Rear helpers on 20Q eastbound thru Cassandra

The howl of dynamic brakes echo throughout the mountains as a pair of SD40E's help keep the 20Q under control as it begins its downhill journey to Altoona.

A pair of helper units at the rear of stack train 20Q are using dynamic braking to keep the heavy train moving slowly and safely down the "Slide" and over the famous "East Slope." This view was ta... (more)

20Q blasts by CP-LUM

Eastbound NS 20Q rounds the broad curve immediately east of Trafford.

Limited to 30mph all the way to Conway due to EOT problems, 20Q glides eastbound past a barn off of Haggerty Road just outside of New Galilee.

6308 holds back the 20Q but shortly will be assisting it for the climb 50 miles or so East of here.

The first buds of spring are evident as eastbound NS 20Q passes under one of the few remaining Pennsy signal bridges (MP 332.7) at Larimer and approaches the highway bridge over the tracks in Nort... (more)

20Q snakes along Carson street just north of the Southside, home of almost every bar, restaurant and nightclub in town. The line to the right is Pittsburgh's PAT trolley line, or as we call it ar... (more)

NS 20Q heads east through Cassandra behind three GE's.

20Q tackling the grade at CP RADE!

Late running NS stacktrain 20Q eases eastbound under the wires at snow covered CP KALB.

Another sighting of late running, normally nocturnal NS stack train 20Q; here eastbound on 2 by the old Reading Lines station (now a pretzel store) at snow covered Royersford.