Latrobe, PA sits in a dip between 1% grades - Bradenville to the east and Donohoe to the west. In CR days they really ripped through here - coming off one grade and getting a run for the other. Sy... (more)

Norfolk Southern, NS 6796, westbound with 21J on the Pittsburgh mainline, Latrobe, Pennsylvania. September 15, 2015. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

CR, Conrail GP40 3006 leads a eastbound trailer train 0n the Pittsburgh mainline at Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Home of Rolling Rock beer. at the time. September 12, 1985. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

Lehigh Valley, NS 8104, with 591-20, west bound on the NS Pittsburgh mainline at Latrobe, Pennsylvania. May 20, 2012. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

Amtrak B32-8WH 513, with eastbound 42, the Pennsylvanian, on the NS Pittsburgh Mainline at Latrobe, Pennsylvania. May 6, 2014. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

NS 1073 roars around the bend on a rainy October day, passing underneath a bridge that no longer exists. The Buffenmeyer Road Bridge had long been closed to traffic, but made for an excellent pho... (more)

A westbound trailvan races through Latrobe, PA on a spring evening. Latrobe sits in a sag and, in CR days as here, trains really ripped through getting a run on grades in either direction. The sta... (more)

On a summer afternoon a Norfolk Southern unit oil train passes under the CP-TROBE PRR position light signals in Latrobe, PA on the NS Pittsburgh Line. This would be the last day of operation for t... (more)

There used to be commuter service out of Pittsburgh as far east as Derry, a few miles east of Latrobe. Hence the PRR-era station that is reminiscent of the Philadelphhia Main Line and still embell... (more)

A westbound NS intermodal train 21V passes underneath the PRR position light signal bridge at CP Trobe in Latrobe, Pennsylvania on a summer afternoon. A few weeks later, these signals would be rem... (more)

Coal dust fills the air as a pair of DPU locomotives bring up the rear of eastbound coal train 862, passing under the soon to be removed PRR position light signals at CP TROBE.

A NS loaded coal train passes under the now removed CP TROBE PRR position light signals in Latrobe PA. These signals were taken down the day after this picture was taken, as crews keep working we... (more)

A GE locomotive moves intermodal containers through CP Trobe. The cutover has since taken place and the Pennsy signals have been removed.

A trio of NS GE's speed through CP Trobe with grain train 55K in tow. The PRR position light signals here were removed from service on July 28th and replaced by the new signals seen here ready for... (more)

The end has come for the PRR Signals at CP Trobe. Several small cranes lift the eastbound signals out of the way as the new replacements stand guard