NS 21J slowly emerges out of the famous Gallitzin Tunnel with the Norfolk & Western heritage unit on point as it prepares to crest the grade and begin its downhill descent to Pittsburgh.

NS 4204 Intermodal crawls uphill around the curve in Lilly Pennsylvania on a very beautiful fall evening sunset with the trees showing amazing color

NS Dash 8 8404 thunders through Tipton, PA in the early morning light.

The N&W Heritage Unit is leading train 26E through the West Park Trench in the City of Pittsburgh's North Side.

NS 8103 is climbing the grade to get to the OC bridge on a beautiful November morning under some Rich bright sunlight..

16N heads east on the Conemaugh Line through a very popular railfanning spot throughout the year but especially in the fall, West Park, or "The Trench". The late turning leaves of the Gi... (more)

Norfolk Southern train M1R soars high above the town of Nicholson, Pennsylvania, as it crosses the 100-year old Tunkhannock Viaduct. On the second day of NS operations along the former Canadian P... (more)

Norfolk Southern train 11V climbs the mountain around track three at Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania. The entire train can be seen: Engines 8073 and 9311, 87 cars, and helper units 633... (more)

Norfolk Southern loaded coal train 510 descends the mountains on the East slope near Altoona, PA.

The Conrail and Penn Central heritage units pull train 27N west up track three around Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on a cold and windy night. Photo by Casey Thomason. For more i... (more)

In another stroke of luck (for the photographers gathered not so much the railroad), 28Z meets another train coming out of the tunnels at Gallitzin. Coal train 593 had lost all power in its lead ... (more)

Last night while out storm chasing I happened upon a coal train sitting in the Stowe yard overnight. NS1019 was in perfect line from the storms moving in from the west. After dozens of shots I was... (more)

Thunderstorm rolled to the North while I was out shooting trains last night. Captured this shot of lightning from the Norfolk Southern Reading Yard last night. Photo by Shawn A Leightcap

Intermodal train number 21V rounds Horseshoe Curve as part of its journey from Harrisburg, PA, to Chicago, IL. Leading the way is the Lackawanna heritage unit, SD70ACe number 1074. Photo by Case... (more)

At dawn, a manned helper set of SD40E's pops out of the New Portage Tunnel and heads down "The Slide" on the journey back to Altoona to help another train up the mountain. This is the steepest gra... (more)