High above the backyards of Banning, a short W&LE freight rolls eastbound towards the CSX interchange in Connellsville.
It's a straight shot through Bruceton today, since there's no work to be done at the AVR interchange.
Ever since taking a photo from this spot on a cloudy afternoon in December 2005, I'd wanted to come back and try it again on a sunny day. Nearly four years later, it all worked out, resulting in ... (more)
6349 emerges from the woods and enters a sharp S curve in Gastonville.
Another coal drag from Bailey pauses at the west end of Connellsville, awaiting clearance into the yard.
Looks like it's been a few years since the old red Mack truck has turned a wheel. Fortunately, things are much livelier on the east end of the W&LE these days!
It's getting harder and harder to see all blue on PPLX trains. Still, two out of three is pretty good in '09!
Westbound racks meet empty coal at South Fork.
20V's helper set passes MP 254 on its ascension of the West Slope.
On a move that seems to be running about three or four times per week, an eastbound coke train passes through Brookline on its way to Connellsville. Power can be all W&LE, all CSX, or a combinati... (more)
There was some color to be seen on the West Slope in mid October, but 2008 seems to have been a much better year for fall foliage.
Eight thoroughbreds trot westbound past Cassandra on a light engine move.
Early morning light illuminates 21V's helpers as 10G passes by on track one.
A pair of rebuilt SD50s lead a westbound empty coal train through South Fork. Years of coal mining in this area have scarred the landscape, as evidenced by the piles of coal tailings on the hills... (more)
13G rolls into South Fork behind an increasingly rare black & blue lashup.
