Spring has arrived and the cessation of gypsum trains to the USG Washingtonville Plant during the winter months is about to end. NS will again be delivering these trains to USG. In this view, Lyco... (more)

The first train of empty gypsum hoppers for 2020 from USG Washingtonville Plant awaits a crew just west of End of Block RIDGE by the track into Montour Power Plant on the Watsontown Secondary. Fro... (more)

New Chessie System boxcars direct from builder BFF (Berwick Forge and Fabricating Corp.) heading to Newberry Yard have just passed PP&L's Montour Steam Electric Station, now Talen Energy's Montour... (more)

The local freight out of Newberry Yard switches cars at the Crop Production Services facility at the end of the line. A customer's mode of transportation has center stage to watch the railroading ... (more)

NS SD60Is 6726, 6720, & 6734, still showing their Conrail heritage, with another load of coal approach their destination, PPL's Montour Power Plant.

K22 local near MP 13 in pull-pull mode returns west after delivering one car to Nutrien Ag Solutions at the end of the line at MP 14.

A change in NS assigned power from SD60Is to SD60Es has occurred on coal trains to Montour Power Plant. The first empty train with all SD60E power, NS 7024, 7033, & 7015, departs Montour Power Pla... (more)

A 6 axle in 4 axle territory! This track, the Watsontown Industrial Track extending east of the Watsontown Secondary, was restricted to 4 axle units. A USF crew was nearby with a trio of SD40-2s ... (more)

Synthetic gypsum train for USG Washingtonville Plant is parked by the runaround as the crew ran out of time earlier in the morning just short of their destination. KGLX 109089 hopper was damaged i... (more)

NS 8115 & 8075 were pulling an empty hopper train of KGLX aluminum hoppers for synthetic gypsum from USG Washingtonville Plant. A 3 car derailment occurred seventeen cars from the rear end. The de... (more)

The NS H44 prepares to deliver this General Electric built centercab switcher, lettered for Mirant, to the fly ash plant in Strawberry Ridge. The unit will replace a smaller centercab switcher the... (more)

The H44 has just delivered 3 covered hoppers to Crop Production Services at the end of the Watsontown Industrial as NS 3051 cautiously proceeds west over the decrepit track back to Strawberry Ridg... (more)

Nine PPLX hoppers without rotary couplers are on the head end of NS 623 this evening indicating each of these cars had to be moved onto the dumper individually, uncoupled, dumped, and re-coupled. ... (more)

The 536 has reached its destination as it approaches the dumper with two blue SD60Is, 6731 and 6723 running elephant style. Nikon D70.

NS 3367, 3366, & 3443 power an empty hopper train leaving PPL's Montour Power Plant.