Island Living

Situated in the middle of the Ohio River near Pittsburgh, Neville Island is the home of the Pittsburgh & Ohio Valley Railroad as well as several heavy industries that... (more)

The Pittsburgh & Ohio Valley Railroad, originally controlled by the US Steel & Wire company, operated entirely within the confines of Neville Island in the Ohio River near Pittsburgh. Here P&OV #3... (more)

CSX Q277 heads west past Neville Island on its westward journey to Ohio.

Wearing the short lived YN1 paint scheme, 4209 idles away the afternoon on Neville Island.

A GP40-2 pauses from switching the coke plant on Neville Island. This CSX trackage was part of the Pittsburgh & Ohio Valley RR until the early 1990's.

P&OC 1547 moves a cut of cars along Neville Island.

Althought only about 300 yards from the mainline, Neville Island is rather isolated from the rest of the Pittsburgh Sub operations. Case in point, this GP38 only leaves the island for local servic... (more)

After checking for vehicle traffic, OHCR 1547 backs across the road in order to grab more gondolas at Neville Metals.

After checking for traffic, the conductor jumps back on board OHCR 1547 as the engineer eases his train over one of the many roads this tight rail line crosses.

D749 has just completed it works on the heavily industrialized Neville Island. The eastern half of the Island is worked by CSX while the western half is under the control of the Pittsburgh & Ohio ... (more)

1327 heads west on Neville Island after setting off his train near the CSX yard.