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By:Curt Beal
Dates:4/16/2009 - 3/1/2023
Album Info:Includes action from Connellsville, Broadford, Owensdale, Everson, Lemont Furnace, Mount Braddock, and Scottdale, Pa. The trains in Connellsville, Pa are using CSX track rights. The SWP shortline railroad goes from Greensburg (Westmoreland County) to Smithfield (Fayette County). It uses branches that were originally CSX (B&O railroad before that) and also Conrail (PRR before that). It branches in various directions from here: Hunker to Yukon, Everson to Mount Pleasant, Everson to Connellsville Township, (coal line), Everson to Broadford, and Connellsville to Smithfield. The parent company of the SWP is Carload Express of Oakmont, PA.
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AVR 2004, SWP 2006, AVR 4001, SWP 2003
Title:  AVR 2004, SWP 2006, AVR 4001, SWP 2003
Description:  Just doing a run-through on CSX. The SWP Railroad has a long train of sand hoppers that came from Smithfield, PA and are destined to be interchanged with Norfolk Southern in Radebaugh, PA.
Photo Date:  7/14/2014  Upload Date: 7/16/2014 2:09:20 AM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  AVR 2004(GP11) SWP 2006(GP11) SWP 2003(GP11) AVR 4001(GP40-3)
Views:  451   Comments: 4
SWP 4005 and 4006
Title:  SWP 4005 and 4006
Description:  A pair of matching GP40-3's are in Connellsville to do some switching and pick up their cars from CSX.
Photo Date:  7/15/2014  Upload Date: 7/16/2014 2:52:50 AM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SWP 4005(GP40-3) SWP 4006(GP40-3)
Views:  439   Comments: 1
SWP 4006 (4)
Title:  SWP 4006 (4)
Description:  One of two GP40-3's in Connellsville to do some switching and pick some cars from CSX. I'm still in search of the former KCS number for this......
Photo Date:  7/15/2014  Upload Date: 7/16/2014 2:18:17 AM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SWP 4006(GP40-3)
Views:  319   Comments: 0
SWP 4006 and 4005 (1)
Title:  SWP 4006 and 4005 (1)
Description:  A pair of twin GP40-3's shoving back in the Connellsville CSX yard for some switching duties. Both are former KCS engines. As busy as the SWP railroad is, there is no time to put engines in the shop for a new paint job.
Photo Date:  7/15/2014  Upload Date: 7/16/2014 2:39:52 AM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SWP 4006(GP40-3) SWP 4005(GP40-3)
Views:  443   Comments: 1
SWP 4006 and 4005 (2)
Title:  SWP 4006 and 4005 (2)
Description:  Sometimes things are not what they appear. It looks like the SWP railroad is now in the oil train business. But actually they were simply moving these tank cars to a different track so that they could get to the cars they needed. The tank cars would later go out on a K057 train.
Photo Date:  7/15/2014  Upload Date: 7/16/2014 2:41:36 AM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  SWP 4006(GP40-3) SWP 4005(GP40-3)
Views:  371   Comments: 1
AVR 4001 (2)
Title:  AVR 4001 (2)
Description:  The AVR 4001 is filling in for its sister railroad SWP and is bringing a short freight train into Connellsville to be switched with CSX.
Photo Date:  8/5/2014  Upload Date: 8/8/2014 4:21:54 AM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  AVR 4001(GP40-3)
Views:  192   Comments: 1
BNSF 4716 and SWP 4006
Title:  BNSF 4716 and SWP 4006
Description:  Just by pure luck, a K053 empty oil train passes west at exactly the right time as SWP train Z687-05 is shoving back into the Connellsville CSX Yard. It almost feels like it could be a scene from the Midwest. Especially if you consider that SWP 4006 still has the grey paint from KCS.
Photo Date:  8/5/2014  Upload Date: 8/5/2014 9:53:09 PM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4716(C44-9W) SWP 4006(GP40-3)
Views:  601   Comments: 6
AVR 4004 (4)
Title:  AVR 4004 (4)
Description:  GP40-3 at the SWP Railroad's modest facility in downtown Scottdale.
