The colors explode as 10 80Macs pass!
The NS SD80MAC class leader is followed by nine classmates, westbound on track three... you don't see 50K of HP together like this very often...
The two types of engines that call the West Slope home, the SD80MAC and the SD40-2, team up on the local switching the R.J. Corman interchange in Cresson. A crew member is walking back to SD80MAC ... (more)
26,000 horsepower, zero cars. After dropping off some cars at the R.J. Corman interchange in Cresson, NS local C51 drops down the West Slope on its return trip to South Fork. NS SD80MAC 720... (more)
Railroads often talk the importance of the horsepower to cars ratio. With six MACs (one on the rear) and 27 cars, C51 sports a ratio of 111HP per car!
