The "Coal goes to War" train starts it's journey towards the MGA at West Park in Pittsburgh
07T brings the daily "Pennsylvanian" into Pittsburgh in sweet evening light under CP-PITT
After a long and lengthy day of taking the "Coal goes to War" train down the coal fields of Southwest PA's MGA territory, Amtrak 145 shuffles the private cars around for various trains to take bac... (more)
NS C39 Working Island Ave yard.
A pair of Union Railroad MP15DC's have just finished drilling cars at the Duquesne classification yard and sit next to the URR Caboose # 105.
Under cloudy skies a pair of C40-9's heading west toward Conway and an empty hopper train heading for the coal fields of Green County Pa slowly pass one another on the OC Bridge.
Just enough sun comes out to shine on the Duquesne Incline Railway as one of two vehicles makes its way down hill to the lower station while the Pittsburgh skyline looms in the distance.
After running demonstrations on the AVR out of Oakmont, the AVR has brought the Colorado Railcar DMU to Pittsburgh where Amtrak will take it east the next morning.
An empty hopper train meets a mixed freight while crossing the Ohio River.
Matched AVR power takes its train back to Glenwood after pick up from the NS at Island Ave.
A hat-trick of NS SD60I units make their way over the Ohio River on the famous OC Bridge as they head for downtown Pittsburgh.
The Virginian unit leads hotshot 21M across Pennsylvania - I suspect a lot of us left work early to shoot this. Not I, the train was in Pittsburgh close to 7:30pm.
