NS 590 going under the now gone Pennsylvania signal bridge at Tipton
Of a Dying Breed NS 65K, an empty ethanol train makes its way into the sunset with 1837, an SD70ACC leading the way. 1837 was rebuilt in 2019 by ProgressRail from Spartan cab SD70 #2551. W... (more)
Norfolk Southern empty autorack train 10E passes through Tipton, PA with cars for storage on the Buffalo Line, previously stored in Gallitzin for months.
Spring 2014...before Covid, before PSR, and now a possible merger, Norfolk Southern's OCS returns to Altoona with the classic F-units for power.
Freight Hauling Passengers Amtrak's Pennsylvanian is an interesting case where one terminus lacks "protect" power. As a result, if the train breaks down in Pittsburgh, Amtrak oft... (more)
Norfolk Southern Intermodal 29G rounds through Tipton, PA with the Pennsylvania Railroad Heritage Unit. They are passing the former site of the PRR Signals at PT225.
Catching the last rays of light from the setting sun, GE P42DC 87 leads Amtrak's Pennsylvanian as it cruises west through Tipton, Pennsylvania and heads towards its next station stop in Altoona. T... (more)
Heritage Hotshot: NS 8103, the Norfolk & Western Heritage Unit, leads priority intermodal train NS 257 westbound along the NS Pittsburgh Line through Tipton, Pennsylvania.
NS 9178 leads a westbound beneath the old signal bridge in Tipton, PA. There were only some 14 remaining signal bridges with position light signals between Harrisburg and Altoona before they all f... (more)
11J heads west through Tipton in the early evening, nearing their next crew change point at Altoona.
A standard cab SD70 leader takes 14G under the position lights and around the curve at Tipton.
Amtrak 42 hustles through Tipton with a Dash 8 leading under the PRR position lights.
Highballing home to Altoona after a day on the Bald Eagle Valley Branch PRR K4s No. 1361 has just passed the signal bridge at Tipton south of Tyrone.
An empty NS coal train passes through Tipton as it approached Altoona, PA. Second out and adding a little pop of color to the consist is the Reading heritage unit.
