NS helpers for loaded coal 538 east just before dark at Cassandra, PA.

The first Dash 9 with the new NS scheme lugs an intermodal uphill in a heavy snow squall in Casandra PA. The snow only lasted a few hours, but was enough for this snow lover from Fl.

NS train rolls downhill on the west slope. Temp hovered around 5 at noontime.

Pushers shove hard on the rear of a manifest freight on this very cold day.

Lou Capwell uses a 4"x5" sheet film view camera on the NS 21G at the Cassandra overlook. His negatives will undoubtedly have a much higher resolution than my Canon 30D.

The westbound Pennsylvanian passes some gorgeous fall colors at Cassandra.

Eastbound NS thunders up the hill towards Cassandra, as the heat from the exhaust all but obscures the position lights in he background.

The age-old struggle against gravity has been overcome once again by sheer horsepower. With an SD40-2 helper set, an SD60M, and a C40-9W on the head end and two more SD40-2s shoving behind, 95 ea... (more)

Westbound in afternoon on track three with BNSF 636 on train still in Santa Fe colors.

Eeastbound 0n track three.

The morning of 07.07.07 was a great opportunity to watch mountain railroading at its finest. An eastbound train broke the morning silence just a few minutes after the sun ascended into the sky. Th... (more)

With a set of helpers shoving on the rear end the eastbound ethanol train grinds its way up through one of the deepest cuts on the old Pennsy.

Train 42, P42 & road number 42-the hat trick!

With helpers cut in on the head end and two more sets shoving on the rear end this heavy coal drag grinds up through one of the deepest cuts on the old Pennsy.