In for an overhaul

NS Juniata Backshops

SD50 No. 6791 leads GE Dash8 40B No. 5070 and Dash8 40CW No. 6144 with 132 empty hoppers climbing the steady 1.75% grade past MG tower - still a part-time open office at this date. MG is located a... (more)

Bee Line NS 1067, the Reading Lines heritage unit, stops for a recrew at Rose Yard in Altoona, PA. This coal train is bound for the Brunner Island Generating Station in York Haven, which p... (more)

Obligatory "TAG, you're it" Caption NS 4851, the Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia heritage unit at its unveiling ceremony.

The dilapidated Mg tower in Altoona, PA.

NS W3A grinds up grade at MG tower in Altoona, PA.

A pair of westbound helpers head past MG Tower in Altoona, PA.

Glow Worm at Night NS 1072, the Illinois Terminal heritage unit, sits near the Juniata Backshop turntable with AC-to-DC AC44C6M #4005. This unit has since been rebuilt and repainted, and i... (more)

NS SD40-2 3271 ( NOW NS SD40-3 6447 ) sits in front of the paint shop awaiting paint

After having a accident involving the rear draft gear and being towed into shop the day before. NS GP38-2 5097 sits on the display track awaiting heavy repairs.

Various power awaits it fate

Far From Home NS 5260 is a GP38-2 that wears a commemorative paint scheme for the Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad in Virginia. Here in Altoona, it's being rebuilt, and it's anyon... (more)

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.