Amtrak Special 968, with the first set of Amtrak Airo equipment passes around the World Famous Horseshoe Curve in Altoona, PA.

Sick Visit NS 6920, the Veterans SD60E, sits at the Juniata Wreck Shop after being dropped off in town a week prior. 6920, as well as many other SD60Es are generally assigned to local serv... (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.

Jersey Central Heading Home NS 1071, the Jersey Central heritage unit, approaches WORKS interlocking in Altoona on 18N, an autorack train bound for New Jersey.

Piggyback NS 615, an apparently wrecked road slug, sits on a flatcar on high-wide train 054. This unit was soon cut at Rose Yard and eventually moved into the Juniata Shops for repairs.

The SD40-2s were the workhorses of the day - coupled ahead (snapping) or shoving tonnage trains across the Alleghenies. Here a pair lead an SD60M and Dash8-40CW on symbol ALPI's (Allentown-Conway)... (more)

CR 6074 is paired with an SD60M as they lead empty hoppers through Horseshoe Curve.

CR 6387 and 6366 are snappers on the point of Mail 9H's GP40-2 road power as they bring the Chicago-bound mail train around Horseshoe Curve.

Norfolk Southern 054 arrives in Altoona's Rose Yard for a crew change with six former Iowa Pacific cars en-route to the Reading and Northern.

Norfolk Southern 054 comes through CP-ALTOONA with six former Iowa Pacific cars en-route to the Reading and Northern.

Norfolk Southern 057 passes through Altoona, PA with a single decommissioned tank in tow.

Fresh Look for NS NS 955, the Office Car Special, works its way up Horseshoe Curve with two freshly-painted SD70ACes in the lead. With the Union Pacific merger looming in the future, we mi... (more)

Norfolk Southern 18N is descending into Altoona, PA as daylight slips away. NS SD70ACe 1066, painted to honor the New York Central leads DC to AC painted NS 4004.

Pride of the Fleet NS 1230 emerged from the paint booth at Norfolk Southern's Juniata Shops on November 5th, 2025 in a unique red and black livery. This paint job, reminiscent of Pennsylva... (more)

Derailment at Rose Yard In the early morning hours of April 29, 2025, a Norfolk Southern manifest (I'm guessing 13V) derailed in Altoona, PA's Rose Yard. The talented wreck crew in Altoona... (more)