Pittsburgh to Alliance Traffic in the 1990s and 2000s

·         Passenger

Amtrak trains 29, 30, plus 40, 41, (both until late 1980s or early 1990s)

·         Intermodal

The following trains traveled on this segment between 1984 and 1994:

Mail-3: Kearney to St. Louis; Mail-4: St. Louis to Harrisburg
Mail-3H: Harrisburg to Columbus
Mail-8: Chicago Englewood to North Bergen, NJ
Mail-8M: Chicago Englewood to Morrisville
Mail-9: Harrisburg to Chicago
Mail-44: East St. Louis to Harrisburg, Morrisville, and Kearney
TV-1: Kearney/Morrisville to Chicago 47th St.; TV-2: Chicago 47th St. to Kearney, NJ
TV-22: Chicago to Harrisburg
TV-62: Chicago to Port Newark

RR-260: Chicago to Harrisburg Roadrailers; RR-261: Harrisburg to Chicago Roadrailers

The following trains were observed on this segment in 1989

TV-3 between Kearney, NJ and East St. Louis
TV-12
between Chicago and Kearney, NJ
Mail-1
Mail-3 between Kearney, NJ and East St. Louis
Mail-9
:between Morrisville, NJ and Chicago

The following trains were observed on this segment in 1994:

SV-1: between Morrisville, NJ and Chicago
SV-22 between Chicago and Baltimore
TV-1 between Morrisville, NJ and Chicago
TV-1H between Harrisburg and Chicago
TV-2M between Chicago and Morrisville, NJ
TV-3 between Kearney, NJ and East St. Louis
TV-7H between Harrisburg and ??
TV-11 between Kearney, NJ and Chicago
TV-12 between Chicago and Kearney, NJ
TV-12X (second section) between Chicago and Kearney, NJ
TV-22 between Chicago and Baltimore
TV-61 between Harrisburg and Chicago (for UP)
TV-78 between Chicago and Kearney, NJ
TV-116
Mail-3: between Kearney, NJ and East St. Louis
Mail-4 between East St. Louis and Kearney NJ (runs through Penn Station, Pittsburgh)
Mail-8 Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, NJ
Mail-8M: Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Morrisville, NJ
Mail-9: between Morrisville, NJ and Chicago
Mail-9X (second section) between Morrisville, NJ and Chicago
Triple Crown RoadRailer RR-261 between Elizabethport NJ and Fort Wayne, IN
Triple Crown RoadRailer RR-281 between Rutherford PA and Willow Run, MI
Triple Crown RoadRailer RR-282 between Willow Run, MI and Ruherford PA

The first stack trains ran on this segment in September, 1995, after the rebuilding of the Gallitzin tunnel to permit them to pass through.

The following trains were observed on this segment in 1996

TV-2 between Chicago and Morrisville, NJ
TV-2M between Chicago and Morrisville, NJ
TV-4 between East St. Louis and Kearney, NJ
TV-12 between Chicago and Kearney, NJ
TV-18 between Chicago and Kearney, NJ
TV-22 between Chicago and Baltimore
TVLA between North Bergen, NJ and Los Angeles via BNSF
Mail-22
Mail-24
MP-222
Triple Crown RoadRailer, eb and wb

The following trains were observed on this segment in 1998/9:

TV-2H between Chicago and Harrisburg
TV-3 between Kearney, NJ and East St. Louis
TV-11 between Kearney, NJ and Chicago
TV-22 between Chicago and Baltimore
TV-101 between Chicago and North Bergen, NJ
TV-200 between Chicago and Kearney, NJ
Mail-44 between East St. Louis and Kearney, NJ
Triple Crown RoadRailer RR-261 between Elizabethport NJ and Fort Wayne, IN
Triple Crown RoadRailer RR-282 between Willow Run, MI and Ruherford PA

The following NS trains were observed on this segment in 2000:

20A     ex-Mail-44            between St. Louis, MO and Elizabethport, NJ
20E      ex-Mail-8M            between Chicago 47th St. and Morrisville, PA
20F                             
21C                            
21M     ex-TVLA            between Croxton, NJ and Corwith, IL (BNSF)
21W    ex-Mail-0H            between Bethlehem, PA and Chicago 47th St.
22K     ex-Mail-8            between Chicago 47th St.and Croxton, NJ
22W    ex-TV-2H            between Chicago 47th St. and Harrisburg, PA
24M     ex-TV-22            between Chicago 47th St. and Baltimore, MD
27M     ex-VADO            between Vance, AL and Doremus Ave, NJ

The following NS trains were observed on this segment in 2005-2010:

20E      ex-Mail-8M            between Chicago 47th St. and Morrisville, PA
20K    ex-TV10                between Chicago 47th Street and Croxton, NJ
20R    ex-TV-12                between Chicago (Ashland Avenue) and Elizabethport, NJ
21Q    ex-TV-1                between Morrisville, PA and BNSF Corwith  
21Z    ex-TV-1H            between Harrisburg, PA and Chicago 47th Street
24M    ex-TV-22            between Chicago 47th Street and Baltimore, MD
24Z      ex-TV-204        between Chicago (Ashland Avenue) and Croxton, NJ

Roadrailers:
261                                between Bethlehem and Chicago   

The following NS trains ran on this segment in 2005-2010:

