Track speed meet at milepost 488. The swift NS B09 coil train meets a fast westbound intermodal on the Chicago Line.
1st measurable snowfall of the year "neccesitated" a trip trackside for a little winter wonderland courtesy of NS and the Pocahontas Division at Ought One.
NS replaced the signals with newer color lights and OSHA compliant ladders, but I think we're all glad they left the original Southern RR cantilever signal bridge.
17M passes under the classic cantilever signal still in use along the Pokey.
One unit wonder 290 powers up after coming out of the siding at Shepherdstown.
These boys are more concerned in finding some fish than what's behind them
NS 9785 rolls on the outside of the steeply banked curve at Ought One.
Not often you see NS/SP power through Vickers on a manifest but this rare sunny day brought this gem through Eastbound on track 2.
NS 759 takes coal mtys to Hull for loading at Litwar Processing. Note the test drill holes above the portal for the Heartland Corridor project, which will soon raise the roof of the tunnel.
Out of one tunnel and into another. 759 rides in the sun amongst the shadows as pulls westbound loaded hoppers up the hill out of Vaughn Tunnel and into Roderfield Tunnel
Southbound kicking up snow , with someone walking down the St. with no interest in the train.
A NS Dash 9 leads a stack train below Daytons Bluff
A NS Dash 9 leads a stack train up the BNSF ST. Paul Sub while a UP coal train with brand new shiney cars rolls east/south below Daytons Bluff
Eastbound 20A crosses the Pittsburgh Line's stone arch bridge over the Conemaugh River in Climax. The track on the right is the Conemaugh Line.