A New Castle Industrial Railroad SW1500 drills the small yard in New Castle, Pennsylvania, sorting empty scrap cars that were pulled from the Ellwood Mill Products facility in the background.

A New Castle Industrial Railroad SW1500 drills the small yard in New Castle, Pennsylvania, sorting empty scrap cars that were pulled from the Ellwood Mill Products facility in the background.

Newest addition to the roster, SW1500 41 works New Castle Recycling.

UN Tower, this is NCIR 77. Myself and 4032 are ready to depart to our engine house and return with the Mahonningtown Community Days Beaver Lawrence RHS caboose rides. NCIR 77, you're permitte... (more)

Both units on the roster are active as NCIR 77 departs for Kasgro Rail, and sister GP9RM 4032 works Ellwood Quality Steel.

UN Tower once protected the junction of the B&O and P&LE at the other side of town. Today it is getting a trim touch up, but I think the painter's car could use the work more than the nicely resto... (more)

A Geep shunts gons at Ellwood Quality Steel, while a former PRR N8 cabin car rests on an adjacent track.

I thought that this was a sharp paint scheme for a sharp locomotive ... definitely outclassed the railroad that owned it, which is probably why they traded it for a rusty GP9. This was the only ti... (more)

NCIR 77 makes a switching move to a local industry.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is your conductor, Kevin speaking. If you look to the train's left, you will see the UN Tower last used by CSX in the early 1990s. The tower is now owned by the Beaver V... (more)

NCIR 77 waits for 4032 to pull his 2 caboose set ahead to get some space between them before starting toward UN Tower to start the days railfanning festivities for the Mahoningtown Community Days.

NCIR 77 is back dropped by one of his freight customers while waiting to start toward UN Tower to start the days railfanning festivities for the Mahoningtown Community Days.

NCIR 77 waits at the UN Tower for the passengers of the day's first excursion to board. The CSX Main west out of New Castle Yard can be seen over head in the background.

NCIR Alco returns to home rails after dropping of interchange cars in CSX's New Castle Yard. This is an ex-Winchester and Western unit.