The Flickr Owensdale Image Generatr

Westbound train going past Eannotti Road near Owensdale, PA. #6383 is named the J.J. Gonzales.

A train of empty tank cars and 6 loaded hoppers heading West past Eannotti Road near Owensdale, PA.

W&LE train 612 is on the return trip from the CSX interchange point at Connellsville, Pa. Once across the bridge, the train will stop to pick a SWP locomotive before continuing west.

Returning to Scottdale after working the FM&P Sub

Owner: Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad Incorporated
Type: Open Hopper
AAR Class: HT
AAR Type: H350
Plate: C
Max Gross Weight: 263000
Load Limit: 204600
Dry Capacity: 3433
Former PSIX 215, built as PLE unknown number.

Owner: Southern
Type: Covered Hopper
AAR Class: LO
AAR Type: C112
Plate: B
Max Gross Weight: 286000
Load Limit: 229300
Dry Capacity: 3000
Ext L/W/H: 41' 11" / 10' 8" / 15' 1"

Owner: Norfolk & Western
Type: Covered Hopper
AAR Class: LO
AAR Type: C112
Plate: B
NW Class: HC-81
Builder: Beth Steel- Johnstown
Max Gross Weight: 286000
Load Limit: 226700
Dry Capacity: 3000
Ext L/W/H: 41' 11" / 10' 8" / 14' 9"

EMD SD70ACE leading three Canadian National engines on a loaded sand train using the SWP Railroad between Everson and Owensdale, PA. The crossing is for Woods Road.

I am going to have to say something about this again. There are those of you on here who have favorited my photos hundreds of times but have yet to ever actually leave a comment. It is a social site not a photo hoarding site. I will start blocking people.

NS 9756 C40-9W leads the first 87 out of 115 frac sand loads downgrade towards the CSXT connection at Broadford.

A GP11 and two SD40-2s crossing Woods Run Road between Owensdale and Everson, PA. They are on their way back to Scottdale just in time for lunch. 3503 is leading here. I sometimes like when they are not pulling any freight because it gives more options to photograph the engines from either end.

A pair of former Southern Railway high-hood GP35's are heading over the trestle in Owensdale to pick up five tank cars from the SWP Railroad at the interchange.

Heading back west over the trestle in Owensdale. The train would stop to do an interchange with the SWP Railroad just after the trestle. I was fortunate to catch some of the last sunlight of the day here. 6353 was one of a handful of locomotives to star in the Untsoppable movie. Built as KCS 664 in January 1974. Acquired by W&LE in 2008. In the movie it was AWVR 1206.

Between Everson and Connellsville, right along the railroad tracks, this collapsing building is part of a complex that includes a Nineteenth Century brick house and some other outbuildings. I'm not sure what this was but the architecture was more unconventional than what surrounded it. Across the road is a row of coke ovens and in the ditch was the carcass of a deer, just full of maggots! Sorry I had to add that. :)

The Allegheny Valley Railroad makes a visit to their sister line, the SWP for a 33-car coal train. Here the crew has just dropped it off by the Woods Road crossing in Owensdale, Pa. The Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway would soon arrive with two of their own engines to pick up this train. AVR 3002 SD40-3 has a well traveled past. Before it was acquired in 2008 it was KCS 627. Built as SCL 2030 SD45 in September 1971.

Power from what was the K111-09 empty ore train has attached to a loaded coal train at Woods Road crossing Owensdale, Pa. forming a lineup of seven EMD standard cabs. Maybe the most power this rail line here has ever seen. WE 3034 was rebuilt at the W&LE Brewster shops in July 1999 and is former Union Pacific 3034 built in April 1966.

Somewhere under there is a real house, I think I see it peeking over the top of that add-on. I also just noticed that the house has a little baby house that's peeking too!