Photo Date:  9/21/2014  Upload Date: 9/21/2014 11:03:39 PM
Location:  Scottdale, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AVR 4004(GP40-3)
Views:  185   Comments: 0
AVR 4004 and SWP 4006
Title:  AVR 4004 and SWP 4006
Description:  A pair of matching GP40-3's at rest in Scottdale. All their other locomotives on the roster were out today.
Photo Date:  9/21/2014  Upload Date: 9/21/2014 11:02:17 PM
Location:  Scottdale, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AVR 4004(GP40-3) SWP 4006(GP40-3)
Views:  414   Comments: 0
SWP 4005 and WE 6310
Title:  SWP 4005 and WE 6310
Description:  A Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad sand train passes a Wheeling and Lake Erie train that is stopped on Track 3 to wait for other traffic. Both of these trains are guests on CSX.
Photo Date:  1/4/2015  Upload Date: 1/6/2015 4:34:14 AM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SWP 4005(GP40-3) WE 6310(SD40-2)
Views:  210   Comments: 0
SWP 4005, AVR 4004, 4001 (1)
Title:  SWP 4005, AVR 4004, 4001 (1)
Description:  An empty SWP sand train at the crossing in Alverton on a rainy moody day. The covered hoppers were to be dropped off at the branch in Hunker.
Photo Date:  1/4/2015  Upload Date: 1/7/2015 1:51:40 AM
Location:  Alverton, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SWP 4005(GP40-3) AVR 4004(GP40-3) AVR 4001(GP40-3)
Views:  407   Comments: 0
SWP 4005, AVR 4004, 4001 (2)
Title:  SWP 4005, AVR 4004, 4001 (2)
Description:  Empty sand train passing a small farm near the Route 31 crossing in Tarrs, PA. There are chickens at this farm that perk up when they hear a train horn, and go to the side of the tracks to wait for the train to appear. It must be a routine for them by now, and was amusing to see.
Photo Date:  1/4/2015  Upload Date: 1/7/2015 2:16:44 AM
Location:  Tarrs, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SWP 4005(GP40-3) AVR 4004(GP40-3) AVR 4001(GP40-3)
Views:  454   Comments: 0
SWP 4005, AVR 4004, 4001 (3)
Title:  SWP 4005, AVR 4004, 4001 (3)
Description:  The trio of GP40-3's have now reached their destination in Hunker, PA. The train is pulling up just far enough to clear a switch. Then it will be thrown and the empty sand cars will be set off on the short branch track.
Photo Date:  1/4/2015  Upload Date: 1/7/2015 2:23:14 AM
Location:  Hunker, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SWP 4005(GP40-3) AVR 4004(GP40-3) AVR 4001(GP40-3)
Views:  379   Comments: 0
SWP 4005, AVR 4004, 4001 (4)
Title:  SWP 4005, AVR 4004, 4001 (4)
Description:  Here the train is at the switch in Hunker and the conductor is walking back to cut the sand hoppers from the train. It is still raining here but has mercifully slowed down some. After this run the locomotives will head back to Everson to pick up more cars.
Photo Date:  1/4/2015  Upload Date: 1/7/2015 2:29:01 AM
Location:  Hunker, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SWP 4005(GP40-3) AVR 4004(GP40-3) AVR 4001(GP40-3)
Views:  348   Comments: 0
SWP 4005, AVR 4004, 4001 (5)
Title:  SWP 4005, AVR 4004, 4001 (5)
Description:  Now back in Everson at the Jones Street Crossing. There are some railcars to be sorted and then taken north to the Westmoreland Rail Freight Terminal.
Photo Date:  1/4/2015  Upload Date: 1/7/2015 2:36:53 AM
Location:  Everson, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SWP 4005(GP40-3) AVR 4004(GP40-3) AVR 4001(GP40-3)
Views:  346   Comments: 0
SWP 4005, AVR 4004, 4001 (6)
Title:  SWP 4005, AVR 4004, 4001 (6)
Description:  Working some freight near the Jones Street Crossing in Everson. The railcars on the left are coming along for the next trip too.
Photo Date:  1/4/2015  Upload Date: 1/7/2015 3:10:36 AM
Location:  Everson, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SWP 4005(GP40-3) AVR 4004(GP40-3) AVR 4001(GP40-3)
Views:  381   Comments: 0
SWP 4005, AVR 4004, 4001 (7)
Title:  SWP 4005, AVR 4004, 4001 (7)
Description:  The SWP has finished sorting cars in Everson and is now ready to head north after the conductor gets back on.
