CSX 118-119 with an eastbound CSX OCS is past the crossovers at Drakestown and about to enter Confluence, Pennsylvania. October 13, 1987. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

Rolling out of Confluence on the low line of CSX's Keystone Sub, a clean looking 4534 leads an eastbound autorack train.

Under a brief but heavy snow squall and with a missing number board, an eastbound intermodal rolls out of Confluence, PA on the low line of the CSX Keystone Sub. By the time the mid-train DPU arri... (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.

CSX’s “Spirit Of Law Enforcement” locomotive leads Q016 thru Confluence as the morning fog is slowly dissolving away.

Q349 drifts along the Casselman River and through Confluence on an early, misty, snowy and atmospheric morning.

Welded rail train W025-29 heads east through the small town of Confluence.

After getting fuel and a crew, S368 with an ex SP leader heads out of town east towards Cumberland.

EX Southern Pacific SD40 7336, now HLCX 6341, heads east along the Keystone Sub just east of Confluence.

K059 with a foreign leader takes the reroute over the Baltimore Division, seen here at Confluence PA. Note how close the road is to the mainline

In the early morning a train carrying tankers with hazardous chemical residue and propane derailed in the center of town forcing the evacuation of 1,100 people. I was a senior in high school and ... (more)

Westbound Q383 rolls off the High Grade Line in Confluence behind CSXT 7687 near the end of the pre-ditch light era!

Westbound Q381 rolls thru Confluence on the west slope of Sand Patch Grade.

In the last week of "Heritage fleet" equipment service on the Capitol Limited the eastbound train was running hours late allowing a pretty view of the west slope of the Sand Patch grade. When I h... (more)

Often overshadowed by the more torturous east slope, the west slope of Sand Patch still has quite a bit of charm to it. West of Confluence the main skirts the Yough before heading into the straigh... (more)