I was in my own 1:1 model railroad layout - steam coming West, diesels going East. Amtrak's Pennsylvanian gets the order to proceed while NKP #765 sits in the hole just ahead. Heard on the radio... (more)
The only standard cab leading locomotive i saw while out chasing #765, a westbound debris train snakes its way through an "S" curve just east of Tyrone.
A very rare sighting on any Amtrak train East of Chicago, and especially on the short Pennsylvanian's Amtrak 42/43 on the NS Pittsburgh Line is one of Amtrak's B32-8WH's, number 513 in Phase IV pa... (more)