NS M0G passes by CP AR's EB signal replacements and lights up AR Tower in the background. A full moon helped light up this scene.

NS 12G descends the Allegheny Mountains at AR. AR Tower is looking worse for wear and might be torn down in the future.

Six locomotives escort a single boxcar east at UN in Gallitzin, Pa.

A westbound exits the west portal of Gallitzin Tunnel at Gallitzin, Pa.

An eastbound intermodal gets a push from a pair of SD40E's at the summit of the eastbound grade passing the derelict AR Tower.

Two units lead the westbound Pennsylvanian over the Alleghenies

Heading Back West After Helping Train 14G

Norfolk Southern’s crossing of the Allegheny Mountains west of Altoona requires a lot of helper sets. And on this line, those helpers are... (more)

The NS Training First Responders train, running as NS 043, is seen coming off of the seldom used loop track that connects UN Jct. to AR. This was one of the parts of the ferry move from Altoona to... (more)

After a long wait by this photographer in Gallitzin, the NS Safety train finally emerged from the West portal of the Allegheny Tunnel. As a career firefighter this train is one of my favorites. On... (more)

NS Train 23Z heads West out of the portal in Gallitzin. The tunnel which contains tracks 2 and 3 were opened in 1904 for the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Twenty-Seven and a half minutes elapse in this collection of four shots layered together as the Pennsy signal bridge at AR (Allegheny Range) stands tall against the backdrop of the swirling night ... (more)

Train 21T emerges from Allegheny Tunnel at Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, with the Pennsy heritage unit leading the way on a frosty late January evening. 21T originated earlier in the day in Harrisburg,... (more)

NS 8129 leads a 4 unit consist on an eastbound intermodal towards Horseshoe Curve as it ducks under the bridge in front of the tunnel at Gallitzin.

NS 14G gets creeps over the summit at Gallitzin as it heads past AR Tower. A fresh coat of snow has blanketed the small town giving a nice finish to the usually grey January scenery.

NS 9620 & 8349 lead a westbound intermodal out of Gallitzin tunnel.