This might be the brightest engine that I've ever seen.
Empty coke hoppers for USX's Clairton Works slither across the Mon and enter the Union's complex J Interlocking.
A UP switcher poses in nice late afternoon light while enjoying a weekend before going back to work on Monday.
UP 1367 makes a special load transfer
The impressive physical plant found in the Mon Valley is readily apparent in this photo. Here, #20 is in charge of a short train on the Munhall Branch while CSX's Q353 works across the river in D... (more)
Yard goat...
Pulling a cut of cars at ADM
The daily North Dakota Mill switcher trundles along en route back to BNSF's Grand Forks yard. Wind chills were reaching -50 on this frigid day.
Running north on native WP Oakland Sub mainline track (somewhat rare), the Long Street Job nears Melrose, the northern connection to the old SP Niles Sub. The UPY1378, a modified MP15DC with hoodt... (more)
A quartet of URR MP15DC's cut thru the snow squall with a CSXT coke train.
A freindly wave from the crew as this well battered switcher from a local steel mill enters CSX's Cayce yard to pick up some gons.
A pair of MP15DCs prepare to pick up caboose C-105 after setting off cars in the Valley Yard.
Working the Con Agra Job, UPY 1378 along with a string of hoppers hold at CP Strong for a SB baretables train to pass by. UPY 1378 is a test unit with a microwave added on top for heating food for... (more)
