Notice how the pavement goes right up to the rail but not over it on the siding, kind of a half hearted attempt at street running. In any case, sure hope that track doesn't need tie replacement an... (more)
A quartet of Union switchers lugs a train from Braddock through the railroad's complex J Interlocking.
URR train to "Beans" at Hall.
URR #31, sporting the road's newest paint variation, shoves a loaded CSXT coke train across the Mon River, via the Port Perry Bridge.
I knew the Union train was coming, but I didn't expect to see four vintage passenger cars in the yard!
Coal and coke are two key commodities hauled by the Union. Part of the railroad's Duquesne coal dock can be seen in the foreground, while a five pack of switchers get a coke train ready in Dexter ... (more)
This might be the brightest engine that I've ever seen.
Empty coke hoppers for USX's Clairton Works slither across the Mon and enter the Union's complex J Interlocking.
Cabooses from an empty URR coke train headed to the USX Clairton Plant and a loaded URR slab train headed to the USX Irvin Plant run parallel south of Dravosburg.
The impressive physical plant found in the Mon Valley is readily apparent in this photo. Here, #20 is in charge of a short train on the Munhall Branch while CSX's Q353 works across the river in D... (more)
A quartet of URR MP15DC's cut thru the snow squall with a CSXT coke train.
Basking in the winter Sun at Hall.
A pair of MP15DCs prepare to pick up caboose C-105 after setting off cars in the Valley Yard.
5 URR MP15DC's haul a loaded coke train towards Mifflin Yard for the WE interchange.