopefully the last, major flood hit Johnstown. Fittingly an extra 16E heads east past the now vacant C Tower in a downpour. Thankfully the rain lasted only an hou... (more)

A locked up traction motor in the front truck bumped this GE from Sunday's 13G. At the time of the photo the traction motor had been replaced, but it had yet to be taken away.

The last of the blue SD40-2's in the Johnstown-Altoona helper pool, battered 3347 is tied on to the back of a loaded PPL coal train on a cold and snowy night.

A CSX veteran has the honors of leading pig train Q130 this morning. The train is exiting the horseshoe curve at Mance after cresting the summit at Sand Patch two and a half miles to the west.

The 2000 shuffles some billet cars around the mills in Johnstown.

Hot slabs out of ET head across the Mon towards the Irving Works further down the valley.

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Coal train U306 recieves some assistance from Cumberland helper B245, 8780, as it prepares to get a run at the steepest part of Sand Patch's west slope.

A fresh load of Mon Valley diamonds rolls out of the rain and into the sun while the Clairton coke plant gets back to business across the river a few days after an explosion took down a battery of... (more)

Southbound Silver Star passes through the streets of Ashland, VA on its way to Miami.

Having delivered a couple gondolas to Johnstown Wire Technologies across the river, the Black Lick's 2000 recrosses the Conemaugh River via the Ten Acre bridge.

Work complete for the day 104 heads for the house. For over 50 years the 104 and its stable mates worked in Johnstown without snow plows, or even full pilots, however that changed last winter. A c... (more)

I HATE THIS TRAIN. If I never see another garbage train again it will be too soon, I think the welders working on the switch by the signal will agree with me also. This stink bomb rolls through CP... (more)

A day after a derailment in downtown snarled traffic, CSX is again in downtown Johnstown. GE's are rare on the EMD dominated S&C sub, 5859 being pressed into duty due to the derailment, and here i... (more)