Five NS 80MACs come off the mountain past ALTO tower with a loaded coal train for Altoona Yard. Leading the train are 7212 and 7205 on the head end with 7200, 7209 and 7205 on the rear. Thanks for... (more)

NS 17G gets a set of front end helpers 6329/6327 as it makes its way west over the mountain.

When I shot this engine working the yard job over 4 years ago in the same spot she was wearing Conrail Blue.

Late running NS Triple Crown Roadrailer 261 pulls past CP Homer on the east side of Altoona yard.

The new NS modified wide cab helper 6900 heads west at the Brickyard towards Horseshoe Curve and some more testing on the mountain.

CSX manifest train Q373 exits Stuart tunnel at Magnolia, WV. Stuart is the longest of the 4 tunnels on the Cutoff.

A group of railfans catch a manifest as it heads from the Cutoff towards Baltimore. At first glance it appears to be a grain train but the mix of freight was at the rear.

Q217 emerges from Graham tunnel and is about to cross the Potomac River for the second time in a short distance.

A GP40-2 leads the Q416 west towards Cumberland Maryland passing under a B&O style signal bridge.

A single unit leads a string of empty coal cars west past the B&O CPLs at Magnolia. A lot of discussion amongst the railfans as to how long the signals will be standing.

A CSX lite power move passes the B&O CPL signals headed west to Cumberland Maryland.

"We missed the over and under by that much!" A father and son photograph the northbound NS stack train as the head end of an eastbound CSX coal drag passed moments earlier.

A dusting of snow looks like sprinkled sugar as the Rock Runner with a trio of GP38-2s and a GP40-2 crosses the Potomac River on the Shenadoah Sub. The trailing unit CSX 2370 is still in Conrail B... (more)

The Rock Runner with a trio of GP38-2s and a GP40-2 head west towards the quarry in West Virginia following an early morning dusting of snow. The trailing unit CSX 2370 is still in Conrail Blue.

CSX loaded ethanol train with CITX and ICE power past Brunswick enroute to the Old Main Line. The pair for foreign visitor SD40-2s would wait quite a while at Doub for a helper to push them east.