URR 8 switches in the confines of what is left of the former National Tube works in Mckeesport. The Mckeesport Connecting uses two Union SW1500's, #6 and 8 to switch out US steels Tube works. Thi... (more)
A pair of Blue MP15's leads a cut of empty slab racks back to ET from Irvin as they pass under the 110 signal bridge, the only position lights left on the railroad.
There is never a boring moment in the Mon Valley, here a 4 way Mill meet happens at ET. URR 1 is building up a cut of scrap and lime cars to spot at the BOP, 76A sits on the Cinder bridge with a ... (more)
Only a mile outside of the Clairton yard limits, 66 is already in run 8 and doing less them 10mph as the engineer tackles the steep grade out of the Mon valley with 5 MP15's and a heavy coke train... (more)
After a long and slow climb up hill from ET, BMEX 259 starts down grade with its small train of slabs after exiting the 1919 build Dravosburg tunnel. After testing on the URR and also at ET the 25... (more)
BMEX 259 the first of three Gensets to test on the Union railroad leads a train of fresh slabs from the USSX Edgar Thompson Works to the rolling mills of the USSX Irvin Works. Here the train strug... (more)
After trading places a few days before with BMEX 259, RPRX 2010 finally hits the main line performing some tests that will possibly lead to the Union Railroad buy some gensets. Here 2010 leads a t... (more)
2009 switches out rebuilt coke racks off the shop tracks at XB and will put them onto 36E. Ore trains can be seen on 34E, the west yard and in the middle group are a cut of gons and a cut of more ... (more)
2009 rolls off the elevated section of track that splits East Pittsburgh in half and back onto solid ground. The building on the left was the original office building for the URR before moving to ... (more)
After switching out shops at North Bessemer yard PRLX 2009 leads 17 rebuilt coke racks south through the cut just south of the North Bessemer Tunnel. 2009 was the first Genset to be tested on the ... (more)
PRLX 2009 rolls past the old receiving yard with its 3 car train that is bound for the class yard which is just around the corner behind me. 2009 is the third genset to be tested in the last year ... (more)
