NS 3343 shoves a coal train over the hill at Cassandra, Pa 6/27/2009
Helpers shove a train past the Cassandra Petting Zoo on a crisp late-winter day.
NS Helper unit 6311 is the latest to be released into the helper pool on the west slope!.... These units are SD50 rebuilds
The silence of a snowy day at Cassandra is regularly interrupted by the parade of trains through the mountains of Pennsylvania.
Eastbound autoracks create a dramatic scene as they head up the west slope of The Allegheny Mountains.
NS 3348 travels east with his partner.
A pair of pushers passes a lonely bench at Cassandra on a cold morning in March.
GE vs EMD
A pair of old school locomotives push hard on the back of a long intermodal train on a cold day at the railfan overlook in Cassandra.
An empty coal train heads downhill past the Cassandra overlook where large icicles have formed, with a pair of helpers supplying braking.
With helpers cut in on the head end and rear this eastbound coal drag struggles its way up the west slope of the Alleghenies on track one. Note, track two showing a stop indication and track three... (more)
