A merchandise freight from the Pittsburgh Line creeps into the west (or north) end of Norfolk Southern's sprawling Enola Yard.
A fast-moving eastbound stack train behind new EMD power rounds the bend at Duncannon, near the confluence of the Juniata and Susquehanna rivers, on a sunny late November afternoon.
A westbound stack train blasts under the signal bridge at Cove as it makes its way along the west bank of the Susquehanna River on a beautiful late November evening.
Norfolk Southern workhorses sit idle in Alexandria's small NS yard just south of DC on a sunny Sunday afternoon. It's nice to be able to find some thoroughbreds in this mostly-CSX territory!
With a BNSF GE wide cab behind the lead NS GP60, this southbound merchandise train crosses the Potomac River at about 4:20 on a sunny Wednesday afternoon.
A short train for the shortest day, the mid-day local out of Enola creeps south past Sunday's Mill. This train was operating push-pull, with another GP38 bringing up the rear.
Sunset crossing. Northbound on the Hagerstown Line, a Norfolk Southern merchandise train crosses the Potomac River at the Golden Hour.
A Gray Ghost Dash-9 leads this northbound merchandise train toward Hagerstown. This modern day gray ghost from the south, having just crossed the Potomac, joins countless thousands of southern gr... (more)
Four helpers working hard around The Curve, pushing 9400 tons of steel slab westbound up toward Gallitzin Summit.
A pair of helpers prepares to head west from Cresson to Altoona where they will help push a westbound steel slab train over Gallitzin Summit.
A pair of helpers pushes a westbound merchandise train into Cresson.
Westbound manifest freight emerges from a tunnel and heads into the setting sun at about 1800.
These triple unit sets, two slugs mated to a GP40, rule the yards at Roanoke.
Heading into the rising sun, this eastbound mixed freight departs Roanoke at 0715.
Eastbound intermodal at about 0930. This is a tricky place to be ready if you don't have a radio or time table!
