After setting off a string of empty hoppers, the engineer eases yellow nose 394 (with some funky number boards) from the siding and onto the main at MP 7 of the S&C branchline as the conductor wai... (more)
On a beautiful fall morning, the crew of local D703, the Johnstown Jet, nears the small yard in Somerset where they'll do some switching before heading for Johnstown.
An ex-Conrail GP38-2 and GP40-2 work B&O territory on the S&C Sub in Somerset.
An empty unit coal train sits in the first morning light at the former B&O yard waiting for a crew to take it up the Coleman Sub to the Corsa Mining loadout.
CSX local D703, the Johnstown Jet, makes a round trip between Rockwood and Johnstown, PA several days a week. Here the Jet is passing through the former B&O yard in Somerset, a few miles short of... (more)
Normally a morning run, today's Johnstown Jet is running in the evening. The crew is putting their train together before making the 30 mile trip to Johnstown.
You could always tell when C&O 614 had been working a heavy train on a grade. The smokebox would be as shiny and as black as it was when it started the trip. From the drivers back, the engine woul... (more)
The Chessie Safety Express marches into its destination of Somerset, Pennsylvania. C&O 4-8-4 #614 has brought the long yellow train from Cumberland, Maryland.
The local holds the main in what's left of the small CSX yard in Somerset, PA. The yard is a stark contrast to it's B&O days when it hosted more tracks and had it's own roundhouse.
A look at the 3-unit consist from an incident with a truck trying cross the tracks before the train. 6137 was the leading but the second unit, 6461, looks to have suffered the most damage. Fortu... (more)
During a break in the switching, a Chessie GP30M poses in Somerset Yard.
A work train is tied down in the small Somerset yard on a beautiful May evening.
Railfan Special Service stop, raking out coals
