Q384 finally gets a turn after waiting almost two hours at Riverton. Track #2 is out of service for a curfew on the Keystone Sub.

Crossing the Youghiogheny River.

Q296 enters Braddock interlocking with a "bluebird" ex-SD45 leader, and only 10 cars. Hi Mike!

Q296 enters Braddock interlocking with a "bluebird" ex-SD45 leader, and only 10 cars. Hi Mike!

Amtrak's Capitol Limited, over 6 hours late, leaves the ex-B&O main and enters the fomer P&LE.

NS 227 as seen from across the Monongahela River with 9337 and a BNSF SD70MAC.

Q296 awaits a local and Q217 to come off the single main. The Carnegie Science Center and Heinz Field are in the background. Canon 10D, 28-90mm, f9.5 @ 30 sec, ISO 100

The POHC is a fairly easy night-photo target. Here unit 1327 rests next to some MoW equipment. Canon 10D, 28-90mm, f8.0 @ 8 sec, ISO 100

Amtrak 43, NS 07T heads west along the Ohio River. Canon 10D, 28-90mm USM, f5.6 @ 20 sec, ISO 100. External flash used to get a reflection from the lead locomotive (at right).

Q137 cruises west towards Neville Island. The bridge in the background at left is NS' Mon Line crossing the Ohio River on the Ohio Connecting Bridge.

Hot intermodal 20W glides downgrade towards the Westinghouse Bridge and CP-Wing. Canon 10D, 28-90mm f4/5.6 USM II. f16 @ 1/350 sec (brightened about 1.5 stop in Photoshop) ISO 200.

22W heads onto 98 track at Wing for work at Pitcairn. Canon 10D 28-90mm f4/5.6. f11 @ 1/350sec, ISO 200.

I got this great Conrail unit again, going eastbound in the morning. This time it's on an extra 20G (BNSF Chicago-Croxton). Canon 10D, 75-300 f4/5.6 USM III, f11 @ 1/350 sec. ISO 200

A loaded slab train shoves up the ramp from USX Edgar Thomson works (to head across the river to Irvin) as an empty coke train reverses to head to Clairton.

Chicago Northwestern power brightens up an otherwise drab train on the P&LE. Canon 10D, 35mm (28-90mm f4/5.6) f8.0 @ 1/500 sec.