Some interesting things lying around at JBS. These two former GP38s are in the process of being converted into road slugs. The two large compartments in the middle of the car body will be used to ... (more)

Railroads often talk the importance of the horsepower to cars ratio. With six MACs (one on the rear) and 27 cars, C51 sports a ratio of 111HP per car!

I'm no expert on motive power, but I think its pretty clear this GP60 won't be seeing any road service any time soon.

Its just another lazy summer afternoon in Johnstown as 20Q goes along its way east.

Right on 25Z's tail, 227 is the fourth out of five trains to receive helpers this morning.

The morning shift has just come on duty. Their first task, push the units that need work today into their assigned bays.

389 passes the massive ET works. Despite CSX's obvious close proximity to the steel mill, the railroad does not directly service the mill. That duty is left up to the Union Railroad and US Steel's... (more)

Q389 is seen here passing the URR bridge and the Mon River locks.

For the residents of the West Slope area, the railroad is just another part of life, demonstrated here by a child's swing set not 20 feet from the busy South Fork wye.

A nice three way "meat" between 18N, 23W and 21M.

After delivering loads to the Union an hour early, BLE 906 and two other tunnel motors take a train of empties back north to the docks in Conneaut. Get these shots while you can, rumor has it IC p... (more)

Summer is here, as evident by all the boats out of winter storage and back onto the River.