Crews chat after helper set 3340, 3341 coupled on to the front of NS 9203 on a loaded coal train in Cresson at 03:21.

NS 2649 waits in Cresson for a helper ahead as helper set 3342, 3353 moves out of the Cresson Engine Facility. The helper set assigned to NS 2649 was 3427, 3380.

A quick snow shower darkened the skies over Cresson on this cold Saturday afternoon, which found a typical West Slope helper set, SD40-2s 3375 and 3373, sharing company with most of Norfolk Southe... (more)

The helpers on this coal drag cast long shadows on a cold afternoon in the mountains.

As the shadows take over the tracks, a helper set makes its way uphill, railroad east.

A westbound stacker has reached the summit behind three black ponies. While the first two units may be your run of the mill NS dash 9's, the third unit proves to be a nice surprise, one of only te... (more)

A unit ethanol train tips over the slide, with two helpers on the back helping hold it back.

The trees in front of the Station Inn provide some framing for the pair of helpers pushing a unit ethanol train east.

A newly rebuilt SD40-E unit brings up the rear of the NS-RJCP local at Cresson, with the unit at the opposing end being of the same species. These cars were ultimately headed towards Park Yard on ... (more)

A trio of Conrail Quality SD60I's are about to crest the grade and drop down the slide into Altoona...

RJC-1 pulls into Cresson with the first sectiion of loads from Fallen Timber on the Irvona branch, as a set of light helpers led by a recently-released SD40E (SD50 rebuild) drifts through the inte... (more)

The three SD80MAC pushers (7216, 7209 and 7213) on the rear of this loaded coal train catch the last few rays of sunlight as they grind uphill toward the summit at Gallitzin. By the time the three... (more)

The hills echo with the sounds of EMD 645 engines as NS SD40-2s 3374 and 3342 shove hard on the rear of an eastbound loaded coal train as it digs in for the climb to the summit. NS 3373 and 3368 s... (more)

Dress blues, again. With only two SD80MACs remaining in blue, the chances of seeing them together gets rarer and rarer. Therefore, when AB2 and I found the 7205 and 7208 sitting together in... (more)

Two of Norfolk Southern's newest locomotives, NS SD40E 6304 (rebuilt in January 2009 from SD50 6522), and NS SD40E 6301 (rebuilt in January 2009 from SD50S 6504), assisted westbound manifest M9G o... (more)