A set of SD40-2's push hard moving this double-stack train across NS's Pittsburgh Line and reducing the number on the highways.

NS helpers drift downgrade.

Empty coal cars return down grade, dashing thru the snow with 8,000 horses.

Looking like winter has arrived for good on the west slope. Note: must not forget to bring gloves next time.

Norfolk Southern freight train repeats the scene played out by Conrail, Penn Central and the Pennsylania Railroad, as man and machine battle against elements of nature for 150 years.

A fairly short container train plods its way up the West Slope at Lilly. Traffic was slow due to 2 derailments on either side of the West Slope, one in Harrisburg and another near Johnstown. We we... (more)

22W pounds away at the mountain in the heavy snow with 3 70M-2's. Even with 3 tanks the thing still had trouble heading up the hill to MO with snow covered rails, and no helper.

Looking a little worse for wear, a SD80MAC roars upgrade toward Altoona

Roaring uphill, a shiny SD70M-2 heads under the old PRR position lights

Local C90 is enroute to Cresson to deliver salt cars to RJ Corman. Here Big Mac 7207 brings up the back of the train as it rolls east through Lilly on number 1.

A pair of SD40-2 helpers, on the head end by rule, lead westbound garbage train 65J down grade past some color at Lilly on Track 3.

Three trains at once, on the old Pennsy Mainline. As I following a coal train heading up grade, two westbound trains on tracks 2 & 3 come around the cuvre at the same time with the TOFC pulling a... (more)

Westbound tech train in morning light.

Labor Day Weekend weather was perfect for railfanning on the West Slope as shown in the photogenic town of Lilly.