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.

NS 36A struggles up track one just in time to block AMTK 975 quickly approaching on track two.

Altoona bound 5809 pulls just ahead of NS train 36A at Lilly.

Eastbound rack train heads east at the overpass in Lilly,PA. with a rough looking ex. CR unit leading.

Westbound trailer train in afternoon light off of the overpass in Lilly,PA. Train is on track#3.

Eastbound NS 262, a RoadRailer train, charges upgrade under the classic PRR signal bridge and signal 253W as it approaches the summit of the Allegheny Mountains on a surprisingly balmy February 6,... (more)

Helpers assist a unit coal train through Lilly.

This is what mountain railroading is all about! On a snowy, cold January day light helpers head up the hill to Cresson through the sleepy town of Lilly. I love the fact that with the snow it looks... (more)

With the temperature being a balmy 11 degrees, the crew has set a bag of ice on the hood of NS 3345.