A Tree Grows in Mount Union

A tree makes its way to Heaven, piercing through the trucks and around the belly of a narrow gauge hopper car. The rusting car, one of over 200, has sat in Ea... (more)

Ice Floes Below

A westbound intermodal train crosses the Juniata River at Mount Union on the former PRR stone viaduct. The weather has been in single digit temperatures for the past ... (more)

After 20K moved through Altoona without stopping and then flew down the Pittsburgh line at track speed, I was barely in time to catch it here over the bridge in Mount Union. 20K was a short train... (more)

Eastbound stack on bridge.

Westbound with manifest train.

Eastbound on trestle with ex Indiana Railroad , now NS 7337 on train.

Eastbound on bridge at Mount Union.

On track two.

Sixty years have passed since this empty narrow gauge hopper last moved. During that time, Mother Nature had begun its process of reclamation. Rails have sunk into the ground and many wheels of ad... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound Pennsylvanian lumbers over the Juniata River just east of Mount Union. While much of the folliage is dead in the region, it's amazing how late it has clung to Jack's Moun... (more)

JUNIATA CROSSING A hint of color along the Juniata Valley at Mt. Union, PA as the westbound Pennsylvanian crosses over the river via the Kistler Viaduct on October 15, 2016 with AMTK 145 in the l... (more)

Westbound on the Middle Division by "Jacks" Tower, located west of Mount Union, PA, on Valentines Day in 1976.

Norfolk Southern's debut run of the Operation Awareness & Response (OAR) eductional train moved from Altoona, PA to Enola, PA on Saturday, April 23, 2016. The train is seen crossing the Juniata ... (more)

Norfolk Southern's debut run of the Operation Awareness & Response (OAR) eductional train moved from Altoona, PA to Enola, PA on Saturday, April 23, 2016. The train is seen crossing the Juniata ... (more)

Shot from Jacks Tower. A Roger Puta Photograph