Conrail looked great in the 1990s and traffic moved right along over the mountain. Here symbol OIPI snarls through MG interlocking on the east slope with one of the daily succession of manifests o... (more)
OIPI (Oak Island-Pittsburgh)
It's a windy and chilly autumn afternoon on the mountain as symbol OIPI comes grinding upgrade past the signal bridge at MP 245.5 east of Bennington. The two SD40s on the point are snappers ahead ... (more)
CR 3363 with a couple CSX mates leads symbol OIPI out of the reverse curves near Anderson, PA on an October Sunday afternoon.
Conrail's PIOI (Pittsburgh-Oak Island) meets OIPI (Oak Island-Pittsburgh)
One of my favorite places to observe traffic was MG, located about 2 miles west of Horseshoe Curve on the climb to Gallitzin. The block station was open and symbol OIPI (Oak Island-Conway) was cro... (more)
It's sort of a gloomy day on the mountain but the trains keep coming. Oak Island-Conway manifest OIPI is slugging it out on the grade as it passes lonely MG Block Station, deep in the woods. Ektac... (more)
A very handsome locomotive indeed. CR 4128 and 4124 lead symbol OIPI around Scotch Run curve, under the 240.7 signals and approach MP 241 on a little bit of tangent before reaching Horseshoe Curve... (more)
Rockville reflection
