A late season snow has covered the top of the mountain with a few inches of powder with a empty grain train making its way up the mountain.
Debut of some heritage on The Pennsylvanian
Amtrak 145 leads the afternoon westbound Pennsylvanian out of a very smokey tunnel in Gallitzin. 145 is the first 40th anniversary unit to be put on this line.
Train load of Export Loco's for Vale in Brazil.
A light set returns down the eastern slope on a muggy, foggy morning headed for Altoona to shove another heavy westbound up the hill.
Eastbound Conrail train PIAL climbs through Galliztin, PA on Jan. 9, 1994 with eight units. On the head end are four GP38-2s, picked up at an outlying point and headed to Altoona for servicing.
A westbound Conrail manifest was dropping downgrade on the West Slope, west of Gallitzin, PA, on Sept. 8, 1984 with two SD40-2s.
I have seen Office cars on hot freight trains before, but most often I saw them handled immediately behind the power. On Oct. 2, 1982, CR Office Car 10 was bringing up the markers on a westbound ... (more)
A head end helper leads a westbound Trail Van train down the West Slope, west of Gallitzin, PA on Oct, 2, 1982.
NS' class unit of the SD60E's 6900 is still testing, But not in helper service anymore, But on the 992/993 power moves, along with the 10A/11A freights. Witness the 6900 on the point of the 11A ... (more)
Kodachrome 200 scan.
Westbound manifest pops out of Gallitzin Tunnel.
Pennsy FM C16-4 is leaving the tunnel at Gallitzin, PA trailing lots of engine smoke in the summer of 1960.
