Rounding the curve through Cassleman PA

Entering the yard for a quick crew change before heading westbound.

A westbound intermodal kicks up the snow as it ducks under the former Western Maryland Keystone Viaduct as it works its way down the west slope of Sandpatch Grade.

An eastbound autorack meets a westbound mixed freight in Glencoe, PA

Passing the Ellerslie Tavern and crossing Schellsburg Road, an eastbound intermodal closes in on the larger Cumberland yard only miles away on the next to last day of 2020.

Amtrak's eastbound Capital Limited drifts downgrade through Philson as it heads for it's next stop in Cumberland, MD.

A westbound rolls through the western PA countryside and is about to duck under the former Western Maryland Salisbury Viaduct in the late afternoon sun.

A westbound coal train kicks up the snow as it makes its way down Sandpatch Grade in an early March storm of fine and quickly falling snow.

D703 sits next to some MOW equipment waiting for a crew to take it to Connellsville.

An intermodal makes it's way down Sandpatch Grade at Fairhope on a beautiful morning.

Most people have Independence Day off but it's business as usual for the crew working to assist an ethanol train up the grade through Lilly.

Getting ready to pass under the former Western Maryland Salisbury Viaduct, a westbound intermodal hustles it's train through the early morning fog.

The summit at Sand Patch is just a couple miles away as an eastbound freight works it's way up the west slope, passing under the former Western Maryland bridge at railroad Keystone.

Shortly after 8AM, an eastbound intermodal descends Sand Patch Grade through the S curves at Fairhope.

Hurry up and wait. Trains were running infrequently and very slow down Sandpatch Grade today, presumably due to another derailment in Hyndman. Eastbounds were running on the westbound track a... (more)