Helpers assist in dynamic braking if needed when moving eastbound for the final leg of the trip to Altoona.
Westbound rounding the banked curve with fall colors ablaze.
Normally positioned as a helper, this SD 40-2 is leading a welded rail train. The train is headed for Johnstown's Woodvale Yard in a heavy snowstorm.
A helper set shoves eastbound 11A under the old PRR signals at MP 318, just east of Greensburg.
A helper heads east through Conemaugh as it passes what appears to be a "snow train" sitting on #1 Pit!
NS helpers lean hard into an eastbound in a heavy snow squall. I love the snow! The SD40-2's no long push trains on this mountain.
A set of rear-end helpers shove a loaded coal drag through Summerhill, PA as the fall colors start to show on some of the trees on the West Slope. This coal train was dropped at Cresson, PA the ni... (more)
A string of 40's waits their turn for service on "the pit" as to the right a string of 80MAC's are fresh in from a load out at the mine south of South Fork PA.
A trio of SD40-2's haul hoppers across the massive Port Perry Bridge.
A trio of Ridge units tackle Carney Hill with PPLX emptys.
A trio of Ridge units wait their turn for a trip across the Port Perry for Shire Oaks.
Southbound On Main At CP Boyles
PPLX Coal empties destined for Shire Oaks behind 3 classic SD40-2's. NS 13G is passing by on track #2. Canon 10D, FL~25mm f9.5@2 sec, ISO 200, Bulbs manually fired. Assisted by Derrick Brashear,... (more)
Nikon D70
