A string a GP40s lead a train out of Sand Patch Tunnel. It seemed like most manifests over Sand Patch in this time period were lead by 4 axle motors....
620 and two other GE units lead an eastbound up Sandpatch Grade.
A visitor from the west, BNSF leads a unit grain train up the west slope of Sandpatch Grade.
Running a couple hours late, the eastbound Capital Limited nears the summit of Sandpatch Grade.
Shortly after the sun rises above the mountain ridge, Q352 grinds its way up Sand Patch Grade at the namesake Sand Patch, PA.
Chesapeake & Ohio 614 thunders through a downpour as it crests Sand Patch Grade in Pennsylvania with the Chessie Safety Express.
CSX Q389 concurs the Alleghany Mountains at Sand Patch Summit with an SD40-3 leading. With just enough light left on the lead two engines.
A GE quartet powers a huge L355 over the Sand Patch summit.
Amtrak's eastbound Capitol Limited crests the grade at Sand Patch on CSX's Keystone Subdivision on its scenic trip from Chicago, IL to Washington, D.C.
On a damp and mostly cloudy fall morning, CSX single-stack intermodal Q130 tops the Sand Patch grade in its namesake village. In just a few hundred yards, the two engines will back off into dynami... (more)
The eastbound Capitol Limited summits the Alleghenies at Sand Patch, Pennsylvania, on an early autumn day.
Q130 rolls up to the summit of the Alleghenies.
Eastbound autorack train Q226 makes its way up the grade at Sand Patch.
Q394-16, featuring two engines that have both seen better days, climbs the grade at Sand Patch on a crisp April morning.
L216 is about to finish its climb up the west slope of Sand Patch Grade before making the descent into Cumberland.