Three big NS GEs lead 11K up track one, also known as "the slide", towards New Portage tunnel and the summit of its climb over the Allegheny mountains.

A helper set is seen shoving the rear of long manifest train 11K (Allentown, PA to Conway, PA) around the bend at Horseshoe Curve and up the Allegheny Range.

Norfolk Southern Train 11K rolls by the famous overlook in Cassandra, PA.

Westbound manifest 11K struggles out of Altoona. Bound for Conway, 11K carries traffic from North Jersey, Allentown, and the Reading & Northern for points west. This train was 59 loads, 122 emptie... (more)

On a beautiful fall morning, Norfolk Southern train 11K (Allentown, PA-Conway, PA manifest) slowly bends around the trackside observation park at the world-famous Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pen... (more)

Three-way meet in Downtown Altoona! While a helper set brings 18N into Rose Yard on the signaled siding and 11K begins its assault over the Allegheny Mountains, eastbound intermodal train 20K ... (more)

11K approaching CP 194

A pair of SD40-2s, still in Conrail paint, help on the rear of westbound mixed freight 11K.

An ice clad 11K kicks up some fresh powder as it wheels down the mountain on number 2 main at Jamestown.

NS 11K's pair of SD40E helpers pass under one of the massive Union Railroad bridges in East Pittsburgh. A Union empty hopper train is heading (L to R) towards North Bessemer.

A Norfolk Southern freight heads out of Conway Yard in Baden PA along the Ohio River.

Light snow flurries cover southwestern PA as westbound NS 11k, led by the Wabash heritage unit, rolls by the west end of Pitcairn Intermodal Yard.

11K works its way westbound through the crossovers at CP86 in Ravenna, Ohio behind an ex-Conrail Dash 8 widecab. Some leaves are finally starting to bud on nearby trees as spring starts to show it... (more)

After being delayed for a few hours east of town, 11K finally passes through downtown Cleveland with one of the DC to AC conversion units on the point on sunny summer evening.