A heavy coke train is being provided some extra braking from the SD40E helpers heading east towards 'tuna town.
Preparing to depart Toledo there was some confusion about this train - the dispatcher showed it as an empty unit train but the crew reported loads at the head end. The Toledo yard car department ... (more)
Southbound passing mp 242 below Wat signals just getting on the Watsontown Secondary in late afternoon.
NS 422 passes though the Center St crossing, I guess the person in the red SUV was not too happy, since he keeps backing up.
The hills echo with the sounds of EMD 645 engines as NS SD40-2s 3374 and 3342 shove hard on the rear of an eastbound loaded coal train as it digs in for the climb to the summit. NS 3373 and 3368 s... (more)
Loaded iron ore train 422 heads east through Leetsdale. It's hard to believe that industrial track at left actually sees trains with its condition.
NS 422's helper set shoves hard against the loaded coke cars.
