Smoking Shoes

A loaded Leslie train crawls over Clearfield Creek on the former (NYC) Beech Creek Railroad. The steep grade and sharp curves have the entire train in heavy braking as ... (more)

Daybreak Came Late

The morning was awful--wet, dreary, raining, and very grey. By the time the train had finished loading at Leslie Tipple, though, it had burned off to a blazingly h... (more)

Out of the Hole

A westbound mixed freight emerges from the Allegheny Tunnel at Gallitzin, PA.

Brrrrr!

I'm not sure what possessed me to go up here on the first snowfall last year, but it was much easier to fly a drone around than try to climb up the hill. Besides, I got a rea... (more)

The Lonely Local

A local freight glides over Sinnemahoning Creek at Keating on the Norfolk Southern Buffalo Line. Built as the Sunbury & Erie Railroad (which hung a left westward at ... (more)

Blowin' Smoke

As I was driving home on US 22, I saw a billowing black cloud approaching at Ardenhiem. After a double take, I quickly turned the car around and went back to the local ... (more)

A Salute to the Fallen

It's a couple days late for Memorial Day, but a salute to our fallen servicemen and women is in order. Thank you to all of you and your families for your sacri... (more)

Burning Up The Railroad

After being held between Conway and Leetsdale for nearly two hours after its 04:45 departure, Office Car Special 950 put the hammer down heading east to Harri... (more)

Burning Up The Railroad, Part 2

THE Office Car Special burns up the old PRR Middle Division, bound for Harrisburg. The train was running about 2 hours behind its original departure t... (more)

History Central

The Central of New Jersey heritage unit races through downtown Altoona (and away from the sunset) on the point of an eastbound intermodal. The Altoona Railroaders' Me... (more)

Dam Bridge...

A westbound intermodal crosses the Stone Bridge (a semi-misnomer--the upstream side has been concrete since 1929) in Johnstown. Built in 1887-8, this is the bridge brok... (more)

(Not Quite) Barnstorming

Everett 11 drifts back down the hill after being spun on the wye at Martinsbug Junction, passing a quiet farm crossing. These Steam into the Cove trips are t... (more)

The Other One

A selection of NS power rests lined into the shop bays at the Juniata Locomotive Shop, including the Erie Heritage Unit.

This is the reverse angle of Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Locomotive: EMD SD70ACe
Location: Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: NS 1068
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: November 27, 2017

Into the Cove

Aside from photo charters, Everett's 2-6-0 usually only comes this far south once a year in September for a single 'Steam into the Cove' excursion. That changed this ye... (more)

Second Winter

The first day of spring 2018 was, ironically, met with a rather heavy snowstorm. I sort of imagine the conversation between Nature and the Seasons being much like the '... (more)