Spring brings MOW season. Empty continuous welded rail train, operating as NS 917, drops down off the mountain into Rose Yard on 1 Yard while passing 18N.
Rail train parked for the day.
A ratty Conrail SD40-2 leads a rail train out of the newly modified Eggleston tunnel.
Herzog's westbound!
NS unveils a newly reworked CP Bird with a new signal bridge governing eastbound movements on 2 track on the HARL and off the "turkey path". NS ballast train 917 rolls west onto the turkey path be... (more)
A loaded system ballast hopper train led by a SD0M-2.
Ballast train 917 heads west on track one at 18:59, in the last good light of the day. Tripod-mounted Canon 20D and 70-200mm lens.
This Monongahela caboose trails an NS jimbo train parked on the Turtle Creek Industrial. Lighting provided by a cheap Radio Shack handheld spotlight. Some brightness correction applied using Adob... (more)