Reading engine #2102 is lettered for the Allegheny Railroad makes a smokey climb to the summit as it rolls by with a trainload of fans. This is seen from the operator's vantage point. Cuyahoga Val... (more)
A Norfolk Southern SD60I leads a freight train through Derry, Pa.
Norfolk Southern helper set rushes east to push a 506 up the mountain.
Norfolk Southern with a BNSF in tow knocks the PRR signals down in Derry, Pennsylvania.
NS ES44AC 8034 leads NS Z4R
Two Norfolk Southern engines sandwich a BNSF engine as they pass through Derry under the old Pennsylvania Railroad position light signals.
Norfolk Southern 11J blasts through Derry as it rolls down hill towards Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Norfolk Southern Dash 9 drags a slab train across Pennsylvania. There's only a few more hills to climb before the end of the line in Conway.
If you look past the ditch lights and solar powered flange greaser in the background this could be a scene from the 1950s.
Eastbound stacks pass under the 4 track PRR signal bridge in Derry which once hosted a roundhouse, commuter yard and helper base back in the day...
CNJ heritage unit leads the empty hopper train 593 back to the coalfields of southwest PA for another load.
Conrail Lives.
All morning and part of the afternoon I was greeted with overcast skies, as evident in the background. I was expecting much of the same for the 507, which had SOU 8099K on the point. As soon as ... (more)
This is literally smokin' power!