Under the Bridge

Autorack 27N rolls under the Old US 220 Overpass at Grazierville, about halfway from Tyrone to Tipton. When the road was expanded in the late 1930s, this bridge was ... (more)

A Critter Keeps Earning

Union Tank Car's Altoona facility keeps an anachronistic piece of power around. While most repair facilities opt solely for a trackmobile these days, UTLX kee... (more)

The Works

Autorack 27N rolls thru CP WORKS in Altoona. The railcar facility in the immediate background began life as the Pennsylvania Railroad's Altoona Car Shop, and today is opera... (more)

Auto Racks, Auto Salvage

A GEVO heads up at KCS Southern Belle, bringing a train of empty auto racks by Tyrone Auto Salvage. While the racks are empty, the salvage yard is quite full... (more)

The Shops Never Sleep

Just because night has fallen doesn't mean a railroad shop can hang up the tools for the day and go home. The Juniata Locomotive Shop is a 24/7 operation, and t... (more)

Coming Around the Mountain

One of Norfolk Southern's AC44C6M units, rebuilt from a D9-40C by GE Fort Worth, leads an empty coal bucket out of the west leg of Horseshoe Curve. The Cur... (more)

Moooooooooving

Everett 11 passes a small farmette on Reservoir Road, as three calves run scared of the big iron horse.

This spot has always caught my eye, but something is... (more)

Splitting Eardrums

Reading & Northern's ex-GM&O Pacific has a bit of a reputation for being one really loud locomotive. It doesn't help that the narrow walls of the Lehigh Gorge only... (more)

Violations and Slow Orders

For a while, RJ Corman stopped using the NS power from the 56K unit grain trains that are tied down for them on 5 West at Cresson, but recently began uti... (more)

"The Best Camera is the One That's With You"

In a spectacular moment of stupid, I had left my spare camera batteries in my car before the night shoot, thinking my current battery was... (more)

Bad Orders

A loaded slab train waits tied down at ROSE yard in Altoona, with the same pair of locomotives its been running with for over a month. On the left, the yard job is shoving... (more)

Departing Visitor

Haines & Kibblehouse's latest locomotive addition, GP11 #1850 (ex-Allegheny Valley 2008, built as UP GP7 #122) has just been released from the paint shop at Juniata... (more)

This Isn't the East Slope!

A bit of humor is to be had when dealing with a 2-foot gauge operation. The little-known (outside of the immediate area) Bucksgahuda & Western Railroad's m... (more)

Where the Geese Wear Pants

A German narrow gauge 0-4-0T rolls thru the woods of Bavaria...or so one might think! Tucked in the woods near St. Mary's, Pennsylvania is the little-known... (more)

The Two Sides of the Business

It's not every day that the Everett Railroad's 2-6-0 #11 gets to face (timetable) westbound. In fact, she gets this treatment only once per year (photo ... (more)