Pittsburgh Line Blues (DVD Video)

Farewell to Conrail
Savor images of Conrail action across the Pittsburgh Line - the very soul of this once mighty transportation giant as captured during the late 1990s. See how Big Blue conquered the Allegheny Mountains and witness the diverse variety of freight it sent over the line. Huge intermodal trains powered by shiny new "Blue" diesels hustle doublestacked containers over the recently rebuilt right-of-way. Massive coal trains and high tonnage freights flow across the double and triple track of this most scenic and demanding stretch of railroad.

Starting west of Pittsburgh at the massive Conway Yard, heading east through the Steel City, Greensburg, and Latrobe to Conpit Junction, we follow the trains into the heart of the Allegheny Mountains. The line comes down through Conemaugh Gorge to Johnstown. From here most eastbounds get helpers to pull tonnage over the mountains. The trains put on great shows on the west slope as they work through Cresson, past MO Tower, to the summit at Gallitzin and down to Altoona. For a grand finale we follow westbound traffic from Altoona to the Gallitzin tunnels. View famous spots such as Alto Tower, Horseshoe Curve, Allegrippus, and Bennington Curve as train after train assaults the east slope of the Alleghenies. You'll experience Conrail to its fullest in this farewell tribute to the men, women, and machines of the railroad known as Big Blue!

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• pentrex
• trains
• railroad
• conrail
• norfolk
• southern
• csx
• east
• coast
• steam
• fire
• blue

[beowulf3075]

@beowulf3075 - Also Canadian and the Indian rail system. !!

[beowulf3075]

@TannerDalrymple224 - Ok, thanks for that info.  Tho I am in the UK I have much interest in the US railroad system, old and new.

[TannerDalrymple224]

@beowulf3075 no, conrail was split up and taken over by Norfolk Southern and CSX in June of 2000. NS got all the Pennsylvania railroad lines and CSX got all the New York Central lines.

[beowulf3075]

Does Conrail exist still?

Pretty countryside. Is it all Pennsylvania?

Good to see so much freight on the rail.

[wackymac28]

the movie unstoppable was filmed at conway yard

[TheLimbReaper]

Norfolk Southern is in the Conway yard. Been NS for quite awhile. I know for sure I pick up rail panels there for derailments.

[lawrence142002]

What do you mean farewell... We still have these!!!!

[NS6677]

Oh yea I did. I forget things. Worried about the SD40-2s

[NSHorseheadSD70]

Well you're the one that introduced me to it, Marc.

[NS6677]

Haha good idea Chris