Worse for Wear

Eastbound mixed freight 16N crawls by AR Tower as it prepares to descend 'The Slide.' The tower, one of three still standing on the mountains between Altoona and Johns... (more)

NS train 202 makes its way north after a "hot wheel" detection at Front Royal due to new brake shoes recently installed on several of the intermodal cars.

NS 20Q makes good time under the endangered MP 307 signal bridge in Derry, PA with a DC to AC conversion unit up front.

Late in the day the leader of the “Caitlyn” class roars through our small town headed for a crew change in Bristol.

NS train 201 approaches Elkton, VA as the early sun burns off the morning fog.

NS train 201 gets ready to go into the siding at Stonewall just after sunrise.

A shiny new NS 4272 leads NS 21V around the curve at Bolivar, PA.

A pair of light AC44C6M's pass through the CPL signal at Anchor, at the West End of Dismal Yard in Vansant.

Freshly budded deciduous trees add some nice hues to the mountain.

NS 12G rolls slowly under the MP 254 signals at Lilly, PA with specially-painted NS 4000 up front.

NS 4000, one of the specially painted DC to AC locomotives, brings NS 12G by the MP 286 signals east of New Florence, PA.

57 loaded auto racks snake down the east side of Braswell Mountain on Kansas City to Jacksonville 285.

Haulage rights train NS 202 (CSX Z354-30) is following the heels of CSX M765 as the train get ready to cross the Tennessee River (MP J-122.3 SE Bridgeport) heading south of Chattanooga, TN. Freigh... (more)

12V splits the Pennsy lights at CP West Mans in Mansfield, Ohio as it rolls into town for a crew change with a pair of freshly rebuilt AC44C6M's on their first revenue run. The Mansfield based Ash... (more)

EB merchandise with a GEnder bender in late afternoon light