AVR SD60M 6002 slows as it approaches the NS Island Avenue Yard, rolling through "The Trench" in Pittsburgh, PA.

The AVR Glenwood to NS Island Avenue turn approaches Island Avenue Yard through the iconic late fall Pittsburgh PA location notably known as The Trench.

A pair of EMD standard cabs lead a Norfolk Southern local though Pittsburgh's West Park in the height of fall.

The daily Allegheny Valley Railroad train rolls through the trench in West Park as it approaches Island Ave. Yard where it will interchange with Norfolk Southern on a partly cloudy November 14, 20... (more)

AVR 4001 leads AVR1 towards Island Ave Yard with Pittsburgh in the background, and surrounded by a golden cityscape at the popular spot commonly referred to as the trench.

After taking a few years off the vibrant yellows of West Park's Ginkgo trees returned this fall. The Gulf Building and US Steel Tower peek over the trees as a rebuilt Dash 9 leads tank train 67N w... (more)

Running late due to an outage, manifest train 38G makes its way east through Pittsburgh, PA on the afternoon of November 15, 2020.

The daily AVR job creeps through the trench in Pittsburgh, PA as it approaches Island Ave Yard where it will interchange with NS on November 15, 2020.

A Norfolk Southern coal train creeps through the trench in West Park in Pittsburgh, PA on a crisp November 14, 2020.

With the gingko trees of Allegheny Commons Park in Pittsburgh, PA showing brilliant tones of gold, an Allegheny Valley Railroad manifest train rolls along on a sunny November 14, 2020.

The sun shines bright on the lead unit of an eastbound coal train traveling through West Park in Pittsburgh, PA on November 11, 2018.

On the chilly afternoon of November 10, 2018, an Allegheny Valley Railroad manifest train heads east through the trench in West Park in Pittsburgh, PA.

Two locomotives lead eastbound Norfolk Southern intermodal train 22W through the trench in West Park in Pittsburgh, PA on a chilly November 10, 2018.

A pair of EMD locomotives lead a Norfolk Southern ethanol train west through the trench in West Park in Pittsburgh, PA on November 10, 2018.

The most prime example of being photo bombed. 16E heads east through the trench, also known as "The Yellow Brick Road", as evidenced in the making of this spectacle with the falling and... (more)