A helper set shoves had on the rear of NS 10N as the train crests the mountain just east of Cresson. Seen from the Rt. 53 overpass.
A pair of manned helpers assist a loaded coal train down "The Slide" at Gallitzin during a wintry dawn.
Helpers shove hard on an eastbound double stack train at it nears the summit at Gallitzin. Up above clouds from a storm earlier in the day can be seen.
As a westbound intermodal and an eastbound coal train pass under the signal bridge at MP 249 on the NS Pittsburgh Line, another day for the signal is about to close. These signals are on numbered ... (more)
Four helpers drift down the mainline toward Altoona at the former CP Slope, now CP Altoona. The classic PRR signal bridge has been removed and sits to the right of the construction vehicles.
NS Helper Engine 6319 passes one of the other new signals at CP Works on the signaled siding heading into the yard. In a matter of a few days, all remaining PRR signals through town will be a thin... (more)
What a mess! High and wide 053 settles in to ALTO for a crew change as a C90 is put together just East of SLOPE as a light set heads up the hill through the work in progress new SLOPE interlockin... (more)
A Pennsylvania Power & Light coal train that was loaded on the South Fork Secondary climbs the mountain at Summerhill.
A light set heads down the hill to retrieve another train in need
10A screams upgrade with (not visible in photo) the new 6900 2nd in line and a short train in a very beautiful sunset glint at CP RADE (in background). The PA Turnpike carries passengers over the ... (more)
6319 holds back 37A going down the hill.
Brand new SD40E 6319 pushes on the rear of 36A.