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Viewing Album:  Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad and Allegheny Valley Railroad (SWP and AVR)
 
By:Curt Beal
Dates:4/16/2009 - 8/29/2024
Album Info:Includes action from Connellsville, Broadford, Owensdale, Everson, Lemont Furnace, Mount Braddock, and Scottdale, Pa. The trains in Connellsville, Pa are using CSX track rights. The SWP shortline railroad goes from Greensburg (Westmoreland County) to Smithfield (Fayette County). It uses branches that were originally CSX (B&O railroad before that) and also Conrail (PRR before that). It branches in various directions from here: Hunker to Yukon, Everson to Mount Pleasant, Everson to Connellsville Township, (coal line), Everson to Broadford, and Connellsville to Smithfield. The parent company of the SWP is Carload Express of Oakmont, PA.
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SWP 406, SWP 4006, AVR 3001
Title:  SWP 406, SWP 4006, AVR 3001
Description:  Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad using CSX rails as train Z687-25, seen going west out of Connellsville with 19 cars. The AVR 3001 was the one making all the smoke.
Photo Date:  3/25/2017  Upload Date: 3/27/2017 1:53:30 AM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  SWP 406(Road Slug) SWP 4006(GP40-3) AVR 3001(SD40-3)
Views:  497   Comments: 0
SWP 406, 4006, AVR 3001
Title:  SWP 406, 4006, AVR 3001
Description:  Slug set and SD40-3 showing the end of a loaded sand train in Mount Braddock, PA.
Photo Date:  4/8/2017  Upload Date: 4/13/2017 9:09:08 PM
Location:  Mount Braddock, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SWP 406(Road Slug) SWP 4006(GP40-3) AVR 3001(SD40-3)
Views:  759   Comments: 0
AVR 3001, SWP 4006, SWP 406
Title:  AVR 3001, SWP 4006, SWP 406
Description:  Light power coming into Connellsville to pick up 51 cars out of the CSX Yard.
Photo Date:  4/9/2017  Upload Date: 4/13/2017 9:59:45 PM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  AVR 3001(SD40-3) SWP 4006(GP40-3) SWP 406(Road Slug)
Views:  479   Comments: 0
SWP 406, 4006, AVR 3001
Title:  SWP 406, 4006, AVR 3001
Description:  Train Z687-09 going west in Broadford with 51 cars that were picked up at the CSX Yard in Connellsville. The train is approaching the signal to cross over from Track 2 to 1 to get back onto their own railroad.
Photo Date:  4/9/2017  Upload Date: 4/13/2017 10:07:54 PM
Location:  Broadford, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SWP 406(Road Slug) SWP 4006(GP40-3) AVR 3001(SD40-3)
Views:  869   Comments: 0
AVR 3001, SWP 4006, SWP 406
Title:  AVR 3001, SWP 4006, SWP 406
Description:  Southwestern Pennsylvania Railroad running through Connellsville on CSX with some loaded sand cars for Smithfield, PA.
Photo Date:  5/7/2017  Upload Date: 5/10/2017 4:12:04 PM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  AVR 3001(SD40-3) SWP 4006(GP40-3) SWP 406(Road Slug)
Views:  602   Comments: 0
SWP 3501 and AVR 3001
Title:  SWP 3501 and AVR 3001
Description:  Train Z687-03 going east on CSX in Broadford to drop off some cars in the Connelllsville Yard. SWP 3501 SD40-2 is now back after spending approximately 6 months helping out on the Delmarva Central Railroad.
Photo Date:  6/8/2017  Upload Date: 6/13/2017 8:38:36 PM
Location:  Broadford, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SWP 3501(SD40-2) AVR 3001(SD40-3)
Views:  325   Comments: 0
SWP Empty Sand Train
Title:  SWP Empty Sand Train
Description:  SWP 3503, SWP 3501, NS 9806, NS 7297, and NS 8025 heading across the bridge over Jacobs Creek between Everson and Scottdale. NS 8025, the MGA heritage unit was the leader on a loaded sand train earlier in the day. It is the first NS heritage unit known be on the SWP Railroad.
