Traction motor assemblies wait to be picked for installation while a mothballed GP60 hopes to return to duty.
Westbound empty hoppers have just left Altoona, Pennsylvania for the coal fields of western Pennsylvania. A Conrail GP40-2/SD40-2 combo is working hard to get to Cresson.
Looking like it’s fresh from the shop, Conrail SD45-2 6666 is paired with an SD40-2 as a helper set drifting to Altoona from Cresson, Pennsylvania. The big EMD soldiers on today as NS 1705.
Morning run. An intermodal train slows for a crew change at Altoona in preparation for its climb up to Horseshoe curve. Deadlines always fascinate me for some reason, especially when they are fi... (more)
Better Than Steam The older residents of Altoona no doubt remember when steam ruled the rails, and the air was constantly filled with coal smoke, and a bitter taste filled their mo... (more)
Single-unit trains on the Conrail main west of Altoona were not a common occurrence. Here a lone SD50 with an empty CWR train drops into Altoona at Slope.
A helper set shoves on a freight up the grade at Horseshoe Curve.
A helper set is in Dynamic Brake for tonnage on the downgrade for a loaded coal train around Horseshoe curve as a empty oil train passed heading westbound.
A helper set is in Dynamic Brake for tonnage on the downgrade for a loaded coal train around Horseshoe curve.
Rounding the bend at Horseshoe Curve a container train pulls hard on the grade.
Pushing upgrade, a helper set makes it way around Horseshoe Curve.
A SD-40 and SD-45 are shoving hard on the tail end of a westbound freight as it grinds its way up the eastern slope of the Alleghenies.
NS 7707 downgrade in Horseshoe Curve after a snow storm.
