Why they called Conrail “Big Blue” - a couple Dash8-40CWs are spliced by an SD50 leading a westbound manifest out of Altoona, PA at the Brickyard Crossing on an October morning. The symbol is ... (more)

LMS 724 looks resplendent on an otherwise overcast afternoon as it brings STES2 (Sterling, OH - Harrington, DE) down the grade through MG interlocking. Altoona is about 7 miles beyond. Fuji Velvia... (more)

Afternoon shadows are already beginning to encroach upon the narrow shelf where the railroad climbs the mountain west of Altoona and Horseshoe Curve. As a set of helpers glide downgrade, symbol fr... (more)

A westbound BN train is approaching East Dubuque on Main #1. The train is using CCP trackage from Portage to East Dubuque to move across the 2nd Sub. The BN and IC each owned a main line through h... (more)

I forgot how many extra signals were in and around East Cabin when it was still manned and operated by the CCP. That all changed in 1994 when BN took over control of this area and CTC. To this day... (more)

Once the BNSF Merger took over, the railroad scrambled to find power to run trains. It was a railfan's paradise to see some of the kit bash consist the railroad put together. Probably a consist of... (more)

On a beautiful Montana morning, MRL 392 confronts the rising sun as it cants to the sharp curve at the west end of the old Austin siding. The power set includes an ex-SP and MRL SD45 and a pair of... (more)

LMX 8562 leads a BN SD40-2 with a train full of eyesores northbound across the UP diamonds in Fremont, NE. The tank car is sitting on the interchange track between one-time C&NW and BN. There used... (more)

LMX 8536, a model only owned by AT&SF, SP and BN (through LMX leasing), leads a mate and one of the ubiquitous BN SD40s westward through the control point at Greenwood, NE with a manifest headed f... (more)

Only a month old, a pair of LMS Dash-8s moves engine lite on the IHB. Tom Golden photo.

LMS 724 tiptoes downgrade through MG interlocking with symbol STES2 (Sterling, OH-Harrington, DE) including auto parts for Newark, DE. The GE-leased units arrived in 1994 with Nos. 700-739 lettere... (more)

The Altoona Mirror reports that bids have been let for the demolition of MG Tower, located on the mountainside between Altoona and Gallitzin. Although merely a remote control interlocking for some... (more)

A pair of Locomotive Management Services Dash 8s, leaving no doubt as to their caretaker, lead a westbound intermodal train past old Huntingdon Block Station on a July afternoon. Ektachrome.