Photo Date:  6/8/2017  Upload Date: 6/13/2017 7:59:10 PM
Location:  Everson, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  SWP 3503(SD40-2) SWP 3501(SD40-2) NS 9806(C40-9W) NS 7297(SD70ACU) NS 8025(ES44AC)
Views:  459   Comments: 0
SWP 3501 and 3503 (3)
Title:  SWP 3501 and 3503 (3)
Description:  A pair of SD40-2s with 26 cars is at Bowest Junction in Dunbar, PA on the Southwest Pennsylvania Railroads Sheepskin Branch. The track on the right is now cut, but was formerly the lead for the Western Maryland Railways Bowest Yard many decades ago.
Photo Date:  7/12/2017  Upload Date: 7/14/2017 10:58:35 PM
Location:  Bowest, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SWP 3501(SD40-2) SWP 3503(SD40-2)
Views:  212   Comments: 0
SWP 3501 and 3503 (2)
Title:  SWP 3501 and 3503 (2)
Description:  Train Z685-12 using CSX rails to bring 26 cars that will go to various locations on the Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad. The two SD40-2s ensured that power would not be a problem. The train is eastbound here at West Yough.
Photo Date:  7/12/2017  Upload Date: 7/14/2017 10:56:12 PM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SWP 3501(SD40-2) SWP 3503(SD40-2)
Views:  248   Comments: 0
SWP 3503, 3501, 4006, 406
Title:  SWP 3503, 3501, 4006, 406
Description:  Train Z685-17 crossing over track 2 to 1 on CSX in Broadford to get back onto home rails at the interchange just west of here. This is the entire current SWP roster, besides the engines that are still over in Delaware.
Photo Date:  7/17/2017  Upload Date: 7/19/2017 8:29:40 PM
Location:  Broadford, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SWP 3503(SD40-2) SWP 3501(SD40-2) SWP 4006(GP40-3) SWP 406(Road Slug)
Views:  315   Comments: 0
AVR 4004, SWP 406, SWP 4006
Title:  AVR 4004, SWP 406, SWP 4006
Description:  Heading into Connellsville to pick up 9 freight cars from CSX.
Photo Date:  8/17/2017  Upload Date: 8/17/2017 11:25:13 PM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  AVR 4004(GP40-3) SWP 406(Road Slug) SWP 4006(GP40-3)
Views:  243   Comments: 0
SWP 4006 SWP 406 AVR 4004
Title:  SWP 4006 SWP 406 AVR 4004
Description:  Leaving Connellsville with 9 freight cars retrieved from the Connellsville CSX Yard. I also photographed them coming into town, and the total amount of time to come and go was only 17 minutes!
Photo Date:  8/17/2017  Upload Date: 8/17/2017 11:27:35 PM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  SWP 4006(GP40-3) SWP 406(Road Slug) AVR 4004(GP40-3)
Views:  354   Comments: 0
SWP 3503, SWP 3501, BNSF 8178, CN 8923, NS 9481
Title:  SWP 3503, SWP 3501, BNSF 8178, CN 8923, NS 9481
Description:  An empty sand train going through Bowest, Dunbar on the Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad. This angle will eventually not be possible because I was standing on a pile of dirt from the new railyard excavation.
Photo Date:  9/4/2017  Upload Date: 9/5/2017 8:35:43 PM
Location:  Bowest, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Scenic
Locomotives:  SWP 3503(SD40-2) SWP 3501(SD40-2) BNSF 8178(ES44C4) CN 8923(SD70M-2) NS 9481(C40-9W)
Views:  343   Comments: 0
SWP 3503, 3501, NS 4057
Title:  SWP 3503, 3501, NS 4057
Description:  An empty sand train going past the wide open space of the future Bowest Yard in Dunbar, PA.
Photo Date:  9/18/2017  Upload Date: 10/11/2017 8:25:47 PM
Location:  Bowest, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SWP 3503(SD40-2) SWP 3501(SD40-2) NS 4057(AC44C6M)
Views:  263   Comments: 0
AVR 4004, SWP 406, SWP 4006
Title:  AVR 4004, SWP 406, SWP 4006
Description:  The SWP railroad is in Connellsville to drop off two KRL depressed oversize load flatcars and also two TEXX cabeese. They would leave them on the mainline for the CSX B252 job to pick up, and then go get some cars that CSX had for them in the yard.
