Southwest Pennsylvania Rails

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Southwestern Pennsylvania is a hotbed of rail activity. Two class 1s and many short line and regional railroads cross the area. There are many places where multiple railroads can be viewed from the same location. With the hills, valleys, rivers, creeks and streams, Southwestern Pennsylvania provides many scenic views in which to photograph trains. For someone not familiar to the area, it can be tough to find a good location to watch rail activity. These pages will provide anyone with several good photo locations where you can watch trains and not worry about where to park. Because of the variety of railroads in the area, not all locations are covered, but as time permits, I will try to add more locations to these pages. Click the MAP button to see a map of the area with marked locations that you can click on to see a sample photograph from the area. Click on the sample photo to go to the gallery of that area with photos and additional information about the area. Since I am only human, there are bound to be mistakes on the following pages. I will be adding a message board where you can inform me of corrections, as well as suggestions of good train watching locations in Southwestern Pennsylvania Below is a list of railroads that are covered in the following pages. The main radio frequencies for each railroad are also included.

Railroads		Freqencies
	Norfolk Southern	ch1 - 160.800 ch2 - 161.070
	CSX	ch1 - 160.230 ch2 - 160.320
	Wheeling & Lake Erie	161.025
	Pittsburgh & Ohio Central	Neville -160.59 Arden -160.215
	Allegheny Valley Railroad	160.935
	Union Railroad	161.500