Highballing through the Central Pennsylvania countryside, the Operational Awareness & Response trainset barrels through PORT, beneath a Pennsylvania Railroad signal bridge.

Well on its way to Enola, the new Operational Awareness & Response trainset rolls by HUNT tower at track speed.

Having hurried to the Shermans Creek Bridge to take advantage of optimum afternoon lighting, the new Operational Awareness & Response trainset pauses for Casey Thomason to get his photos for Norfo... (more)

On its first eastbound trip as a (mostly) complete train, the Operational Awareness & Response special passes the New Enterprise Stone & Lime quarry south of Tyrone.

After catching the NYC heritage unit at Horseshoe Curve, I got word that the new Operational Awareness & Response train was leaving Altoona to head for Enola. Having just missed the train at Rose... (more)

Norfolk Southern's debut run of the Operation Awareness & Response (OAR) eductional train moved from Altoona, PA to Enola, PA on Saturday, April 23, 2016. The NS 974C123 rolls under a Pennsylvan... (more)

Norfolk Southern's debut run of the Operation Awareness & Response (OAR) eductional train moved from Altoona, PA to Enola, PA on Saturday, April 23, 2016. The train is seen crossing the Juniata ... (more)

Norfolk Southern's debut run of the Operation Awareness & Response (OAR) eductional train moved from Altoona, PA to Enola, PA on Saturday, April 23, 2016. The train is seen crossing the Juniata ... (more)

Norfolk Southern's new OAR trainset pauses for a series of photos on the stone arch bridge at the confluence of Sherman Creek and the Susquehanna River. The trainset was on the move from Altoona t... (more)

The new Norfolk Southern OAR/TRANSCAER safety train made its debut voyage from Altoona to Enola, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, April 23. The train consists of GP38–2 5642, a pair of classroom boxca... (more)