Crews from Cranmasters are working the east end (downhill) side of the 12G derailment. Here two sidewinders work to drag a loaded railcar along the rolled rail until they can reach the point of go... (more)

RJ Corman Derailment crews work to drag a derailed 89' flatcar back to good track in the area of MP240/Scotch Run Curve on NS's Pittsburgh Line. This was one of 63 cars that derailed due to a brok... (more)

Truck Train? A welded rail train escorted by a single NS AC44C6M works its way east on track 1 to drop rail between MO and AR. The train utilizes a Herzog truck/RUM12 vehicle to unload the rail,... (more)

Crews work hard to rerail over 50 cars along the Scotch Run curve. For over 48 hours the Pittsburgh Line was reduced to only one track between Altoona and MG with trains being tied down and "... (more)

Amtrak's Eastbound Pennsylvanian makes its morning station stop in Downtown Altoona with a Phase VII P42. After a day of rain, wind, and snow...the blue skies were a welcoming sight.

Spring 2014...before Covid, before PSR, and now a possible merger, Norfolk Southern's OCS returns to Altoona with the classic F-units for power.

Loaded up on a heavy duty flatcar, road slug NS 615 is being shipped to the railroad's Juniata Shop for repair. The unit was shipped in from Portsmouth, Ohio.

A wreck damaged Dash 9 awaits its turn for rebuild outside NS's Juniata Shop. Within a few weeks this engine will become the new NS 4959, a AC44C6M rebuild.

Thanks to track work east of Altoona, for three weeks this summer, nocteernial local C52 operated in daylight. With 5 cars in tow and their usual trio of GP38-2s, C52 passes through the Horseshoe ... (more)

A large group of railfans gather for dinner ate "The Boxcar" in Lilly while westbound intermodal train 25P flys by.

Just a few weeks after being repainted and pressed into "OCS" duty, NS 1069, the Virginian, is working as the rear DPU on train 12G. The train arrives into Altoona under full sun, provid... (more)

Big Macs in Helper Service During PSR, Norfolk Southern started replacing its sets of SD40E locomotives in helper service with single SD70ACUs. Units were equipped with helper link on both ends.... (more)

Altoona to Pittsburgh manifest train 11A builds its train at CP-Works in Rose Yard. Former Conrail SD60, NS 6709 and three other GEs was the power this day. At the time, it was commonplace for 11A... (more)

An Air Products "Heat Exchanger" High & Wide movement makes its way east through Phillipsburg, NJ. At the time, every few months railman's around the Lehigh Valley would be treated to on... (more)

Two BNSF coal trains meet at the entrance to BNSF's Fort Scott Subdivision in the West Bottoms of Kansas City.