Conductor Harris prepares to step off to throw the switch and couple on to the rest of the train on the main to take it on up to Franklin Steel and drop it again so the scrap gons can be set in to... (more)
Clear Washington Crossing, the ME-1 leaves the Allegheny River and runs along beautiful French Creek enroute back to Franklin Steel on the return to set in the scrap loads that they dropped on the... (more)
421 pulls a MOW flat from the 13th St. stub siding that brought in new ties and rail to repair a derailment last week when the ME-1 rolled the rail and put 7 on the ground at Franklin Steel.
Off of the Meadville Industrial, the ME-1 races by this quaint little farm on the Oil City Branch enroute to Franklin Steel to drop the scrap loads off on the run around to be set in on the trip b... (more)
With the customer spotting the covered hopper with a front-end loader and running it over the derail last week, one of the WNYP crew "Tebows" after they get it back on steel.
A busy morning in Meadville. The ME-1 crew builds today's "Branch" job's train as NS 533 gets a fresh crew to continue the trip to Conway. We were also lucky enough to catch NS 522 leaving the c... (more)
With their brine empties picked up at McClintock and running around their train, the ME-1 heads to beans at Casey's before continuing to Franklin Steel for a P/U, and then heading back to Meadvill... (more)
Conductor Kevin C."Grumble, grumble, grumble. Hey Chris, I have some bad news. The 3 cars that we need to take back are in the middle."Chris"So much for in and out. ... (more)
After setting in 5 loads at Continental Can, the ME-1 comes back across the Wye Bridge at the former Wye Tower site. The bridge won't see another train for a month or so. The ME-1 is now enroute t... (more)
421 pulls the 4 empties from Continental Can under an old Pennsy Signal bridge that once guarded the entrance to the Valley Yard (now just a single track main) from points south on the Valley Line... (more)
421 reverses light down the South Side Industrial to retrieve the 4 empties from Continental Can. The trackage there does not have the room to do the switching with the 5 D/O loads and 4 P/U empt... (more)