A 50 car coal train from SWP Bullskin Mine near Connellsville heads north on the ex B&O Pittsburgh & Western sub at Glenshaw Tunnel. It's great to see a "real" train on this twisty, scenic line!

WJ once control an important junction on the Baltimore-Chicago mainline, allowing trains to connect with the Cumberland-St. Louis main to the south. Today, the tower is closed, the Chicago mainlin... (more)

Glenwood Tower was closed on October 1, 2003 but still stands today.

Negotiating one of many tight turns on the P&W sub, AVR 2004 makes it's way home after trading cars with the Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad at Bakerstown Pa.

AVR 2008 & 2007 drop off cars for and pick up cars from the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad. AVR 2008 leads the way home glowing in the early morning light.

1802 spots a few reefers on the outskirts of downtown Pittsburgh.

While the attention was focused on the other end of 955, the AVR didn't dissapoint with three clean and matching GP11s in company colors. The track in the foreground is NS' Pittsbugh Line and the ... (more)

Freshly repainted AVR 2008 basks in the diffused sunlight along with a former NSM SW, an ARR GP49, and DMIR 418 - sitting outside the paint shops... oh I hope it ain't so.

AVR-1 squeals around the tight curves at Sample

Now on the P&W Sub, the AVR-1 crosses the Allegheny River and is about to cross the NS Conemaugh Line

The Wheeling power is about to cut off from its train of 65 empty ISPX cars to hand off to the AVR.

Southbound AVR-1 crosses the Mon and Sandcastle Water Park as it heads to the new Bruceton interchange with the Wheeling & Lake Erie

1802 heads west to work at PCA in the Strip District. The ROW in this area has been heavily upgraded by the AVR - it looks like a double track main!