High Hood Weather NS HI10, the Holidaysburg turn, returns to Rose Yard. This train usually uses a GP40-2 slug set, but when its regular power needs servicing at Juniata, NS 5209, an ex-Sou... (more)

Curve Crawl: NS 1072, the Illinois Terminal Heritage Unit, leads westbound intermodal NS 25G westbound around the Horseshoe Curve.

NS 5436, former Conrail SD50 No. 6766, leads a trio of BNSF Dash9s on a westbound intermodal at the Brickyard crossing on an early October afternoon.

Norfolk Southern 92Z rounds the Horseshoe Curve in Altoona, PA with a loaded Herzog ballast train from Dyer Quarry. Trailing is a Wells Fargo Leaser SD70MAC.

An array of locomotives sit outside in the yard at the Juniata Locomotive Shop in Altoona, PA as the shop crew uses SW1001 2102 to move power towards the turntable.

The Lehigh Valley heritage unit leads 39G upgrade through Horseshoe Curve.

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)

The Lehigh Valley heritage unit leads 39G upgrade through Horseshoe Curve.

With the special painted DC to AC 4002 leading the way, eastbound I6X rounds Horseshoe Curve headed down the mountain towards Altoona

The Lehigh Valley heritage unit leads 39G upgrade through Horseshoe Curve.

Horseshoe Hustle: NS 1074, the Lackawanna Heritage Unit, leads westbound manifest NS 39G toward Horseshoe Curve, as the train begins its climb up the slope of the mountain.

A westbound NS intermodal is headed up grade at the Horseshoe Curve just out of Altoona. The conductor on the head end gives a friendly wave to the train watchers on the inside of the curve as the... (more)

Amtrak Pennsylvanian 43 is passing by Norfolk Southern 11N working Altoona's Rose Yard.

Sparks fly as a worker grinds the end of a section of rail that was cut out before being replaced.

One of these things is not like the other. Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line #5260 is in town for some repairs.