Photo Date:  1/4/2015  Upload Date: 1/7/2015 3:12:22 AM
Location:  Everson, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SWP 4005(GP40-3) AVR 4004(GP40-3) AVR 4001(GP40-3)
Views:  347   Comments: 0
SWP 4005, AVR 4004, 4001 (8)
Title:  SWP 4005, AVR 4004, 4001 (8)
Description:  Approaching the Overholt Drive crossing just outside Scottdale in Upper Tyrone Township. The low rainclouds were nearly as grey as the locomotives.
Photo Date:  1/4/2015  Upload Date: 1/7/2015 3:35:49 AM
Location:  Scottdale, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SWP 4005(GP40-3) AVR 4004(GP40-3) AVR 4001(GP40-3)
Views:  368   Comments: 0
SWP 4005 in winter
Title:  SWP 4005 in winter
Description:  Stopping near the Broadford Road crossing on the outskirts of Everson, PA to drop off a train of empty sand cars. Just another snowy bitter cold day in western Pennsylvania.
Photo Date:  2/27/2015  Upload Date: 3/3/2015 4:14:50 AM
Location:  Everson, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  SWP 4005(GP40-3)
Views:  182   Comments: 0
SWP 2003, SWP 2001, SWP 4005, AVR 4004
Title:  SWP 2003, SWP 2001, SWP 4005, AVR 4004
Description:  Empty sand train going west under the Sodem signals on a blustery March day.
Photo Date:  3/2/2015  Upload Date: 3/3/2015 4:02:30 AM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SWP 2003(GP11) SWP 2001(GP11) AVR 4004(GP40-3) SWP 4005(GP40-3)
Views:  422   Comments: 0
SWP 2003 and CSX 6512
Title:  SWP 2003 and CSX 6512
Description:  SWP 2003 and CSX 6512 momentarily pause next to one another while they are both working in the Connellsville CSX Yard. The SWP train quickly dropped off a few empty sand cars and they were on their way again.
Photo Date:  3/16/2015  Upload Date: 4/18/2015 10:27:22 PM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SWP 2003(GP11) SWP 2006(GP11) SWP 2001(GP11) CSX 6512(GP40-3)
Views:  507   Comments: 0
SWP 2003
Title:  SWP 2003
Description:  Northbound train of empties crossing one of the short bridges over Dunbar Creek in the area of Bowest. The sight lines here are incredible now that trees no longer block the view. You can see on the right the empty bridge deck which will soon have another track again.
Photo Date:  3/16/2015  Upload Date: 4/17/2015 1:32:30 AM
Location:  Bowest, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  SWP 2003(GP11)
Views:  140   Comments: 0
AVR 4004
Title:  AVR 4004
Description:  Heading East towards Connellsville with 7 boxcars.
Photo Date:  4/2/2015  Upload Date: 12/30/2020 9:08:35 PM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AVR 4004(GP40-3)
Views:  77   Comments: 0
SWP 2003, 2006, 2001
Title:  SWP 2003, 2006, 2001
Description:  Three EMD GP11s power this Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad freight train north on the former B&O Sheepskin Branch on April, 16, 2014. On the left you see the cleared trees for the recently reclaimed Bowest Yard in Dunbar, PA. Closed by the Western Maryland Railway in the 1970's, the yard and facilities were removed except for a few overgrown tracks. A booming Marcellus Shale natural gas industry in the region persuaded the SWP Railroad to invest in reconstructing Bowest Yard, which will allow them to store more freight cars and give quick access to nearby CSX. Also, on the right side the trees have been cleared for a second track to run from Wheeler to Mount Braddock, PA. The past is truly reliving itself, as this section was double-tracked in the days of the B&O.
Photo Date:  4/16/2015  Upload Date: 4/17/2015 12:02:56 AM
Location:  Bowest, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  SWP 2003(GP11) SWP 2006(GP11) SWP 2001(GP11)
Views:  556   Comments: 0
SWP 4005, AVR 4002, AVR 4004
Title:  SWP 4005, AVR 4002, AVR 4004
Description:  Train number Z697-29 is going west through Broadford on CSX trackage with a train of empty sand hoppers. All three engines are former Kansas City Southern.
