Five MP15DCs tackle the grade through Bull Run with a long train of coke empties and general freight for Clairton. It is a very hot and humid afternoon as storm clouds gather; the crew has the ai... (more)
The Battle of Bull Run. Sure it takes place just about everyday on the Union, but it is still impressive to watch a quartet of MP15's claw their way upgrade.
A former US Steel switcher working Tube City Iron & Metal's scrap plant in West Mifflin.
Usually the domain of Union RR switchers, a quartet of B&LE SDs haul coke from Clairton on the Union Railroad.
A long train of coil cars ascends the Munhall Ramp, destined for the Irvin Works and another load of steel coils.
The impressive physical plant found in the Mon Valley is readily apparent in this photo. Here, #20 is in charge of a short train on the Munhall Branch while CSX's Q353 works across the river in D... (more)
Displaced geeps from the Rio Grande and Union Pacific have found new homes on the W&LE.
5 URR MP15DC's haul a loaded coke train towards Mifflin Yard for the WE interchange.
EX URR 566, now TCTX 566, sifts a loaded scrap car and looks like it has a crane growing out of it's cab.
A trio of URR MP15DC's haul heavy slabs thru Bull Run towards the USX Irvin Works.
A special passenger train on the URR with WE power cutting thru Limestone Cut.
A quartet of former B&LE SD38-2's, now URR, haul an empty train to Clariton. These big road units only lasted a few months on the URR!
The only green engine on the roster, URR #17 leads the afternoon slab train from the Edgar Thomson plant.
After ducking underneath Bettis Road, #17 will enter a long tunnel and emerge in Dravosburg. From there it's a short trip to the Irvin Works where these slabs will be turned into steel coils.
