Q226 passes the Mance Post Office heading down the hill towards Cumberland after cresting Sand Patch.

Its pitch black and very quiet at night here, making this a wonderful place to shoot passing trains from the porch of the old Post Office. You hear trains coming long before they appear in front o... (more)

A pair of SD60's have westbound Q217 under control working upgrade and around the big curve at Mance.

Westbound grain loads claw their way up the mountain and around the horseshoe at Mance.

After a week of snow and taking nearly an hour to drive up the icy and snow covered steep Mance Road, I nearly didn't make it to catch Q226 sailing downgrade in a beautiful winter wonderlan... (more)

This one minute time exposure "freezes" Amtrak's westbound "The Capitol" as it climbs around the "other" horseshoe curve in PA on a chilly November night.

I have always liked the FURX paint scheme. In the world of lease units, I thought it was a winner. On Sept. 7, 2002, I was pleased when the three of them rounded a hillside east of Mance, PA wit... (more)

Eastbound Q216 strikes the classic pose at Mance.

U825 passes by a fairly popular, yet decaying, spot at the east end of the Mance Horseshoe Curve.

B&O westbound Cumberland-Buffalo manifest, the Empire State, slowly climbs around the curve at Mance, Pa on October 22, 1978 with three GP9s. I always liked the way B&O named its hottest freight ... (more)

During our trip to Cresson last year, we stopped in Mance and waited HOURS for this train to show up!

Eastbound Q394 approaches the road crossing immediatey east of the signals at NA between Mance and Philson.

Q375-28 grinds west at Mance