After spending time in coal service, many of the NS heritage units have been in crude oil service between the Dakotas and Reybold, Delaware. In addition, new trains 64X & 65X were established to ... (more)

Eastbound Q352 rolls thru the snow on the ex-B&O at Etna. This line is now operated by the Allegheny Valley Railroad.

NS recently lengthened the siding between Sharp and Etna resulting in both interlockings being replaced by new equipment a few hundred feet distant. Here, a pile of Union Switch & Signal position... (more)

NS recently lengthened the siding between Sharp and Etna resulting in both interlockings being replaced by new equipment a few hundred feet distant. Here, a pile of Union Switch & Signal position... (more)

AVR-2 heads south into Etna on the leased P&W Sub.

Any kind of locomotive that you want to see...as long as it's a GP15!

The AVR heads south on the P&W sub with around 15 cars picked up from the B&P at Bakerstown. Given the time, looks like the crew will get home in plenty of time for the Super Bowl.

Flashbulbs illuminate the NS 562 as it hustles through the interlocking at CP-Etna on the NS Conemaugh Line during a minor snow squall. The train, one of several ECP test trains (electrically con... (more)

Pennsylvania railfans have recently enjoyed matched sets of SD60I's in Conrail paint on several of the Pennsylvania Power & Light coal trains running to the Strawberry Ridge power plant on the NS ... (more)

A silver snake of aluminum NS hoppers westbound thru CP-Etna interlocking with empty coal in Etna Yard and empty coke on the siding between Etna and Sharp.

Thanks to a well-timed heads-up I was able to lens a rare daylight westbound move on the NS Conemaugh Line at a new location (for me).