Photo Date:  10/18/2017  Upload Date: 10/18/2017 9:13:58 PM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  AVR 4004(GP40-3) SWP 406(Road Slug) SWP 4006(GP40-3)
Views:  277   Comments: 0
SWP 4006 and 406
Title:  SWP 4006 and 406
Description:  Heading over the swollen Jacobs Creek back to Scotdtale, after doing some switching of freight in Everson, PA.
Photo Date:  2/20/2018  Upload Date: 2/22/2018 8:21:00 PM
Location:  Scottdale, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  SWP 4006(GP40-3) SWP 406(Road Slug)
Views:  487   Comments: 0
SWP 2003, 3503, 3501
Title:  SWP 2003, 3503, 3501
Description:  The Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad has picked up 19 cars of mixed freight from the Connellsville CSX Yard and is now using CSX rails to head back to the interchange in Broadford.
Photo Date:  2/28/2018  Upload Date: 2/28/2018 11:25:11 PM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Track,Action
Locomotives:  SWP 2003(GP11) SWP 3503(SD40-2) SWP 3501(SD40-2)
Views:  196   Comments: 0
SWP 3501 Broadford (1)
Title:  SWP 3501 Broadford (1)
Description:  A mixed freight train waits at a crossing of Broadford Road for permission to interchange with nearby CSX. They had a few hours wait time.
Photo Date:  3/18/2018  Upload Date: 3/23/2018 5:30:28 PM
Location:  Broadford, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SWP 3501(SD40-2)
Views:  214   Comments: 0
SWP 3501 Broadford (2)
Title:  SWP 3501 Broadford (2)
Description:  A mixed freight train waits at a crossing of Broadford Road for permission to interchange with nearby CSX. They had a few hours wait time.
Photo Date:  3/18/2018  Upload Date: 3/23/2018 5:32:37 PM
Location:  Broadford, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SWP 3501(SD40-2)
Views:  103   Comments: 0
AVR 3002, SWP 3504, SWP 4006, SWP 406
Title:  AVR 3002, SWP 3504, SWP 4006, SWP 406
Description:  A mactching fleet of four engines provide more than enough power on a mixed freight train at Kings Road in Owensdale.
Photo Date:  5/7/2018  Upload Date: 5/20/2018 8:59:58 PM
Location:  Owensdale, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  AVR 3002(SD40-3) SWP 3504(SD40-2) SWP 4006(GP40-3) SWP 406(Road Slug)
Views:  698   Comments: 0
SWP 3504, 3501, 2001
Title:  SWP 3504, 3501, 2001
Description:  A short 12-car mixed freight train heading west past the lead track for the "new" Bowest Yard of the Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad. In left foreground is the foundation of the old Western Maryland's engine house.
Photo Date:  10/8/2018  Upload Date: 10/9/2018 4:28:44 PM
Location:  Bowest, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SWP 3504(SD40-2) SWP 3501(SD40-2) SWP 2001(GP11)
Views:  498   Comments: 0
SWP 2001, 2003, 3503
Title:  SWP 2001, 2003, 3503
Description:  Z687-27 going West out of Connellsville with 17 cars that were retrieved from the CSX Yard.
Photo Date:  7/27/2020  Upload Date: 7/27/2020 7:07:26 PM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  140   Comments: 0
CLXX 4551
Title:  CLXX 4551
Description:  This GP59 owned by Carload Express, was helping out on the SWP Railroad for several months in 2021. I had hoped to get a photo of it leading, but never got that chance. Here it was the second engine on a train waiting in Wheeler Bottom for permission to get onto CSX across the river. This was built as NS 4617 in December 1989.
