A string of 80MACs and a couple road engines get serviced at the Cresson locomotive facility on a cold February night.

Cresson, PA 2/23/2013 - Beheaded: Norfolk Southern SD-40 3200 has lost all but its cab as the scrappers turn this 1972-built EMD into piles of unrecognizable steel. Originally a Southern Railway S... (more)

Cresson, PA 2/23/2013 - Awaiting its next assignment as a helper on the former Pennsylvania Railroad's "West Slope", SD-40E 6325 is in the small engine house at Cresson. About a dozen locomotives ... (more)

NS 6740 leads NS 11a Westbound in the blue light time of the morning

At one time the SD80MAC was NS's only form of AC traction power. Acquired second hand from Conrail in 1999, NS would not see "new" AC power until 2008. Since then NS has over 100 ES44ACs and 75 SD... (more)

NS 6930, a recently rebuilt SD60, leads 36A as it struggles up the west slope of the mountain. The train is passing the Station Inn in Cresson. Canon EOS 60D

On a snowy Sunday 6 SD80MACs await their next assignment at the Cresson Engine House after being serviced the night prior. Canon EOS 60D

One of 4 active SD50s (three in CR paint) leads 67Z west on the Pittsburgh Line. The train is passing through CP-MO in Cresson, PA. Canon EOS 60D

Conrail 6285 with a special United Way banner leads a pair of consecutively numbered SD40-2's helpers returning light back into Cresson

Amtrak's Pennsylvanian scoots through Cresson, passing an old PRR flyover bridge which would later be removed to accommodate double stack trains.

A helper set slows to a stop while a manifest struggles upgrade in the distance. The crew of the helper stepped out wanted their pictures taken as one of them was retiring at the end of the shift... (more)

Winter railroading! NS SD40E No. 6321 and fellow SD40E helper idle at CP MO waiting for a signal east, as a westbound intermodal passes by on the adjacent main track.