Outlawed night local H71 sits on the layoff track in Bethlehem, PA with a pair of former Conrail units for power.

Westbound manifest train 38G heads into some sweet afternoon light in Emmaus, PA with a nice SD70 in the lead.

Eastbound grain empties, led by a pair of Heritage 2 Dash-9s, head around the curve at Browning, MT on the first day of August. This view is from the shoulder of US Highway 2.

A pair of Dash-9s lead empty coal hoppers westbound on the Lurgan Branch at sunset.

Eastbound Buffalo to Allentown manifest 13T is seen passing the Siegfried Station in Northampton, PA in sweet morning light. NS SD60M 6800 leads former SOO SD60, now owned by CEFX, number 6012. Wi... (more)

NS roadrailer 262 is the lone eastbound this cold Wednesday morning, but the sight of the ex-Conrail Dash-8 makes for a nice surprise. Note the lack of the Conrail Quality 'Q' on the side of the u... (more)

The surrounding homes of Scranton on the hill in the background make for a nice backdrop for the Reading F7s as they lead a Moscow-bound excursion out of Steamtown. The building on the right is th... (more)

The Reading F units patiently wait for passengers to board the train for the 1PM departure for Moscow. A small trolley sits on the opposite side of the platform, waiting for additional people to b... (more)

Another NS detour the next day came in the form of manifest 16M, seen heading west down the Lurgan Branch with one of the few remaining ex-Conrail SD50s in the consist.

Unit autorack train 274 heads west under the main road that leads to Messiah College on a late August afternoon. This train was detoured this way for reasons still unknown.

NS train 38G moves slowly westward through a speed restriction between MP 27 and CP Alburtis due to tie gangs working on the second track. A horsehead SD60 leads a Dash-8 and a GP40-2.

After stopping in Bowers due to bad air pressure through the train, 34A is now back on the move, crawling westward through Lyons, PA under a predominatly cloudy fall sky.

With only about 150 units left on NS's roster still in ex-Conral blue paint, it is becoming increasingly rare to see any on road trains, let alone leading. Witness NS intermodal train 24Z heading ... (more)

Almost an hour after 11R passed, unit grain train 50T is seen heading west with a sweet, all standard cab, lashup of 6662, 6681, 2516 and 8309.

After discussing a work by John Bunyan in my Seminar class and scoring a 92 on my percussion playing test, I decided to head out trackside for a while. My first train was westbound 11R with quite ... (more)