As NS 917 pauses on 8 Main, NS 23M roars by on track 4 into the setting sun. Shot from the Rt. 53 overpass.

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.

NS 5406, still in CRQ paint, has the honors of leading NS 11J west on the Middle Division and into the sweetest light of the day!

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)

NS 6310 and company shove very hard on the rear of a loaded coal train on its way to Harrisburg in that sweet evening light!

Fill her up and check the wheels please!! A worker from Steamtown begins to fuel the Amtrak Heritage Train before its departure from Steamtown after participating in the 2012 Railfest.

A former Conrail unit leads NS hotshot 21M full of UPS packages through downtown Altoona on its way to Chicago.

Normally assigned to the helper pool out of Altoona, new SD40E #6320 gets to stretch her legs with a fellow ex-CR SD60I on an empty PPLX coal train heading back west to the minefields of western P... (more)

A blast from the past displays a "4-banger" of former Conrail SD40-2s shoving hard on an eastbound NS 590 loaded coal train bound for export via the Port of Balitmore. All of the SD40-2s in the ph... (more)

NS 13G leans hard through the curve at Cassandra on a hot summer day with an ex-CR C40-8W in the lead. The curve at Cassandra is built for 60mph running with the intermodal trains however the 13G ... (more)

NS 21E rolls through SLOPE on the NS Pittsburgh Line as MOW crews continue to work on the new ALTO interlocking. In this view we can see NS has added 4 new switches onto main 1, and 2 switches on ... (more)

Get your shots here NOW!! NS 21J roars past SLOPE on a warm, sunny afternoon. With construction underway on the new ALTO interlocking, SLOPE's days are numbered. Most of the new switches for the n... (more)

Helper and Train. The helper off of NS 862, seen entering the yard in Altoona on the adjacent track, creeps slowly behind their train after uncoupling at SLOPE. A 4-banger of helpers was used on t... (more)

With over 100 cars in tow, NS 13G stretches its train out on the straightaway through Tipton on a very mild and slightly hazy March afternoon. Both units are working hard as evidenced by the heat ... (more)

With its long string of stacks and high priority trailers, NS 21M, one of the daily intermodel hotshots from New Jersey to Chicago, pounds through Altoona in beautiful afternoon winter light.