Before I head back to school, I decided to chase for the first time along the Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad. After a surprise coal train cleared early this morning, NBR-4, the local running fro... (more)

For the first time since 2015, the Lehigh Valley Heritage unit led a train across the Pittsburgh line. Many railfans were out to witness the event and I was one of them. Here we see it leading 2... (more)

NS 12G, a manifest train bound for Enola, crosses the arch bridge across Sherman Creek finishing the last leg of its journey as it nears Harrisburg. The small town of Duncannon rests in the backg... (more)

NS 67W, after re-crewing at Rose, resumes its journey west past the location of what used to be slope tower as a light snow begins to fall.

Take a busy 4 way intersection and put a railroad right through the middle of it, and you end up with the confusion that is the intersection between Merriman Road and N Portage Path. While it was ... (more)

An RJ Corman empty coal train creeps at 10 mph through the village of Wandlin, PA as a light January snow falls. The train originated at Clearfield, PA before daybreak and was destined for Clymer... (more)

An RJ Corman empty coal train creeps (almost as if carefully) around the tight curve of the Flemming Loop just outside the small town of Commodore, PA. The train had just crested Flemming Summit,... (more)

After class, I decided to take a stab at catching the southbound ore train on the old Bessemer mainline. Instead, I was surprised with a southbound geometry train, led by an ex-Conrail GP38 now o... (more)

A westbound trio of "tiger SD40-2s lead an empty hopper train through a series of s-curves just outside of downtown Akron. This particular Wheeling and Lake Erie train can be seen most evenin... (more)

A standard cab SD70 leads a couple of foreign BNSF GEVOs under the overpass at Port Royal, PA. The old Pennsy signals still stand but perhaps not for much longer. This is my first time to photog... (more)

Running over 4 hours late, Amtrak's eastbound Capital Limited slows as it prepares to make a stop in Cumberland, MD. This train left Chicago 2 hours late and picked up another 2 on the way.

After another snow storm blew through the area laying down a fresh 5 inches, a southbound ore train kicks up a cloud of snow as it accelerates through the outskirts of Grove City. Leading this CN... (more)

Charging up-hill out of Leaman Place, NW 611 billows a plume of dark smoke on its way back to Strasburg. Built in 1950, the bullet-like locomotive has been fully restored and is the last class J l... (more)

On a usual pre-COVID Saturday, this train would have just been creeping out of a station stop at the Indigo Lake Station right around the corner. Instead, today it continues full speed at 15 mph b... (more)

"Outdoor Recreation" Under the guise of outdoor recreation, I decided to take the beautiful afternoon as an opportunity to get out of the house and enjoy a hobby. After all, those wh... (more)