Conrails Mon Line served as a busy conduit for coal from the fields of Southwestern PA. It was not a long line, running from roughly the OC bridge in Pittsburgh to West Brownsville, PA.
A UDM coal train rolls thru the Peters Creek interlocking at Clairton.
A pair of big MACs lead UNS-72A by the Clairton Coke Works on the Mon Line.
With only about 30 hours to go before CR will be split up by CSX & NS, a SD70MAC brings coal train WISO84 off the Ellsworth Secondary and onto the Mon Line.
Brand new SD70MACs on XSQ-42D. You can almost smell the fresh paint!
A pair of GE's lead hopper train XSH-47C across the Port Perry bridge.
6475 leads a Northbound coal drag past the Clairton Coke Plant.
Two Conrail powered trains wait for the crews to take them south to the mines for loading.
Mixed Conrail and Monongahela power reverses back into the yard to pick up MTY's before heading south..
GP38's 7775, 78 and 76 pull a train into the siding at US Steels Clairton Works...
EMD Demonstrator locomotives 7001, 7000 and 7002 wait for permission to head south to West Brownsville yard for a train..
