Steel has always been Pittsburgh's big claim to fame and the Union RR is one of the staples. Here we see URR 18 leading the morning slabs through Dravosburg. The slabs come from Edgar Thomson Stee... (more)
A pair of blues pull a loaded outbound slab train into NS's Kenny yard and will shove it's train against a cut of loaded coil cars. NS's Mon line can be seen to the right of the train.
After delivering steel slabs to U.S. Steel's Irvin Plant, URR 18 leads a coil steel train out of the Dravosburg tunnel on it's way back to the Duquesne yard.
The end of an era! Seen here is the second to last revenue train to use this bridge. Once this bridge was critical to US Steel's empire, as it was bracketed on both sides by steel mills. Today, bo... (more)
The color has been completely drained in just over a week from the Pittsburgh area, time for 5 months for brown backrounds and cold weather.
A trio of URR MP15DC's haul heavy slabs thru Bull Run towards the USX Irvin Works.
A trio of URR MP15DC's roll over Northbound 21Q who is traversing CP16 with a WC SD45 second out.
