Intermodal train Q135 struggles upgrade, rounding the horseshoe curve at Mance, PA. They'll get down to about 10mph before cresting the summit at Sand Patch.

Amid wet, rain-soaked autumn foliage, an eastbound CSX freight curves through Mance, Pennsylvania, on October 22, 1988. Four of the six locomotives in the consist still wear the colors of Chessie ... (more)

A westbound CSX freight grinds up Sand Patch Grade at Mance, Pennsylvania, on October 22, 1988. The autumn color on Sand Patch this particular year was so spectacular, even though the weather was ... (more)

Thanks to the National Gateway Project, domestic double stacks can now be seen on this part of CSX's Baltimore Division. The project undercut, notched tunnels, raised clearances, etc to accommodat... (more)

Q135 heads past the porch of the Mance Post Office on a beautiful Autumn evening

Q368's Helper pushing him up Sandpatch Grade.

A late Q138 making its way around Mance curve under the Full star sky.

Eastbound Q368 winds its 10,000 feet of train around the horseshoe curve at Mance, two miles east of the summit of Sand Patch Grade. The Mance Training Camp (red caboose) can be seen on the pinna... (more)

The Fall colors have passed their peak, but the colorful lashup of a railroad in post-merger transition adds to the mix.

Autoracks descend the hill as they pass the iconic Mance post office.

We crept through the remains of an ice storm via Jeep 4WD to Mance to capture this shot. Winter wonderland.

Working through the upper curves of the horseshoe at Mance, Pennsylvania, a westbound CSX intermodal train is climbing Sand Patch Grade to the summit of the Alleghenies. The locomotive consist is ... (more)

WB CSXT Q375 grinds around the curve at Mance, PA on Feb. 6, 2000.

A westbound CSX autorack train pounds up Sandpatch Grade at Mance, Pennsylvania, on a crisp October 20, 1990. On the point and right at home is former Baltimore and Ohio EMD SD40 No. 8433.

After a rather quiet morning and early afternoon, with no trains for over six hours, this westbound autorack train finally broke the lull, seen passing some nice fall color at Mance.