"Head-end Helpers"

When word got out that the S&A heritage unit would be leading 21Q Westbound on the Pittsburgh Line many went trackside in hopes of shooting something different... (more)

Stack train 21Q heads west around the shoo fly at Battery Park as the Cleveland skyline looms in the background.

With sunset quickly approaching Norfolk Southern stack train 21Q rounds the bend near East 26th Street near downtown Cleveland, Ohio on the NS Cleveland Line

21Q about to cross East 26th Street on the Cleveland Line as it approaches CP 122

The Nickel Plate Heritage locomotive leads 21Q through Berea, Ohio at dusk on a cold winter's day

Norfolk Southern 8099 leads 21Q past Battery Park, with the Cleveland skyline in the background on a sunny April afternoon.

NS 21Q with the Southern Heritage locomotive leading clears MP195 in Olmsted Falls, Ohio. Note the conductor offering a wave out the window.

NS 21Q with the Southern Heritage unit on the point passes NS 19A which is stopped for a crew change at MP 195 on the Chicago Line

The NKP Heritage unit, NS 8100, leads 21Q across the massive OC Bridge in Pittsburgh, PA

Helpers for the 21Q stay on for the ride from Altoona, coming through CP-PACK. The entire area was blanketed with a heavy, wet snow the night before and turns any landscape into a "winter"scape

Stack train 21Q climbs the hill out of the Cuyahoga River valley in downtown Cleveland. It is seen here at Battery Park, just short of the 184 signals. It's a shame that all of the poles and wires... (more)

NS 8321, a former CR D8-40CW, heads 21Q west for Chicago on a nice March day.