Long and lean, these beasts shove the train over the hill while the rear brakeman glances at the onlookers from the cabin window.

Here comes a pretty pair.

Power from two builders rolls east around the curve, an EMD F3A set leads Baldwin sharks. This could have been a light helper move with two helper sets. Note a light has been left inside the carbo... (more)

Norfolk Southern's Juniata Backshops are seen here on a cold winter morning with a large variety of power visible, including a high hood SD40-2 and an SD40E, both now unusual power on NS.

Norfolk Southern's C39-8 test bed sits dead outside their Juniata Shops on a cold winter morning surrounded by a large variety of other equipment that makes Juniata a gem for unique rail photograp... (more)

With engineers visible in the lead and third units, two SD40 head-end helpers and a pair of SD45’s pull a westbound Conrail train out of Altoona, Pennsylvania, about a mile east of Horseshoe Cur... (more)

Two former Erie Lackawanna U36C’s are assisted by a former Penn Central U25B as they lead a Conrail train approaching Altoona, Pennsylvania, about a mile east of Horseshoe Curve.

With three GP40/GP40-2’s and three B36-7’s for power, a westbound Conrail TV train climbs eastern slope at the brickyard west of Altoona, Pennsylvania.

The helpers on a westbound Conrail train of empty hoppers, an SD40 and an SD45-2, pass the brickyard west of Altoona, Pennsylvania.

The morning haze over the Juniata valley hasn't evaporated but the steam powered locomotion, mostly so, in this August '57 scene. Here a set of power has a few Truc Train loads behind it framed wi... (more)

NS 1168 leads NS 4133, NS 7245 and a very long manifest train west around the Horseshoe Curve. The hills around the curve were full of fall colors, a spectacular sight to behold.

Light power drifts downgrade past an observer after shoving a westbound up the mountain. The curve is 100% steam-free this day.

CR 3291 in the company of a B36-7 leads a westbound van train beneath the 2426/2427 signal bridge between Horseshoe Curve and MG on an October afternoon.

CR 5007 paired with an SD50 leads symbol OIEL (Oak Island to Elkhart) past MG as the consist crosses over from No.3 to No.2 track. Behind 105 cars are a pair of SD40 helpers. MG was still an open ... (more)