The last of four SD40E helpers disappears down the menacing Slide, assisting in the braking of a PPLX coal train destined for Strawberry Ridge. On the front were two clean looking Conrail SD60I's ... (more)

A Four-Pack of SD40E helpers assist a PPLX coal train dropping down the Slide into the New Portage Tunnel. Even in person, the 2.2 grade looks just as dramatic.

At the time I saw it come into view, I was more excited to see the Conrail leader than the Santa Fe Dash 8. Amazingly, you can still see Santa Fe units as all of the originally painted Conrail uni... (more)

A westbound UPS train crests the summit and begins its descent down the West Slope

NS helper pushes a mixed freight into the 3600 foot Allegheny Tunnel.

"Heading back to the West Coast"

An NS intermodal heads West into the setting sun with a visitor from the West Coast trailing.

On Saturday January 10th, NS 1065 leading NS 590 into the Tunnels in Gallitzin, Pa

Approaching Bennington Curve near Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, doublestack train 20T (Kansas City-Harrisburg) glides downgrade on track two. NS crews worked hard to keep the freight moving during thi... (more)

For some reason, the information for this train is lost in the universe somewhere. Sometime in the summer of 2014, a Westbound intermodal emerges from the Gallitzin tunnel.

EDPI (Wilmington, DE to Conway, PA) emerges from the west portal of Gallitzin Tunnel in March 1995. Meanwhile, to the right, work is being done to enlarge Allegheny Tunnel to permit it to accomod... (more)

The rising sun breaks through the clouds and illuminates the autumn colors of the Allegheny Mountains. 51V climbing the hill before ducking into the tunnels at Gallitzin and heading down the &quo... (more)

51V giving it all it's got coming up track 3 on the "east slope" as a loaded coal train eases its way down into Altoona, probably the 590 I would shoot later in the day to the east, on t... (more)

The Broadway Limited rolls past AR Tower in Gallitzin, PA on the morning of May 13th,1995.

591 with the LV heritage unit exits the tunnels at Gallitzin heading west in the middle of the night.

The aurora this sends out is just simply "Autumn". Cool, crisp air. Rustic glow, chilly low laying fog. Such a beautiful season. One unit wonder thunders freight west up the east slope ... (more)