Two AC pushers help a doublestack to the top of the Elkhorn grade.
A pair of ES44AC pushers give 236 some assistance east at the west end of Elkhorn Tunnel.
In a scene that defines the modern day Pokey, new AC pushers shoves hard on a coal drag under the classic sigs and into the ElkhornTunnel. The freezing sleet made for a tuff push up the grade but ... (more)
Trio of pushers descend the infamous Elkhorn Grade enroute to Farm to do it all over again.
Ducking under the huge iron shroud from the steam days, a fast freight tops Elkhorn Grade and enters the mile long tunnel at dusk.
With dusk, rain, and fog all falling along the Pokey, a train of mtys glides out of Elkhorn Tunnel and begins the long descent down to Welch. The huge ventilation system and iron shroud are from a... (more)
Westbound mty train is seconds away from exiting Elkhorn Tunnel, then it's all downhill to Iaeger.
NS manifest is literally on its knees as it rolls under the old N&W signal tower near the crest of Coaldale Mountain and the Elkhorn Tunnel.
As a grain train flows thru Elkhorn Tunnel, a westbound approaches the west portal from within, looking as if the tunnel is on fire. Midway thru the bore is the crest of Elkhorn Grade, a major pai... (more)
Pushers on the rear roar backward thru Elkhorn Tunnel. The giant ventilation shroud and fans provide a frame for photographers, a leftover from the steam days.
An autorack flies east into Elkhorn Tunnel, nearly a mile long and atop one of the longest grades east of the Rockies.
Dwarfed by the massive iron Maybeury bridge, NS 194 with a hodgepodge of goods including Humvees heads east with a single pusher on the end. This bridge will be notched due to the Corridor Project... (more)
Brand new ES44AC's are already getting down and dirty, performing pusher service on the Pokey.
Pushers lend a little hand to get this mixed freight up the infamous Elkhorn Grade and through Elkhorn Tunnel.