Saturday's Altoona Curve excursion heads east on Track 1 with the Pennsylvania and Conrail heritage units in tow to the delight of numerous railfans who traveled great distances to see main-line s... (more)
Many railfans of all ages came out to the park to enjoy 765 making its last run up the mountain on NS 061 Horseshoe Curve Special over Memorial day weekend.
With the United States flag flowing from the front of the big Lima-built 2-8-4, the engineer of the Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 765 makes music with the whistle as it hustles eastwardly through Newpor... (more)
Quite a number of us got bad luck on Saturday as the 25Z blocked our view of the 765 from outside the curve. So we had to be satisfied with the return downhill. Of course, many if not all of us ... (more)