The rising sun has just cleared a notch in the Alleghenies at Philson to highlight the autumn leaves. The hot exhaust sends ripples through the cool morning air as westbound Q389 makes its way thr... (more)

Eastbound CSX Q352 uses its dynamics as it carefully rolls down the east slope of Sand Patch grade at NA, located between Mance and Philson.

Eastbound Q368 splits the signals at NA, located about midway between Mance and Philson.

Eastbound Amtrak P030 rolls through Philson - next stop: Cumberland.

Eastbound loaded coal train U881 rolls through Philson on a fall morning.

Eastbound Capital Limited rolls through Philson.

A pair of "Pumpkins" lead a matching set of ballast loads approaching Philson.

An eastbound coal train (N684) had to wait at the signal at Philson for about an hour until another train (U816) of eastbound coal loads ahead could be recrewed.

Eastbound coal loads roll through a short "S" curve and onto the tangent track approaching Philson. Within a few miles, the crew will hit the "hours of service" limit and die o... (more)

Dropping down the grade from Sandpatch, an SD70MAC and an AC4400 take a loaded coal train through Philson. The crossings located throughout this area are predominantly used by hunters to access di... (more)

An eastbound B&O manifest was dropping downgrade at Philson, PA on Oct. 22, 1978, led by GP40-2 No. 4255. Note the background. There is obvious damage from a past forest fire. Today, the forest... (more)

The first rays of light illuminate the cut at Philson as Amtrak P030 makes its eastbound trek towards Cumberland.

CSX SD40-2s 8123 and 8854 are seen leading eastbound autorack train Q226 near Philson, Pennsylvania - 14/04/2011