The Pacific Express brightens a dreary morning through Utica, PA enroute to the turn around point in Franklin.

Who's ready for Old Man Winter? With the siding iced over behind me and only enough head room for one loco, Chris and Kyle already have the power split with WNYP 426 behind me ready to go ... (more)

The ME-1 out of Meadville slowly meanders into downtown Oil City with with one of the two WNYP Alcos in full WNYP Livery and lettering on the point and engineer friend Chris Southwell at the throt... (more)

Running long hood forward, WNYP 421 leads two gondolas across the truss bridge spanning Oil Creek. These cars will be interchanged at the scrap facility in Franklin for a string of five other gon... (more)

Having completed the work to be done around Oil City and Franklin, all that's left to do for the crew on ME-1 is to enjoy the ride back to Meadville.

WNYP 631 and RRPX 43 are eastbound through Friendship, NY, with OL-1's train. Best. Chase. Weekend. Ever. 1213hrs.

The ex-Reading Alco is on its way to pick up two empty covered hoppers from the Dad's Dog Food plant. This spur used to connect to the Bessemer & Lake Erie, but the line now ends after the plant.

Arrive Alive!!! That is the hopes of the children on this bus. If crossing gates had any strength, this short bus would be even shorter. Note the price of gas too as the ME-1 reverses of... (more)

A busy morning in Meadville. The ME-1 crew builds today's "Branch" job's train as NS 533 gets a fresh crew to continue the trip to Conway. We were also lucky enough to catch NS 522 leaving the c... (more)

DFT smokes it up through NORTH ELDRED as they head back to Olean.

DFT passes through SOUTH ELDRED on their way back to Olean.

To paraphrase comedian Ron White: "Hey man, huh, huh! How far will this train take us?"..."Clear to the scene of the crash."

WNYP dispatch notifies the ME-1 of a rollover on the tra... (more)

WNYP local ME-100 puts out a plume of "ALCO dust", as it accelerates westbound through Falconer.