Eastern Railroad Discussion > CN over the Allegheny River

Last weekend, coming home on the PA Turnpike, I caught a glimpse of hopper cars moving at North Bessemer Yard. As I approached the Allegheny Valley exit, I also saw the "high green" signal at RIVER lined for the impending northbound move. I talked my kids into making a brief detour so I could drone the train, and within about 5 minutes the two CN SD70M-2s were seen rumbling across this awesome bridge. I then remembered that the train probably had at least one trailing DPU unit, so, I flew to the other side to get a pretty neat backlit/silhouette shot. Enjoy!

1. CN 8876-CN 8008 (SD70M-2)
2. This is the rear DPU on a northbound. CN 8879-CN 8838 (SD70M-2)

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Thank you for that! As many times as I've been by the bridge on the Turnpike I've never seen anything there.
Gonut

Superb!

JG

Well done. I like your second photo. Looks good in B&W.
John

Great shots!

Great pics!!

Love the old BESSEMER sign on the bridge, and the beautiful, solid masonry work on the bridge piers!  Perfect taper--all done by hand.  Amazing.  Those stone blocks withstand Mother Nature amazingly well vs. concrete.  Compare these piers to crumbling concrete viaducts elsewhere.

Awesome B&W!

Thanks everyone!