The World Famous Horseshoe Curve

Grain train 50T wraps around the valley on the Horseshoe Curve. Built by the Pennsylvania Railroad and opened to traffic in 1854, Horseshoe Curve fil... (more)

NS 39Q rounds the curve into MG interlocking with a classic leader.

Bits and pieces. The rebuild line includes NS 5254 in black and white and a patched UP engine NS 7288.

Framed! Basking in the late afternoon sunlight, NS 8341 shares the shop yard tracks with 2539 (EMD SD70), 3455 (EMD SD40-2), and 2649 (EMD SD70M-2).

A nearly 45 year old SW1001 moves a D9-44CW around the Juniata Shops on the turntable.

"One Goes Up, One Goes Down". NS 23Z climes the East Slope of the Allegheny Mountains with NS 4002 leading the charge. At the same time, NS 38Q glides down the adjacent with an all EMD... (more)

With helper sets on both the rear and front of the train, NS 17G climes the steep grade over the Alleghenies Mountains.

Eastbound down, Westbound up, NS 25Z Meets 38Q around Horseshoe Curve Friday afternoon, 25Z has NS 4002 (AC44C6M) leading supporting the cool looking paint scheme.

In progress SD70ACU rebuild, NS 7269, sits among other in-progress units at NS's Juniata Shops

Spending the afternoon at Horseshoe Curve, NS 17G is grinding up hill with a helper set on the front and also on the rear to help get this freight over the hill.

A set of SD40E helpers based out of Cresson shoves train 16G through the Horseshoe Curve ignites before arriving in Altoona for crew change. There the helpers will be cut off the train and proceed... (more)

NS Train 21V heads West through the famous Horseshoe Curve. The curve opened February 15, 1854 and was engineered by J. Edgar Thompson. It is located at Kittaning Point, at the base of the Alleghe... (more)

The Juniata Shops is an original Pennsylvania Railroad Facility. The original Altoona shops were built in 1850 with the first locomotive repairs occurring in December of 1852. The Juniata Shops we... (more)

The Juniata Shops is an original Pennsylvania Railroad Facility. The original Altoona shops were built in 1850 with the first locomotive repairs occurring in December of 1852. The Juniata Shops we... (more)

The NS Safety train is on a layover in Altoona before it proceeds West to Cresson for a weekend class.