Gleaming in the late evening sun the railfest excursion bound for Pittsburgh rolls through the west end of Johnstown and will soon plunge into the cavernous Conemaugh Gap.
A GE product from June of 1994 still looks decent as it leads autorack train 12N towards the mountain.
Ever have that sluggish feeling? That was the case for 10N today with the entire fleet of NS RP-E6Y slugs in the consist. The slugs, 990, 991, 992, and 993 are headed to Juniata to be rebuilt as N... (more)
I love this shot. The bridge and well what's left of the steel mill in Franklin makes for a great back drop. Westbound truck train glides down through C interlocking.
What could be better... trains are running, the sun is out, it's about 70 degrees, the cup race starts in an hour, and I am not at my sister's dance recital, but the 70M being in the lead would've... (more)
Its just another lazy summer afternoon in Johnstown as 20Q goes along its way east.
A relatively clean GP30 bodied Road Slug has had the honor of holding down the Johnstown - Rockwood local for the past two weeks. Here it rolls south through the Ferndale section of town.
23M slowly rolls around the edge of Woodvale Yard having crossed from 3 to 2 at C and having to wait for Amtrak 07T to finish its station stop.
The green flag on the Indy 500 doesn't drop for another couple of hours but the race is on for eastbound stack train 22W as it gets a run at the hill. In the background is downtown Johnstown and t... (more)
Truckin.
