Amtrak 992 (NS 068) completes its Mother's Day journey from Chicago to Pittsburgh after crossing the Allegheny River and splitting CP "WEST PITT."

Signing myself out of school three hours early on a perfect spring day proved to be more than rewarding, presenting me the opportunity to shoot Juniata Terminal's Tuscan Red E8's rolling west thro... (more)

After coming up the Loveridge Secondary and stopping at Brownsville for a recrew, the N72 makes its way down Main Street, continuing onward toward its final destination of Bailey Mine.

The morning fog is finally starting to burn off in the mountain city of Altoona, revealing the developing colors of spring. Meanwhile, ethanol train 66Q advances eastbound towards Rose Yard at AL... (more)

A great day of chasing black diamonds in the Mon Valley started off little something like this... N30 knocks down CP "STREET" in West Brownsville and begins its trek down Main Street.

Q500 comes blasting into the small town of Holgate, thundering past the old depot and miscellaneous junk surrounding it.

Joining friends Richard Thompson and Matt Hartman on a day's journey to Pittsburgh proved to be an excellent way to spend a Sunday, especially considering this surprise appearance of V703, a run-t... (more)

With a BNSF SD40-2 still donning its original cascade green in the trailing position, NS 24Z trundles across the OC Bridge on the west side of Pittsburgh. The assortment of colorful international... (more)

UPS train 24M splits the signals at CP West Pitt, crossing the Fort Wayne Bridge over the Allegheny River and swinging east toward the Pittsburgh Amtrak Station.

A welded rail train led by an NS slug set rolls west past the park by Bedford's Tim Lally Field.

The CCR's Glenwillow-Cleveland train meanders through historic downtown Bedford, engines and cars rocking and swaying on the jointed rail.

A pair of "Bright Future" AC's accelerate from a stop after waiting for NS to run a 938 across the diamond at Leipsic Junction. The presence of the defunct XN Tower and the cantilever hosting a p... (more)

One of UP's countless AC44's thunders across the diamond with the Toledo Subdivision in "The Corn City," speeding by the non-operational DR Tower.

With three Z trains ahead all waiting to get into Willow Springs, this eastbound is practically crawling towards Chicago. Although I'm always into Z-trains doing track speed, taking in this eleve... (more)

The clear signal at CP 307 is knocked down to all reds as 15K blasts through the crossovers just after sunset.