Trailvans east, trailvans west. Just another busy afternoon on the mountain as the 5603 West with a mail train climbs the grade, high along the steep precipice between Allegrippus and Cold curves ... (more)
On a beautiful autumn morning, Conrail freight “SEFR-18” rumbles by the flaming foliage at the “Cemetery of Maples” at MP-170. This was a favorite walk-in spot of mine during this era of ... (more)
A recent picture of the replacement signals at MG by Mike Molnar prompted me to view some of my Conrail-era shots. MG was a wonderful place, sequestered in the woods on the mountainside with silen... (more)
Four SD40-2’s are digging into the grade as they bring a westbound manifest out of Altoona at Slope. It is most likely that the lead two units are helpers.
Camden to Elkhart manifest CAEL has a pair of snappers coupled ahead of the road power that includes SD50 6813 and a pair of SD80-MACs (4131 and 4130) as well as another pair of helpers shoving th... (more)