Photo Date:  4/29/2015  Upload Date: 5/5/2015 2:40:27 AM
Location:  Broadford, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SWP 4005(GP40-3) AVR 4002(GP40-3) AVR 4004(GP40-3)
Views:  382   Comments: 0
AVR 4004, AVR 4002, SWP 4005
Title:  AVR 4004, AVR 4002, SWP 4005
Description:  The rear helpers on a SWP loaded sand train heading south across the Greene Junction Bridge over the Youghiogheny River. The Sheepskin Branch has various steep grades along the way so this train will need all the help it can get. The destination of the sand is Hi Crush in Smithfield, PA.
Photo Date:  5/5/2015  Upload Date: 5/6/2015 1:27:18 AM
Location:  Wheeler, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  AVR 4004(GP40-3) AVR 4002(GP40-3) SWP 4005(GP40-3)
Views:  377   Comments: 0
NS 7264
Title:  NS 7264
Description:  A former Union Pacific SD90MAC is surprisingly one of the three engines on a northbound SWP sand train on the Greene Junction Bridge. There was a time not too long ago when the SWP Sheepskin Branch could not have a locomotive this large and heavy on it.
Photo Date:  5/5/2015  Upload Date: 5/6/2015 1:29:09 AM
Location:  Wheeler, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NS 7264(SD9043MAC)
Views:  307   Comments: 0
NS 8466, 7264, 8883
Title:  NS 8466, 7264, 8883
Description:  In perfect evening sunlight, a SWP loaded sand train using run-through locomotives from Norfolk Southern is crossing the Greene Junction bridge over the serene Youghiogheny River. The locomotives are a C40-8W, SD90MAC (former UP), and a C40-9. As far as I know this is the first time a SD90MAC has been on this rail line. The train number is Z687-05, because it is coming off the CSX Keystone Subdivision on the other side of the river.
Photo Date:  5/5/2015  Upload Date: 5/5/2015 9:55:58 PM
Location:  Wheeler, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8466(C40-8W) NS 7264(SD9043MAC) NS 8883(C40-9)
Views:  335   Comments: 0
NS 8883, 7264, 8466
Title:  NS 8883, 7264, 8466
Description:  A train of empty sand cars sits in the hot sun at Wheeler Bottom, also known as O&B Junction. The train had a wait time of 3+ hours because it could not get onto CSX which was doing track work. The rails on the ground here are for the SWP Railroads own track improvements. A second track will be added around the bend.
Photo Date:  5/7/2015  Upload Date: 5/8/2015 9:48:04 AM
Location:  Wheeler, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NS 8883(C40-9) NS 7264(SD9043MAC) NS 8466(C40-8W)
Views:  295   Comments: 0
SWP 4005 (4)
Title:  SWP 4005 (4)
Description:  Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad mixed freight train passing the stopped CSX train Q226-15 in Connellsville. Today they were using three GP40-3s and one GP11. It was surprising there was not even a single sand hopper on the train.
Photo Date:  5/16/2015  Upload Date: 5/17/2015 2:08:35 PM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  SWP 4005(GP40-3)
Views:  166   Comments: 0
CN 2574
Title:  CN 2574
Description:  The second of four engines on an empty sand train idling on the Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad at O&B Junction, Wheeler Bottom.
Photo Date:  5/20/2015  Upload Date: 5/20/2015 10:22:54 PM
Location:  Wheeler, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CN 2574(C44-9W)
Views:  71   Comments: 0
CN 5782
Title:  CN 5782
Description:  The third of four engines on an empty sand train idling on the Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad at O&B Junction, Wheeler Bottom.
Photo Date:  5/20/2015  Upload Date: 5/20/2015 10:24:06 PM
Location:  Wheeler, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CN 5782(SD75I)
Views:  99   Comments: 0
CN 8953 (1)
Title:  CN 8953 (1)
Description:  With a Canadian visitor on the Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad, I felt it was only fitting to include some maple leafs in the photo. Seen idling on an empty sand train at O&B Junction, Wheeler Bottom.
