Diverging from the B&O main onto the CL&W, eastbound R354 has a manned Chessie caboose and DuPont caboose bringing up the rear.
It was fairly rare to see a caboose in active service in 1991, and even rarer when it was a Chessie safety caboose. A small fleet of these cabeese were painted in colorful liveries, each adorned ... (more)
A long cut of Chessie cabeese is stored in the former Western Maryland Knobmount Yard, awaiting disposition.
A westbound CSX detour move has just popped out of the W&LE's Fellows Tunnel and is now crossing high above a small creek. This scenic area of Eastern Ohio reminds me (a little bit) of the Pokey.
This CSX train is only one mile away from its normal route, but it won't regain home rails until northern Ohio. If the West End Branch (low bridge) were still in service, the train could access t... (more)
Whenever CSX has a major derailment in Western Pennsylvania, it's likely they'll reroute one or two trains over the W&LE.
Autoracks on the W&LE? This westbound CSX rack train is detouring over the Wheeling due to a derailment on the Keystone Sub.
One of the shortest trains I've ever photographed, today's 392 has a trio of gons for Mifflin Jct. The train will probably be at least a little bit longer on the return trip because he'll be work... (more)
The N&W has been gone since 1982, but the Norfolk and Western lettering on this bridge remains in very good condition.
7827 and a newer GE sibling roll 249 westbound on the Pittsburgh Sub on a cloud-free spring afternoon.
Westbound coal from Bailey Mine rolls past Pittsburgh's Point, where the three rivers converge. The Allegheny is at upper left, the Monongahela at right, and the Ohio at lower left.
Foreign power rarely leads on NS in Pittsburgh, but it does happen occasionally on trains to/from the Mon Line, such as this empty hopper train.
It's tough to chase northbounds on the Bessemer, but since this train was over 100 cars long I was able to get here with about one minute to spare.
In a few more weeks, the trees in this scene will be turning a bright shade of green, until then a trio of Bessemer tunnelmotors provides the color.
10 miles away from North Bessemer, a southbound ore train knocks down a clear signal at Russellton.
