An A-B-B-B-A set of U.S. Steel F7s power a southbound train from the mine at Atlantic City to a connection with the Union Pacific at Rock Springs, WY. The railroad only operated from August 1962 ... (more)

Commerce re-starts; inventory of Ford vans is building after months of inactivity. Auto racks at the plant are rolling, and Ford blue is pulling them (actually ex-US Steel switcher #1225 that Ford... (more)

A freshly painted switchers moves a cut of hot metal towards the BOF at Edgar Thomson Plant of US Steel's Mon Valley Works. The engine is a former P&LE SW1500.

The engineer of USS Cumberland Mine 22 gives a nice big wave while crossing bridge 11 enroute to the coal dumper on the Monongahela river

This shiny remote-control gem seems to be headed to the U.S. Steel Great Lakes Works plant south of Detroit. This appears to have been originally a Northfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line (Norfolk South... (more)

One of several R/C switchers assigned to US Steel's ET plant takes a break between chores. In addition to the USX activity, the Union Railroad and CSX can also be photographed in this area.

There are two paint schemes used at the ET plant, the older red worn by ET-4 and the more recent gray and blue on ET-2.

One of the ET plant switchers goes about the never-ending task of supplying the mill with raw materials.

Mill switchers and bottle cars congregate outside of US Steel's Edgar Thomson plant.

The sun is setting - and on Alabama steel production as well. There are other posted shots which I suspect are made at this locale showing an abandoned Alco.

ET-3 scurries about with a bottle car in tow.

Remote controlled unit used at USS Homestead until the plant closed in 1986

Two of the remote control locomotives that bring molten steel from the BOF to the casting mill look small compared to ET

One of USS' battered switchers sits in front of the plant it has served for so long. Anybody know what that black smoke is from? Canon 350D, 28-80mm.