A yard crew with GP40-2 3025 places two passenger cars (NS 4 Michigan & NS 23 Buena Vista) onto the ladder track against NS 1073, the Penn Central heritage unit. The train would depart Altoona aro... (more)

Built in 1992 by General Electric, this C40-8 is a shadow of its former self. Retired and sold to Cresson Steel in 2016, 8758 has been parted out and awaits it fate.

After returning from the Kentucky Derby the executive F-units break their train into two sections and then shove each section into Miscellaneous Shop 2. Before they would be able to get the entire... (more)

Junkyard - Lots of salvaged parts from retired locomotives are staged around the Juniata Shops in Altoona. A line of stored power also dominates the scene.

An old RJ Corman coal gondola sits abandoned and partially scrapped outside Cresson Steel. These cars were briefly used in coal shuttle service on RJ Corman's Pennsylvania Cluster. The once cherry... (more)

This month, Norfolk Southern has started a new rebuild program at Juniata. Using former UP SD90MACs, Juniata will rebuild and overhaul these units with a new EMD style cab, rebuilt trucks and trac... (more)

Three sets of helper power are gathered around the Cresson Engine House.

Showroom fresh! Just a few short days out of paint, NS AC44C6M rebuild 4508 is on its first revenue run leading an M1V extra to Conway. Tonight's train originated out of Altoona with an abunda... (more)

Westbound intermodal train 21G has derailed on main 2 in the area of Allegrippus Curve. Located between MP 244 and 245, Allegrippus Curve is the one of the more severe curves on the east slope ,bu... (more)

Various freight cars undergoing repair inside Curry Rail Service's Hollidaysburg Shop. Built for the PRR in 1954 as their Samuel Rea Shop, the building is part of the DeGol Industrial Complex. Cur... (more)

RJ Corman and Hulcher crews work to rerail a coal car during the cleanup process. Eastbound coal train Y90 (extra 590) derailed around midnight on April 9th while entering Rose Yard in Downtown Al... (more)

Eastbound 38G craws past the remains of AR Tower as it reaches the crest of the Allegheny Mountains. To the right, on can see CP-UN on Main 2 and 3. In the days of steam, the wye was used to spin ... (more)

On the final day of May, 35A departs Altoona with 6 engines taking their final ride on NS rails. Dash-9s 9190 and 9144 are heading to GE-Fort Worth for rebuilding in AC44C6Ms. SD75Ms 2801, 2803, 2... (more)

A large crowd has gathered to watch as cleanup crews work to rerail one of the loaded coal cars that derailed the night prior. A broken rail caused 5 loaded cars to derail while the train was ente... (more)

High priority intermodal train 21M clings to the mountain as it climbs upgrade on track 3. The head end of the train has just completed the 180 degree loop of the World Famous Horseshoe Curve. C... (more)