Photo Date:  5/20/2015  Upload Date: 5/20/2015 10:25:10 PM
Location:  Wheeler, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CN 8953(SD70M-2)
Views:  162   Comments: 0
CN 8953 (2)
Title:  CN 8953 (2)
Description:  An empty sand train with three CN locomotives and one NS locomotive has stopped at O&B Junction in Wheeler Bottom, on the Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad. So I had to come up with something creative with the light being behind the train. This is the result. Seen through the trusses of the former Western Maryland bridge that is now part of the Great Allegheny Passage. Also in the lineup are CN 2574, CN 5782, and NS 6773.
Photo Date:  5/20/2015  Upload Date: 5/20/2015 10:26:35 PM
Location:  Wheeler, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CN 8953(SD70M-2)
Views:  112   Comments: 0
CN 8953 (3)
Title:  CN 8953 (3)
Description:  Looking down on the lead engine on an empty sand train idling on the Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad, seen from the Great Allegheny Passage.
Photo Date:  5/20/2015  Upload Date: 5/20/2015 10:27:39 PM
Location:  Wheeler, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CN 8953(SD70M-2)
Views:  126   Comments: 0
NS 6773
Title:  NS 6773
Description:  The last of four engines on an empty sand train idling on the Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad at O&B Junction, Wheeler Bottom. Former CR 5519 built in January 1993.
Photo Date:  5/20/2015  Upload Date: 5/20/2015 10:31:16 PM
Location:  Wheeler, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NS 6773(SD60M)
Views:  83   Comments: 0
Mixed and Matched Mid-Train Helpers
Title:  Mixed and Matched Mid-Train Helpers
Description:  SWP 2001, 2006, and 4005 are shoving and pulling on this heavy 96 car sand train. Even with six engines on the train, it still struggled on certain grades and slowed to about 5 mph.
Photo Date:  6/14/2015  Upload Date: 6/15/2015 2:34:35 AM
Location:  Lemont Furnace, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SWP 2001(GP11) SWP 2006(GP11) SWP 4005(GP40-3)
Views:  255   Comments: 0
NS 6710, CN 8923, IC 2718 (2)
Title:  NS 6710, CN 8923, IC 2718 (2)
Description:  A long heavy 96-car sand train using Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad trackage, headed south for the Hi-Crush facility in Smithfield. Photographed from a bridge on Connellsville Street, that is actually near Uniontown.
Photo Date:  6/14/2015  Upload Date: 6/15/2015 2:32:49 AM
Location:  Uniontown, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 6710(SD60) CN 8923(SD70M-2) IC 2718(C44-9W)
Views:  273   Comments: 0
NS 6710, CN 8923, IC 2718 (1)
Title:  NS 6710, CN 8923, IC 2718 (1)
Description:  A 96-car loaded sand train heading south on the Southwestern Pennsylvania Railroad, near Lemont Furnace, Pa. This was a break in the clouds between one of many rainstorms. NS 6710 is former CR 6855 built in September 1989.
Photo Date:  6/14/2015  Upload Date: 6/15/2015 2:31:08 AM
Location:  Lemont Furnace, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  NS 6710(SD60) CN 8923(SD70M-2) IC 2718(C44-9W)
Views:  193   Comments: 0
SWP 2001, AVR 4002, SWP 4005
Title:  SWP 2001, AVR 4002, SWP 4005
Description:  Heading north through Bowest after a new morning crew picked up their engines in Mount Braddock and worked the sidings in that area. SWP 4005 is the leader here. The land on the right which was cleared for the modern Bowest Yard has grown up again. It doesnt take long.
Photo Date:  7/26/2015  Upload Date: 7/31/2015 12:44:38 PM
Location:  Bowest, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  150   Comments: 0
SWP 4005, AVR 4002, SWP 2001
Title:  SWP 4005, AVR 4002, SWP 2001
Description:  Heading north through Bowest after a new morning crew picked up their engines in Mount Braddock and worked the sidings in that area. A new siding is expected to be put in on the right side but it is starting to grow up again in the meantime.
Photo Date:  7/26/2015  Upload Date: 7/31/2015 12:48:12 PM
Location:  Bowest, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SWP 4005(GP40-3) AVR 4002(GP40-3) SWP 2001(GP11)
Views:  426   Comments: 0
Southern Style
Title:  Southern Style
Description:  NS 9567, CN 2134, and CN 2670 all facing long hood forward on an empty sand train on Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad tracks in Wheeler Bottom, Pa.
