Fresh out of the paint shed

NS restarted their rebuild of old Southern GP38-2s. They will receive the NS designed Admirial cab

For the first time since 2015, the Lehigh Valley Heritage unit led a train across the Pittsburgh line. Many railfans were out to witness the event and I was one of them. Here we see it leading 2... (more)

Only two of Conrail’s immediate predecessors rostered E8’s, and both contributed examples to the Conrail roster. Many of the Penn Central’s large roster of the EMD passenger units were conv... (more)

Logan Lehigh Valley Girl

NS 8104, the Lehigh Valley heritage unit, has been released from a long imprisonment south of the Mason-Dixon. While the Logan Valley is not... (more)

Coal Empties and Cans

Empty coal unit train NS 539 had been split into three cuts at some point earlier in the day to get it out of the way of higher priority moves. With those out o... (more)

Time to Blow This Scene

NS high-and-wide 053 gets underway after waiting at ANTIS. The first load is a pair of new M88A2 tank retrievers fresh from the plant in York, PA, with the re... (more)

NS 67W, after re-crewing at Rose, resumes its journey west past the location of what used to be slope tower as a light snow begins to fall.

A westbound charges upgrade out of Altoona.

Norfolk Southern GP38-2s shuffle cars around in Rose Yard.

Drifting Down the Hill

NS 9271 leads 22W down the mountain, the length of its consist stretched out along the entire west leg of Horseshoe Curve, around Allegrippis Curve, and beyon... (more)

Trains aren't the only thing snaking their way through the mountains near Altoona: Timber rattlesnakes are abundant in the hills! This slithery example had 8 buttons on its tail, posing on an ol... (more)

NS 1006 & BNSF 5507 westbound with an intermodal train.

Spring is late to arrive high on the mountain as brand new SD-60I 5630 from the Juniata Locomotive Shop in Altoona leads one of the daily procession of manifests up the mountain grade from Altoona... (more)

A pair of GEVO's lead an eastbound manifest through Altoona.