Photo Date:  3/9/2021  Upload Date: 2/5/2022 8:45:47 PM
Location:  Wheeler, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  138   Comments: 0
SWP 3503, 3501, 3504 (4)
Title:  SWP 3503, 3501, 3504 (4)
Description:  Going West out of Connellsville with a train of 12 cars, after working the Connellsville CSX Yard.
Photo Date:  6/8/2021  Upload Date: 6/8/2021 6:52:08 PM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SWP 3503(SD40-2) SWP 3501(SD40-2) SWP 3504(SD40-2)
Views:  181   Comments: 0
AVR 3002
Title:  AVR 3002
Description:  SD40-3 in the middle of two SD40-2's working the Connellsville CSX Yard. This was built as SCL 2030 SD45 in September 1971. Later became SBD 8930 SD45 and KCS 627 SD40-3.
Photo Date:  6/15/2022  Upload Date: 6/15/2022 11:04:12 PM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  AVR 3002(SD40-3)
Views:  88   Comments: 0
SWP 3504 (2)
Title:  SWP 3504 (2)
Description:  Working some mixed freight that was dropped off in the Connellsville CSX Yard. This was the rear engine when the train came in. This SD40-2 was built as LN 1240 in August 1970, then became MKCX 9416, CSX 8316, FURX 3016, and NREX 3016.
Photo Date:  6/15/2022  Upload Date: 6/16/2022 12:45:35 AM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SWP 3504(SD40-2)
Views:  96   Comments: 0
SWP 3504 (3)
Title:  SWP 3504 (3)
Description:  Working some mixed freight that was dropped off in the Connellsville CSX Yard. This was the rear engine when the train came in. This SD40-2 was built as LN 1240 in August 1970, then became MKCX 9416, CSX 8316, FURX 3016, and NREX 3016.
Photo Date:  6/15/2022  Upload Date: 6/16/2022 12:48:34 AM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SWP 3504(SD40-2)
Views:  113   Comments: 0
SWP 3504 (4)
Title:  SWP 3504 (4)
Description:  Working some mixed freight that was dropped off in the Connellsville CSX Yard on a very hot and humid morning. This was the rear engine when the train came in. This SD40-2 was built as LN 1240 in August 1970, then became MKCX 9416, CSX 8316, FURX 3016, and NREX 3016.
Photo Date:  6/15/2022  Upload Date: 6/16/2022 12:51:37 AM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SWP 3504(SD40-2)
Views:  77   Comments: 0
SWP 3504, AVR 3002, SWP 3501
Title:  SWP 3504, AVR 3002, SWP 3501
Description:  Ready to go west out of the Connellsville CSX Yard with 8 cars, after the conductor walks back to the train. It was a very hot and humid morning already, and the heat index would rise to 103 by tthe end of the day.
Photo Date:  6/15/2022  Upload Date: 6/16/2022 1:21:39 AM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SWP 3504(SD40-2) AVR 3002(SD40-3) SWP 3501(SD40-2)
Views:  171   Comments: 0
SWP 3503, 3504, 3501
Title:  SWP 3503, 3504, 3501
Description:  Trio of SD40-2's with a short train of only nine cars. They just came from the CSX yard and the train is now headed west back to the SWP rails in Broadford. ning.
Photo Date:  3/1/2023  Upload Date: 3/1/2023 9:53:31 PM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SWP 3503(SD40-2) SWP 3504(SD40-2) SWP 3501(SD40-2)
Views:  82   Comments: 0
AVR 3005 (1)
Title:  AVR 3005 (1)
Description:  An old veteran on standby near the SWP Railroad offices in Scottdale. This was originally built as DRGW 5321 SD45 in January 1967. Later became KCS 634 SD40-3.
Photo Date:  8/29/2024  Upload Date: 8/29/2024 11:09:12 PM
Location:  Scottdale, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  7   Comments: 0
AVR 3005 (2)
Title:  AVR 3005 (2)
Description:  An old veteran on standby near the SWP Railroad offices in Scottdale. This was originally built as DRGW 5321 SD45 in January 1967. Later became KCS 634 SD40-3.
Photo Date:  8/29/2024  Upload Date: 8/29/2024 11:10:12 PM
Location:  Scottdale, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  11   Comments: 0

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