The AVR Glenwood to NS Island Avenue turn approaches Island Avenue Yard through the iconic late fall Pittsburgh PA location notably known as The Trench.

Fall, on the Western Maryland.

U700 heads West in front of the great steel city of Pittsburgh PA, under the Fort Pitt Bridge connecting the south shore of the Monongahela River to downtown Pittsburgh on a spectacular summer mor... (more)

One of the most iconic locations on Sand Patch Grade, also the namesake, hosts one of the most if not the most well done "special paint" units out there among any railroad. CSXT 3194, t... (more)

Q016 races along the Youghiogheny River and a very foggy Laurel Highlands and the Allegheny Mountains near Confluence PA with the Honoring Law Enforcement CSX unit, CSXT 3194.

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)

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)

WE 3067 leads 612 from Connellsville to Rook Yard in Greentree, the sun already faded across the Mon Valley, but keeping the high and mighty east end in just enough light for a few more moments at... (more)

Q370 tackles gravity as it heads towards the summit of the Alleghenies at sunset at Sand Patch, PA.

Amtrak 30, the eastbound Capitol Limited, rides the P&W Subdivision connecting the NS part of its journey to the CSX part of its journey around Pittsburgh, heading through Panther Hollow in Oaklan... (more)

The sun bathes the Yough and Mon River Valley's, rising on a beautiful May morning as a Q276 charges across the PLE bridge in McKeesport PA.

URR 33 slowly making its way towards Edgar Thomson works, just a mile or two ahead, with loaded ore from the B&LE, passing the former headquarters/office in East Pittsburgh, PA.

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

Finishing up with the floodgates. After a washout that crippled the artery of coal from the coalfields of Southwest Pennsylvania, traffic is non stop on the NS Mon Line. N21 pulls loads north ... (more)