“We Don't Need No Stinkin' Catenary”
After meeting a westbound hopper train at CP-WEST ROCK (PD 7.4), Conway to Edgemoor manifest NS 36A hustles down the once electrified former PRR/... (more)

NS 8156, leading 36A, emerges from the New Portage Tunnel as it heads eastbound on the NS Pittsburgh Line.

Eastbound manifest freight 36A (Conway, PA to Edgemoor, DE) is seen passing under Route 53 between Cresson and Gallitzin on the NS Pittsburgh Line.

After holding for a westbound intermodal, Norfolk Southern manifest 36A gets on the Port Perry Branch in Duquesne, Pennsylvania and crosses the Monongahela River. This routing over the Mon Line an... (more)

Allegheny Elevation: NS 36A heads into the Gallitzin tunnels, as the train approaches the crest of the grade before descending down into Altoona.

“Shining Upon Man”
Three SD70 variants wrestle NS’s Conway to Edgemoor manifest 36A up the 1.05% grade of the West Slope on Track 3, and through the slide fence-equipped cut at Cas... (more)

NS 36A exits Norfolk Southern trackage and onto Amtrak at PERRY interlocking in Perryville, MD in the early morning hours of April 19, 2020.

Eastbound mixed freight 36A rolls through Irwin, Pa.

In need of a paint job after repairs from a collision in 2008, NS 8352 leads eastbound 36A between Ardara and Larimer, Pa.

Eastbound mixed freight 36A rolls through the Sheridan Terrace area of Irwin, Pa.

A short 36A with a large transformer and farm equipment tucked in behind the motive power rolls eastbound through Larimer, Pa.

Eastbound mixed freight 36A rounds the curve and approaches the westbound signals adjacent to WABCO in Wilmerding, Pa.

Eastbound mixed freight 36A has a cut of autoracks on the head end as it rolls through North Irwin.

Eastbound NS 36A rolls by westbound NS 11A between Ardara and Larimer, PA.

36A works upgrade through Lilly on track one.