Most of the plant has been removed, but a few remnants of US Steel's Homestead Works can be seen in the background, along with part of the Carrie Furnace across the river in Rankin.

CSX 7718 and HLCX 8160 lead an autorack train slowly through Pittsburgh while track crews patiently wait. On a side note, at the exact moment I took this photo, a semi rig ran a red light, hit a b... (more)

20 years ago there was a interchange yard to the left of Q226 and one of the world's largest steel mills to the right. Now the only reminder of the past is the famed "Homestead Stacks"

Comin' at ya! NS 2761 leads a doublestack train through Homestead with sequentially numbered 70M-2s up front.

In a scene repeated numerous times each day, a doublestack train rolls through Homestead, causing a major traffic jam at the Amity St. entrance to the Waterfront.

Never thought I'd photograph an active Chessie unit on CSX in 2007, too bad it wasn't on the point!

The locomotive and the track its riding over have both seen better days.

536 has just begun its u-turn shaped trip around the Pittsburgh metro area. This train will end up on the on the Buffalo Line (200 some odd miles to the east) even though its currently headed west

Q359 has two loads of Waste Mangement trucks visable behind the power. This train just barely made it to Homestead in time, in just 10 mins the track would be in shadow.

K381 climbs onto the Homestead Bridge with a dirty Dark Future leading a clean one.

Ready for Halloween, pumpkin geep #9653 is in charge of a short train at Homestead.

After the Homestead Works were demolished in the 90's, Homestead presented a very bleak, barren appearance. This scene is much different today, the station has been restored and development now o... (more)

1651 looks to be in notch eight, working hard through Homestead on the Hall Runner.

Homestead is one of the busiest locations in the Pittsburgh area - NS's Mon Line and CSX's Pittsburgh Sub (foreground) are good for dozens of trains each day.

NS 11J heads north on track 1 past the PRR station at Homestead.