Photo Date:  8/7/2015  Upload Date: 8/8/2015 1:17:40 AM
Location:  Wheeler, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Scenic
Locomotives:  NS 9567(C40-9W) CN 2134(C40-8) CN 2670(C44-9W)
Views:  148   Comments: 0
AVR 4004, SWP 2001, SWP 2003
Title:  AVR 4004, SWP 2001, SWP 2003
Description:  A set of three engines on the rear of an empty sand train in Bowest, Dunbar PA. I would call them helpers but that is not the word to use because they were only going to be pulled along by the train, rather than help push the empty train.
Photo Date:  8/17/2015  Upload Date: 8/19/2015 9:21:54 PM
Location:  Bowest, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AVR 4004(GP40-3) SWP 2001(GP11) SWP 2003(GP11)
Views:  259   Comments: 0
CN 2589, NS 9787, NS 2719
Title:  CN 2589, NS 9787, NS 2719
Description:  Empty sand train waiting for a 4pm departure time on the Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad in Wheeler Bottom. It was nice to see a CN leading the train again. Note that the ballast, rails, and ties are all new.
Photo Date:  8/17/2015  Upload Date: 8/19/2015 9:45:56 PM
Location:  Wheeler, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Scenic
Locomotives:  CN 2589(C44-9W) NS 9787(C40-9W) NS 2719(SD70M-2)
Views:  237   Comments: 0
CN 2589
Title:  CN 2589
Description:  Roster shot of a C44-9W in some very nice paint on an empty sand train on the SWP Railroad in Wheeler Bottom.
Photo Date:  8/17/2015  Upload Date: 8/22/2015 1:03:48 AM
Location:  Wheeler, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CN 2589(C44-9W)
Views:  75   Comments: 0
CN 2589 on empty sand train (3)
Title:  CN 2589 on empty sand train (3)
Description:  Running past the sports complex in Alverton on Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad tracks. Despite being all empty cars, the train was crawling along.
Photo Date:  8/17/2015  Upload Date: 8/19/2015 10:33:12 PM
Location:  Alverton, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2589(C44-9W) NS 9787(C40-9W) NS 2719(SD70M-2)
Views:  232   Comments: 0
CN 2589 on empty sand train (4)
Title:  CN 2589 on empty sand train (4)
Description:  Heading north through Ruffsdale near Railroad Street on Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad tracks. Here you can see the always-friendly crew has decided to open up the door for the photo. How nice of them. It was closed in the previous and the next photo.
Photo Date:  8/17/2015  Upload Date: 8/19/2015 10:42:13 PM
Location:  Ruffsdale (Westmoreland), PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2589(C44-9W) NS 9787(C40-9W) NS 2719(SD70M-2)
Views:  126   Comments: 0
CN 2589 on empty sand train (5)
Title:  CN 2589 on empty sand train (5)
Description:  Heading north on the Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad between Ruffsdale and Hunker, along state route 3089.
Photo Date:  8/17/2015  Upload Date: 8/19/2015 10:45:05 PM
Location:  Ruffsdale (Westmoreland), PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2589(C44-9W) NS 9787(C40-9W) NS 2719(SD70M-2)
Views:  99   Comments: 0
BCOL 4642
Title:  BCOL 4642
Description:  An empty sand train at rest under a canopy of trees on the Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad, near the crossing for Broadford Road outside of Everson, PA. This engine is classified as a GE C44-9WL and BC Rail only has four of them.
Photo Date:  8/20/2015  Upload Date: 8/22/2015 12:58:45 AM
Location:  Everson, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BCOL 4642(C44-9WL)
Views:  186   Comments: 0
SWP 2003, 2006, 2001
Title:  SWP 2003, 2006, 2001
Description:  A trio of GP11's coming into town to pick up some cars from the CSX Yard.
Photo Date:  9/1/2015  Upload Date: 9/2/2015 1:48:13 AM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SWP 2003(GP11) SWP 2006(GP11) SWP 2001(GP11)
Views:  334   Comments: 0


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