With only a few SD60Is left on the active NS roster, two of the said units lead this NS 536 east through Tipton, PA. As more SD60Es become assigned to the Strawberry Ridge coal trains, catching th... (more)

With wheels screaming, engines roaring, NS 536 stomps up one of the stiffest grades on the Bald Eagle Branch with 10,000 tons of coal in tow bound for Strawberry Ridge. At this time, these coal tr... (more)

Three SD60Is lug a 536 upgrade through Lilly.

Southbound approaching CP WAT.

536 makes it's way east under the Tipton signals on the Pittsburgh line. The last time I saw #6735, it was in some pretty blue paint.

NS coal trian 536 is getting shoved hard by a 6 pack of SD40E's on this day through Cassandra, PA on the NS Pittsburgh Line! Due to an engine failure on the middle set of pushers, a 3rd set was ad... (more)

Southbound in afternoon passing site of former PRR station.

Coal train 536 heads east on the Conemaugh Line at CP SHARP.

Coal train 536 heads east on the Conemaugh Line out of Pittsburgh.

On a hazy morning in Pittsburgh, eastbound coal train 536 passes the signals at CP HERR on the Conemaugh Line as commuters battle the never-ending traffic on Route 28.

The last of the blue SD40-2's in the Johnstown-Altoona helper pool, battered 3347 is tied on to the back of a loaded PPL coal train on a cold and snowy night.

A few members of the Altoona helper pool are surrounded by Pennsylvania Power & Light trains to/from Strawberry Ridge with loaded 536 on the right and empty 537 to the left.

NS 6731, 6723, & 6743 power a train of loaded PPLX hoppers through Strick Road crossing.

Over ten years after the Conrail split there is (thankfully) only one blue unit left in the Johnstown-Altoona helper pool. This fine specimen, patches, chipped paint and all, was built as Conrail ... (more)

Turning the steering wheel was more of a suggestion than a command while getting to this location but this coal train made it well worth it. Catching solid Conrail power leading a train isn't as e... (more)