Auto parts train 13N and its eastbound counterpart 12N were already on the chopping block several months ago before the 'big three' auto crisis, so get your photos of this Pittsburgh Line regular ... (more)

You can't see them all, but 12 80MACs have circled the wagons at Cresson in the first big snow of the year.

NS 9232 and 8886 drag 11 HLCX leasers in various paint schemes east presumably to Altoona through the rock cut seen from the Route 53 bridge.

Dress blues. The main reason for our Cresson trip (besides the snow) was to see if we could find the last two blue ex-Conrail SD80MACs. When we arrived in Cresson on Saturday afternoon, we ... (more)

NS 9436 kicks up some fresh snow as it leads an unknown van train (symbol needed) east through Cresson during a brief snow shower on Saturday afternoon. It is seen passing NS 2686 on an empty coal... (more)

12,000 horsepower shove on the rear of 16,950 tons of coal.

NS SD40-2s 3338 and 3344 shove hard on the rear of eastbound autoparts train 12N as they pass the former site of MO Tower and the small yard known as the Cresson Engine Facility, which is unusuall... (more)

Two helper assist an eastbound manifest through Cresson.

At the end of the day, a local job from South Fork pulled in with 3 80MACs for some TLC...

NS coal train 500 approaches CP MO with a fresh coat of fallen snow and a light snow that continues to fall in Cresson. In addition to the two helpers up front, this train has four on the rear.

Winter comes early to the Pittsburgh line as it snows like the dickens. There were a few times where you couldn't see anything and this was one of those points. RJ Corman just cut away from the 2n... (more)

The head end of 10A pauses in Cresson, waiting for a helper set to tie on...