Rounding the horseshoe Curve at Mance are AMTK 56 AMTK 179 AMTK 508

The sun makes a special appearance for Q138 at Mance! as it decends the famous Sand Patch grade at the old Mance Post Office. Unfortunately this is prob as good as peak gets on the mountain ... (more)

The start of the peak foliage season is emphasized with the help of the contrast of the dark gloomy sky. Q394 glides downgrade, also apparant with it's train slighly above the lead, with a nice l... (more)

A westbound curves up the Sandpatch grade passing Mance siding

Q358 splits the signals at NA between Mance and Philson.

Its that time of year when the fog hangs around in the mountains in the AM, soon the colors will be a popin and the mountain crawling with photographers

Mty Unit coal bucket grinds up the East slope of the Keystone Sub. The 3rd and 4th unit will be set out at Rockwood for a coal bucket on the Coleman Sub. In a few weeks the corn will be harvested ... (more)

A westbound manifest climbs the east slope of Sand Patch Grade. The kids wave..the "train man" waves...everybody smiles.

The Sandpatch Grade takes a complete turn around with the foliage, making the area look lavish with green instead of the dull, dead brown.

An unusual leader on todays Q368 with a beautiful sounding X Chessie K5LA horn is still mounted on the cab up front but not for long as CSX is moving the horns to mid hood to easier comply with th... (more)

640 hammers away at the curves through Mance with a bunch of good lookin power and only one wide cab in the mix.

The grass is still green, but most of the color has been stripped from the trees at Mance. On this warm fall afternoon one of the elder members of CSX's GE family leads a short work train west aro... (more)

With the new wind farms that have popped up around Mance, one particular turbine makes for a nice backdrop for Eastbound trains on the Keystone Sub rounding the Horseshoe.

Such a dead area is magically brightened up by the bright presence of Q368.