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)

The Ginkgo tree lined NS Fort Wayne Line is littered with autumn color as C46 waits to get into Norfolk Southern's Island Avenue Yard in Pittsburgh, PA. The east end of C46 is led by a not so bla... (more)

NS 60M makes its way westbound through the trench aka "The Yellow Brick Road" this time of year

AVR1 heads east through West Park in Pittsburgh, PA after collecting the inbound cars off of a late C48 at Island Avenue. C46 from Pitcairn can be seen stopped short of the PENN signals on #2 tra... (more)

Late season color in full effect in Pittsburgh's West Park.