Westbound with fall colors.
Gone from the West Slope are both blue ex-Conrail units as well as SD40-2 helper sets. A four-pack of 40-2s, with NS 3349 bringing up the rear, shoves a loaded coal train east as NS 9285 overtakes... (more)
An Eastbound oil train grinds up grade under the classic PRR signal bridge.
Norfolk Southern 911, the railroad's "Honoring First Responders"-liveried locomotive and a sister SD60E wraps 36A's train around the super elevated curve at Lilly in the early morning of... (more)
In the beautiful peak of Pennsylvania fall colors, the NS 8025 leads westbound manifest 17G across the former PRR Pittsburgh Line and through downtown Lilly, Pennsylvania.
The more things change the more they say the same. Hard to believe its been 4 years since I've been to the West Slope, even more since I've been to this particular location. The GEVOs are new sinc... (more)
NS 26N with a Norfolk Southern ES44DC leading leans inward on the super-elevated curve in Lilly, Pennsylvania
Cresson is known as the base for helpers that pushed westbound trains from Altoona, but many eastbound trains also required helpers to get over the Alleghenys. By this time, the dominance of 45-li... (more)
NS 056 approaches Carneys Crossing with a SD40-2 rebuild leading a GP38-2 and a trainload of variety. Including two Colas Freight units. The SD40-2 is now owned by CSX.
Amtrak train 42, the Pennsylvanian bound for Harrisburg, Philadelphia, New York, and all intermediates, clears Lilly, Pennsylvania under Pennsylvania Position Light signals.
Norfolk Southern ES40DC 7639 leads a 10G through the PRR signals in Lilly, PA
Amtrak Pennsylvanian No. 42 pounds the West Slope in Lilly, PA.
NS 21E passes under the rarely photographed signal at 252 in Lilly with the Southern Heritage Unit leading.
NS 04T fly's under the signals of Lilly PA as NS 64R waits for its signal.
