CSXT 3203 and 835 are greeted by a pair of happy jack-o-lanterns as they bring a loaded coal train to a stop in Connellsville. The story behind the pumpkins is, I got onto the other side of this a... (more)

Yard job Y190-25 creeps down Track 4 while Q276-24 is in the middle of a crew change on Track 2. Meanwhile, a CSX maintenance crew is beginning the process of removing the dead-end stub track that... (more)

The restoration of the caboose at the Great Allegheny Passage trailhead in Connellsville is now complete. The stenciling and signs were just recently added by the local HObo model railroad club. T... (more)

This ES40DC rules the roads, with no traffic in sight, and a lone parked car dwarfed by the train. But the half mile of streetrunning ends right after this crossing. This was a a train of empty co... (more)

The train dropping off its passengers after a Tuesday tourist run from Cumberland to Frostburg, and back. Here it is at the Cumberland station, underneath the I-68 bridge. Note how the black steam... (more)

Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad brings out its whole fleet of EMD GP11's on this freight train going east on Track 2 Main through the Connellsville CSX yard. At the other end of the yard it would ... (more)

Emerging from the home yard in Ridgely, WV on a spectacular October morning. It would stop at the road crossing in Ridgely for a brake test and final inspection before continuing on across the bor... (more)

BNSF lends a hand to CSX on coal train U884-11, going east through downtown Connellsville on a beautiful December day.

A southbound freight local with a double helping of GP38-2's passes under the Lane Bane Bridge carrying historic U.S. Route 40, on a very cold January day here in Brownsville, Pa. NS 5636 is forme... (more)

Yard job Y190-13 with twin remote control GP38-2's going east on Track 4 through downtown Connellsville along Water Street. The employee riding the nose is the one operating this, with a control p... (more)

The special guest Iowa Chicago and Eastern leans into a curve in Casparis, leading this ethanol train on Track 2 east after getting CSX help added to the back end. ICE 6429 (named City of Fairmont... (more)

More late-train antics today with the P030-17. Here it is stretched out past the station on Water Street and ready to head east again. It arrived at 1:55 PM, late enough to get some good afternoon... (more)

Q358-17 rests on Track 2 Main awaiting a new crew which is not scheduled to arrive for a few hours, on a perfect November afternoon.

A 4th of July surprise from CSX! Q355-04 has a GP40-2 as a leader. Seen here between crew changes. Former BO 4447 built in June 1981. It was the last GP40-2 Chessie System ever received.

A pair of engines from Canada continue their latest journey on CSX rails, this time on a Q253-17 autrorack train momentarily stopped here in Broadford, PA to discuss further orders. Now a few mile... (more)