A pair of helpers shove hard on a eastbound mixed freight past the Cassandra over look.
6308 holds back the 20Q but shortly will be assisting it for the climb 50 miles or so East of here.
With head end helpers added before leaving Altoona 37A heads west passing its eastbound counterpart 36A heading east on track 1.
With head end helpers attached 37A pulls west out of the yard while 20T heads east on the main.
A four pack of SD40-E lean hard against Pennsylvania Power & Light coal train 614 as it slowly pulls east on track 1. Soon thier role will switch from pushing to helping brake it as it descends "T... (more)
A four pack of SD40E have had their work cut out for them assisting PP&L coal train 614 east. They've helped it fight gravity to get over the top of the grade at AR, now they're helping it brake a... (more)
The job of the rear end helpers on 36A has changed from a role of helping it up the 1% grade to helping keep it under control as it descends the 2.27% grade of "the slide"