Norfolk Southern Harrisburg to Chicago 47th Street intermodal train 25G led by NS 7532 is seen rounding Horseshoe Curve with foliage nearing peak in the Alleghenies.

Norfolk Southern Harrisburg to Chicago 47th Street intermodal train 25G led by NS 7532 is seen rounding Horseshoe Curve with foliage nearing peak in the Alleghenies.

Norfolk Southern W/B Manifest Train 11V is rounding the World's Famous Horseshoe Curve in Altoona, PA with some fall colors in the Allegheny Mountains

Coalin Curve: NS 7236, along with another ACU, shove a doubled-up loaded coal train down the mountain as they pass the world-famous Horseshoe Curve and head into Altoona.

A Newly Open Curve. The extensive tree clearing of that year made this picture of NS 2646 (SD70M, 12/2004, EMD) possible on August 26, 2016, seen coming westbound and still up grade around ... (more)

A crowd of spectator wave and look on as a westbound train of empty coal hoppers slowly grinds its way upgrade around Horseshoe Curve.

Amtrak 42, the Eastbound Pennsylvanian, heads though a rock cut near Union Furnace with GE P42DC locomotive 93 leading.

A trio of EMD SD50's drift down the 'Curve with an Eastbound piggybacker.

On a dull autumn afternoon, Norfolk Southern Train 13V rounds the world famous Horseshoe Curve heading west up the NS Pittsburgh Line.

The Horseshoe Curve is a stunning sight to behold, especially during the sunset hours. In this photograph, a westbound intermodal train is seen making its way around the curve and up the Allegheny... (more)

Helper set running back to Altoona.

How high? 238 feet to be exact. That's how high above the Animas River train 261 finds itself with the last coal burner, 481, taking point.

After a summer exploring angles of this line in the remote San Juans, I came to a simple conclusion for these high-angle shots: fly the drone, don't climb. This was an angle I scoped out over the ... (more)

The Penn Central heritage unit slogs up the grade in DPU service as a loaded coal train descends Horseshoe curve outside Altoona, PA on a gorgeous fall morning.

Westbound helper set at milepost 241.