NS train 955 arrived overnight and is stilling in the middle of the yard if you look closely. Lots of other sights pictured here including NS 8520.

The helper on NS 20T slows the train to a stop to cut off and then head back west for another eastbound train. This view was taken from the 17th street overpass in town.

NS 20T, with a former LMS lease engine in the lead, rolls through downtown Altoona and past Alto Tower and the westbound home signals for Alto interlocking. The signals would soon be removed and r... (more)

Kids of all ages crowd the fence at Horseshoe Curve.

Can Opener on the Curve

21E crawls by the popular west overlook on Horseshoe Curve with a little Conrail blue in command.

A late NS 20K glides downhill through Slope interlocking and under the classic ex-PRR signal bridge. A new signal bridge at the location can be seen being erected to the left. This image was taken... (more)

With an interesting mix of power, NS 11A heads uphill through MP 238, known as the Brickyard, on a sunny but cold December day. NS 11A often carried locomotives from NS's Juniata Shop and the CSXT... (more)

As several locomotives pause on the yard lead into Altoona yard, NS 23Z blasts west on track 2 past the Amtrak station in Altoona on its way west to Chicago.

Allentown-Conway symbol ALPI-5F has snappers ahead of the road power and another pair of helpers on the rear as it brings 113 cars around Scotch Run curve, one mile east of the iconic Horseshoe, o... (more)

Amtrak's westbound "Pennsylvanian" is about to start its ascent over the Alleghenies after making its Altoona Station stop.

A recent picture of the replacement signals at MG by Mike Molnar prompted me to view some of my Conrail-era shots. MG was a wonderful place, sequestered in the woods on the mountainside with silen... (more)

On a hazy April morning the rear helpers of NS 38Q pass MG Tower and interlocking. This control point has since been cut over as crews continue their way west on the Pittsburgh Line, removing inte... (more)

Four SD40-2’s are digging into the grade as they bring a westbound manifest out of Altoona at Slope. It is most likely that the lead two units are helpers.

A Conrail GP40-2/C40-8 consist brings westbound empties through Altoona, Pennsylvania.

NS local C52 accelerates through Alto Interlocking in downtown Altoona and under the old signal bridge guarding the east end of this interlocking. This signal bridge would later be removed as Alto... (more)