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)

Graveyard of NS Power RJ Corman recently acquired 14 ex-NS SD70Ms with notched nose cabs, two of which ended up on their Pennsylvania Lines. Here we see two of them parked up in Cresson, P... (more)

Under a heavy snow squall, an eastbound intermodal rolls into Cresson on the NS Pittsburgh line.

A westbound intermodal kicks up the snow as it rolls through Cresson on the NS Pittsburgh Line.

A westbound intermodal passes a stopped eastbound autorack in Cresson on a snowy winter day on the Pittsburgh Line.

An ES44AC leads an empty ethanol train west through an end of day sun pocket in Cresson, PA.

“Time Enough at Last””
The eastbound Pennsylvanian has heritage-painted P42DC 145 in the lead as it climbs through Cambria County and “downtown” Cresson on what's rapidl... (more)

A Burlington Northern does the honors of charging the grade as it lugs loaded corn hoppers off 5 West. Note the tunnel that is the "overhead" which up til the Conrail clearance pr... (more)

We sauntered over from the inn and found these rebuilt SD50 units shoving on the rear of an ethanol train.

Gloomy skies add a fitting touch to the few remaining work horses of a by-gone era as they await their turn for the scrapper.

NS 56K is parked in Cresson awaiting interchange to RJ Corman while the rear helpers on westbound W9G pass on the mainline.

Cresson Cruise: NS 1193 leads NS 1078 on doubled up coal train NS 594, as the train battles the snow in Cresson, Pennsylvania, along the West Slope of the NS Pittsburgh Line. The train will reach... (more)

Everything matches! The "Pennsylvanian" races through eastbound in this small town at the summit of the famous Main Line grade.

Two of Norfolk Southern's specially painted units, 1066 and 4005, lead 18N upgrade through Cresson at sunset.

Fall Harvest RPCP 2645, a freshly repainted flared-nose SD70M, gets a loaded grain train moving north out of Cresson. The fall is peak season for these grain trains headed to Clearfield, w... (more)