Running hot on the heels of a westbound manifest, NS intermodal train 23Z hauls Mr. Hunt's containers up the Allegheny Mountains at Benny Curve. Photo taken from public property at the Bennington ... (more)

Three SD40s shove a westbound manifest around Bennington curve on an early autumn afternoon. There were still a few wide domed tank cars in the freight car pool as evidenced by the two ahead of th... (more)

Their Mortal Remains

The NS Office Car Special descends 'The Slide' between the summit at AR Tower and Bennington Curve, passing the last notable remnant of the iron furnace town for... (more)

It's just a brief bit of tangent as Conrail's Mail 3 comes out of Allegrippus curve and enters Cold curve while assaulting the east slope on an early November afternoon. Fuji Provia.

A westbound intermodal tackles the grade around Benny Curve.

A pair of snappers are coupled ahead of the road power on symbol LMPI as the manifest negotiates Allegrippus curve on the side of the mountain between MG and Bennington. LMPI was a Linden/Metuchen... (more)

Working up the Allegheny grade with 26 cars and no push, Mail 3 leans into the reverse curve between the 2455 signals and Bennington; one of 29 train movements in eight hours.

On a warm and breezy October afternoon the crew is enjoying the air as their pair of SD50s, the 6778 and 6782, bring the 135 cars of symbol ALEL-0 through the curves of the Allegrippus between MG ... (more)

High on the mountain above Sugar Run, symbol freight LMPI roars up the final few miles to the summit at Gallitzin. Two helpers are coupled ahead of the road power and two more helpers are on the r... (more)

NS auto rack train 11J crosses from track 3 to track 2 at MG.

A helper set was providing a bit of retardation on an eastbound unit grain train as it dropped downgrade through Benny Interlocking in Bennington, PA on Jan. 12, 1975. Looking back, the practice ... (more)

A snowstorm had just begun as a brace of six 4-axle EMDs eased a heavy unit grain train down the East Slope at Benny Interlocking in Bennington, PA on Jan. 12, 1975.

Conrail SD45-2 No. 6666 and SD40-2 No. 6437 trailed a heavy eastbound manifest down the East Slope, east of Bennington, PA, on Oct. 3, 1982 to assist in braking. I have always had great admiratio... (more)

Two CR SD45s were shoving hard on the rear of a westbound manifest as it exited Bennington Curve at Bennington, PA on October 15, 1979.

A westbound CR manifest grinds upgrade through Benny Interlocking at Bennington, PA on March 18, 1978, led by SD45 No. 6193. Note the Klaxton Horn mounted atop the pole in the upper right hand co... (more)