On the final day of May, 35A departs Altoona with 6 engines taking their final ride on NS rails. Dash-9s 9190 and 9144 are heading to GE-Fort Worth for rebuilding in AC44C6Ms. SD75Ms 2801, 2803, 2... (more)

Warm sunny weather has finally hit Central Pennsylvania. Eastbound intermodal 20T drifts down into Altoona with the Wabash Heritage SD70ACe leading. The train would terminate in Harrisburg later i... (more)

As summer is quickly passing, MOW is still in full swing on the Pittsburgh Line. The second of two MOW extra trains for August 11th, out of Altoona, takes 7 loaded ballast cars up to Cresson. The ... (more)

Derailed cars dot the right of way around Horseshoe Curve after two derailments in the past 4 weeks.

Norfolk Southern's OCS deadheads west out of Altoona while passing the reminates of Friday's latest derailment on Horseshoe Curve.

Just 24 hours before they would be decommissioned and retired, a westbound passes under the PRR era signal bridge.

Bound for Hollidaysburg, CB90 rolls through South Altoona with 25 cars in tow. The bulk of this train is for interchange with the Everett Railroad in Hollidaysburg.

Enroute to New York, Union Pacific's OCS passes through Altoona on a gloomy day. This special move, operating as NS train 066-30, included two EMD SD70ACe locomotives and 9 passenger cars. Both un... (more)

Altoona based local CB10 runs around its train before dropping cars at the former Sam Rea/Hollidaysburg Yard for Curry Rail Services and Hollidaysburg Rail Car Storage. As an added bonus, today's ... (more)

Hotshot intermodal train 212 lead by GP60 7140 passes through Emmaus, Pennsylvania on Norfolk Southern's Reading Line. In just a few hours, this Georgia to New Jersey intermodal will reach its fin... (more)

Looking more like a steam engine, a westbound intermodal led by one of GE's Tier 4 locomotives struggles upgrade through the small town of Fairhope, Pennsylvania.

NS 1068 (the Erie heritage unit) and NS 4000 (the first AC44C4 rebuild) bring loaded ethanol train 64T east across the Pittsburgh Line. The train passes under the old PRR Position Light signals in... (more)

NS 1068 (the Erie heritage unit) and NS 4000 (the first AC44C4 rebuild) bring loaded ethanol train 64T east across the Pittsburgh Line. The train passes ALTO Tower in downtown Altoona as it approa... (more)

With the Imperial Brewery in the background, two SW1500s cross Southwest Blvd after dropping a loaded lumber car. Canon 6D

Freight cars are staged for inspection on tracks 1 and 2 before being filtered into the railcar repair area of Curry Rail Service's Hollidaysburg Shop. Built for the PRR in 1954 as their Samuel Re... (more)