20G    ex-TV-2HK            between Chicago 47th Street and Croxton, NJ
20T    ex-TV-20T             between Kansas City, MO and Harrisburg, PA  
20V  
20W                                  between Chicago (Ashland Avenue) and Croxton, NJ
21A1    ex-TV3H                between Elizabethport, NJ and St. Louis, MO
21B
21E    ex-Mail-9                between Morrisville, PA and Willow Springs, IL
21G                                  between Croxton, NJ, and Chicago (Ashland Avenue)
21M    ex-TVLA               between Croxton, NJ and BNSF Corwith
21T    ex-TV-3                between Harrisburg, PA and Kansas City, MO
21V
22K    ex-Mail-8              between Chicago 47th Street and Croxton, NJ
23A
23K
23M    ex-TV-207          between Elizabethport, NJ, and Chicago Global 2
23Z       ex-TV-203        between Kearny, NJ and Chicago Global 1
24K    ex-TVLT            between Chicago 47th Street and Croxton, NJ
24W    ex-TV-61            between Baltimore and Chicago 47th Street
25K     ex-TV-265        between Croxton, NJ, and BNSF Cicero

Roadrailers:
242                                between Chicago and Harrisburg

·         Coal

The following trains traveled on this segment between 1984 and 1994:

UAZ-47: Koch Carbon, Ashtabula; CP ConPit-Rochester, PA
UAZ-59: ??, Ashtabula; CP ConPit-Rochester, PA
UBL-29: Bethlehem Steel, Lackawanna; CP ConPit to Rochester, PA
UCG-31A: ?? via Ashtabula pier; CP ConPit to Rochester, PA
UNS-18A: NY State Gas & Electric; CP Belt to Rochester, PA
UNS-102: NY State Gas & Electric; CP Belt to Rochester, PA
UOH-49: Ontario Hydro via Ashtabula pier; CP ConPit to Rochester, PA
UOX-242C: empties, Ontario Hydro via Ashtabula pier; Rochester, PA to CP ConPit

UBH-595: coke, Bethlehem, PA to Burns Harbor, IN (Bethlehem Steel)

·         Steel

The following trains traveled on this segment between 1984 and 1994:

Iron ore:    ZWM-771: Wheeling-Pittsburg Steel; CP Bloom to Rochester, PA
                ZWM-787 Wheeling-Pittsburg Steel; CP Bloom to Rochester,

PAWIMJ-12: local, Conway to Mingo Junction via Rochester, PA

The following trains were observed on this segment in 1994:

USX-21: steel-related freight including metallurgical coal
Ore: ZBB-70 and ZBB-24

The following trains were observed on this segment in 1998/9:

WISO-1
PDL 05: slab steel

Steel “products” to Conway Yard

·         Automotive

The following trains traveled on this segment between 1984 and 1994:

DNES: Detroit North Yard to Harrington, DE
 

The following trains were observed on this segment in 1994:

Detroit to destinations along the ex-PRR line in both western and eastern PA

ML-401X (second section) between Newark, NJ and Toledo

The following trains were observed on this segment in 1998/9:

ML-440 between Sterling, MI and Newark, NJ

The following NS trains were observed on this segment in 2000:

13J       ex-ML-423            between Port Wilmington, DE and Gibson, IN

·         Grain

The following trains traveled on this segment between 1984 and 1994:

GRB-32: Anderson, IN to Baltimore (Union Jct, to Harrisburg)
GRB-34: Mechanicsburg, OH, to Baltimore
(Union Jct, to Harrisburg)
GRB-106: ?? to Baltimore
(Union Jct, to Harrisburg)

The following NS trains were observed on this segment in 2005-2010:

51Q   

·         Chemicals

 There is a "Chemical Coast" in New Jersey, served from Pavonia, and Du Pont in the Wilmington, DE, area.

The following trains traveled on this segment between 1984 and 1994:

ASPI: Alton & Southern (from Cotton Belt) to Pittsburgh; and PIAS
KVPI: Kingsville, TX, via St. Elmo, to Pittsburgh
NLPI: North Little Rock, via St. Elmo, to Pittsburgh
PIHO: Pittsburgh to Houston, via St. Elmo

·         Oil and other tanks

 

·         General Merchandise

The following trains traveled on this segment in 1989
OIIN (and the reverse?) between Oak Island, NJ and Indianapolis (Avon)

The following trains traveled on this segment in 1994:
OIIH: between Oak Island and Indiana Harbor Yard

The following trains were observed on this segment in 2000:
10E      ex-NLPI            between Sydney, IL (UP) and Conway, PA
13W    ex-BUPI B            between Buffalo, NY and Conway, PA

The following NS trains were observed on this segment in 2005-2010:

11G    ex-LAPI                from Dillerville, PA
34N    ex-TRPI                between TRRA Madison, IL and Conway
35N

The following NS trains ran on this segment in 2005-2010:

10R    ex-SFPI                between BNSF Streator, IL and Conway, PI
11K    ex-ALPI                from Allentown, PA
14N    ex-ELPI A            between Elkhart and Conway
15N    ex-PIEL A            between Conway and Elkhart
16E    ex-BRPI                between BRC Clearing and Conway
16N    ex-ELPI B            between Elkhart and Conway
18A    ex-NPPI                between UP Proviso and Conway
19A    ex-PIPR                between Conway and UP Proviso

·         Local Peddlers