Union Railroad SW1500 6 shuffles about and around in the Camp Hill piping mill on the McKeesport Connecting trackage. Camp Hill is formerly part of the National Tube Works, which is now barren lan... (more)

One of the largest 0-6-0s ever built and in sad shape when we appraised her, wheels wore out, shabby and seemingly never to run again, confined to a quarter mile or so loop of track on a shut down... (more)

Union 18 shoves into Valley Yard before an awesome early Fall sunset.

URR Caboose Hop. A fleet of EMD end-cab switchers, the lack of locomotive ditch lights and manned cabooses make the Union Railroad a bit of an anachronism in 21st century railroading. No... (more)

For a brief period of time, the Union Railroad rostered a handful of ex-B&LE SD38-2's. They retained their Bessemer colors but were given new numbers and URR logos.

A southbound scrap train passes the last remaining set of postition light signals on the Union RR as it rolls under the Westinghouse Bridge.

Three switchers lead a loaded slab train south on the Union Railroad near Dravosburg Tunnel.

One crew works the north end of the Class Yard while another crew makes a light power move thru J Tower.

During the 1990's, the McKeesport Connecting used switchers from its Transtar parter, the Union RR. The URR 570 was running light thru McKeesport. The two tracks on the left are the CSX mainline... (more)

No fewer than nine Union Railroad MP15DCs are seen at Duquesne. A 5-unit set led by URR 21 is stopped on the Port Perry bridge with an empty coke train while a 4-unit set led by URR 19 shoves a c... (more)

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)

For over 100 years, the crew of a caboose would look over passing trains for defects. This task is becoming harder to photograph. But the Union Railroad in Pittsburgh still uses cabooses, making... (more)

For a brief period of time, the Union Railroad used five ex-B&LE SD38-2's in road service. Four of the big EMD's were heading south thru East Pittsburgh with an ore train from North Bessemer. Th... (more)