SD40-2 helpers on intermodal traffic.
NS 3351, 3427 on the point of the 65J as it goes west out of Altoona.
NS Extra section of train 265 is seen with a different look SD40-2 on the point. NS has been installing rooftop air conditioners to the Helper Fleet changing their appearance quite a bit.
NS has recently begun placing A/C units on it's Westslope Helper fleet.
The helpers on this westbound mixed bag are in "run 8" as they lean into the east slope passing one of a few manned interlocking towers left in existence.
Helper units eastbound through CP MO.
Loaded BPRR hoppers being shoved west at CP Wing Interlocking heading for Conway.
A freshly painted unit leads a set of six SD40-2's on eastbound 536 through CP Toms.
Six SD40-2's lead coal train 536 past the signals at CP Toms on the Connemaugh Line
