The impressive PRR signal bridge in Summerhill is on borrowed time, supposedly falling this Sunday. A few weeks ago, a hot NS intermodal train with a pair of ubiquitous wide cab GEs charge under t... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound Pennsylvanian passes beneath the former Pennsylvania Railroad signals at Summerhill.

A westbound Norfolk Southern freight passes under the former Pennsylvania Railroad signals at Summerhill. The signals for eastbound trains are on tall masts so the signals can be seen over a road ... (more)

Lightning illuminates the sky reminding the photographer of the Netflix series "Stranger Things." Approaching the PRR position light signal bridge at Summerhill, PA from the east is a we... (more)

The rear helper on 21Q slows the train as it passes through the town of Summerhill, PA and under the classic former PRR signal bridge in town. This signal bridge is on borrowed time and will be di... (more)

The PRR style position light signals at Summerhill, PA have less than two weeks of life in them before Norfolk Southern cuts and dismantles these and their comrades on the famed West Slope. In be... (more)

An Eastbound intermodal passes under the soon to be replaced Pennsylvania Railroad color position lights at Summerhill. The signal bridge will be removed as the modern positive train control syste... (more)

Summerhill Soliloquy

21E, finally underway after a long wait at MG for the PTC gang to clear up MO, rolls through Summerhill. This is probably my last chance to photograph anything r... (more)

Passing under the classic PRR signal bridge in town, NS 18N heads east with a long autorack train in tow for New Jersey.

With the Wild Hair Tour coming to a close, I wanted to save the best for last. NS 1198 drags a coal train up the west slope under the PRR Position Lights. The future is small and dark for these lo... (more)

A power move of SD80MACs heads towards the Cresson Engine House passing under the PRR signal bridge at PT 263. This scene will soon be a thing of the past as the signal upgrade project moves ahead... (more)

A Dash-9 leads NS 26T eastbound through the PRR signals in Summerhill, Pa on the Pittsburgh line.

Rolling Westbound the rear three units of train C47 roll under the impressive PRR signal bridge at Summerhill, PA. This train has 6 of NS's Former Conrail SD80MACs, 3 on each end bracketing 130 lo... (more)

NS SD80MAC 7207 leads train C47 on the wrong main under the historic PRR signal bridge at Summerhill, PA on a dreary day. This train sported 6 of the foamier Conrail Big Macs for its trip west, th... (more)

A sight that won't be seen too much longer. With NS heading west with their replacement signaling moving at a fast pace, these old PRR signals at Summerhill on the Pittsburgh line will fall in sho... (more)