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)
3 80 Mac's ease coal train C90 from South Fork downgrade and around world famous Horseshoe Curve on a chilly fall morning.
The chase of these two MACs over the summit of the Alleghenies ends at the bottom of Horseshoe Curve, as NS 650, lead by 7210 and still blue 7208, grinds around one of the most famous railroad mon... (more)
You can't see them all, but 12 80MACs have circled the wagons at Cresson in the first big snow of the year.
Dress blues. The main reason for our Cresson trip (besides the snow) was to see if we could find the last two blue ex-Conrail SD80MACs. When we arrived in Cresson on Saturday afternoon, we ... (more)
At the end of the day, a local job from South Fork pulled in with 3 80MACs for some TLC...
The photographer could not help but to be reminded of Green Day's Boulevard of Broken Dreams as NS 7211 rolls under its own power towards the JLS after bringing 36A down off the hill. After... (more)
Three 80 Mac's have brought coal train C90 from South Fork as they now ease around horseshoe curve 4 miles west of Altoona.
NS 7211 leads 36A around Horseshoe Curve for what I would guess is the last time in blue paint. 7211 was cutoff at Alto and ran under her own power to the Shops where it would have some work done.... (more)
A friendly engineer gives a big wave to everyone railfanning at Horseshoe Curve National Park.
A pair of SD80MAC's race west through New Florence with empty hoppers.
This CSXT SD80MAC is one of three left in Conrail paint. I found it sitting in the West Springfield Yard.
Macs running the mainline with empty hoppers!
Only days out of the paint shop, the Enola H15 puller crew readies it for a solo run to York Haven with 105 coal loads..
