On a frigid January morning, eastbound flagship freight “SEFR-12”(Selkirk Yard to Framingham Ma) storms the curve just west of the NY/Mass state line. This is the 80 MACs first winter in the h... (more)

CR 6196 West is crossing over from No.2/No.3 track at MG. It is not the usual case for one of the main tracks to be rusty, as is the case with No.1 track at this time. The track was out of service... (more)

There used to be commuter service out of Pittsburgh as far east as Derry, a few miles east of Latrobe. Hence the PRR-era station that is reminiscent of the Philadelphhia Main Line and still embell... (more)

The somewhat gloomy April sky was forecast for the future of electric operations and, indeed, freight operations over what was once the premier conduit for tonnage to and from the Northeast. Two p... (more)

On a warm October afternoon, a quartet of “old guard” Dash 7s thunders west towards Gould’s Road Bridge with freight “NESE-1”. This was one of my favorite places during the early spring ... (more)

As with their westbound counterparts, nearly every tonnage train descending the mountain has helpers on the rear to assist with braking. The 6366/6374 set is coupled to the 6256 East, PIBA, as it ... (more)

Coming 'round the mountain: Symbol freight PIBA (Conway-Baltimore) eases its consist around the curve coming into MG Interlocking, high on the Allegheny slopes. Ektachrome.

Beneath a moody November sky, the 6086 East is storming around the curve coming out of SO Interlocking amidst a number of elements now lost to the railroad atmosphere: the codelines, wayside phone... (more)

Tripleheaded GG-1s in 1977. Lead unit No. 4802 was built by GE in May, 1935.

A pair of SD40-2 "snappers" are coupled ahead of the road power on Conrail Mail 9 (Morrisville, PA-Chicago) as the train rounds the most famous bend in railroading at Horseshoe Curve. Hi... (more)

LMS 724, one of the GE lease units painted for Big Blue, drops downgrade past the westward home signals for MG on an autumn afternoon. STES (Sterling, MI to Harrington, DE) has auto parts for Newa... (more)

A Bruce Van Sant original Kodachrome slide from my collection

A Bruce Van Sant original Kodachrome slide from my collection

What we have here is a discouraging matter of timing in that the 6406, a train of empty PPLX hoppers, had stalled at MG and had to await rescue helpers to come up from Altoona to shove. It got mov... (more)

It's a chilly morning on the mountain as symbol PIMO for Morrisville, PA eases downgrade just past the westward home signals for MG. The 135 car tonnage outfit had five locomotives on the point pl... (more)