Spring in the Steel City : Pittsburgh PA

12 minutes until 0700 hours, March 2nd of 2019 and most Monday through Friday'ers are sleeping in to start the weekend. Folks who don't have a steady schedule are probably awake, sipping their cof... (more)

AVR05 departs Norfolk Southern's Island Avenue Yard for the second time of the day after suffering EOT issues. Leading is a new to the railroad CLXX 6001 as they enter the trench headed back for h... (more)

The Liberty, Panhandle, Smithfield Street, Fort Pitt and West End bridges are an audience of steel over the choppy waters of the Monongahela and Ohio Waters to the breathtaking complement of color... (more)

A sleeping Steel City stands guard as a Q331 heads west along the Monongahela River and Pittsburgh PA.

The AVR Glenwood to Island Avenue turn brings cars from the NS back to Glenwood Yard, beginning their journey here at Allegheny Commons Park in Pittsburgh PA.

67X heads westbound through PENN interlocking and through Island Avenue Yard on a gloomy, beautiful day in Pittsburgh PA.

AVR 4001 leads AVR1 towards Island Ave Yard with Pittsburgh in the background, and surrounded by a golden cityscape at the popular spot commonly referred to as the trench.

The AVR Glenwood to NS Island Ave turn departs Island Ave Yard with its cut from NS in Pittsburgh PA

CSX train U065 sporting Buffalo And Pittsburg Power, passes a barge getting ready to move loads down river.

After taking a few years off the vibrant yellows of West Park's Ginkgo trees returned this fall. The Gulf Building and US Steel Tower peek over the trees as a rebuilt Dash 9 leads tank train 67N w... (more)

Running late due to an outage, manifest train 38G makes its way east through Pittsburgh, PA on the afternoon of November 15, 2020.

The daily AVR job creeps through the trench in Pittsburgh, PA as it approaches Island Ave Yard where it will interchange with NS on November 15, 2020.

A Norfolk Southern coal train creeps through the trench in West Park in Pittsburgh, PA on a crisp November 14, 2020.

With the gingko trees of Allegheny Commons Park in Pittsburgh, PA showing brilliant tones of gold, an Allegheny Valley Railroad manifest train rolls along on a sunny November 14, 2020.