A pair of dash-9s on a short stack train pause several yards from the signals at Antis to allow eastbound 16N to clear before proceeding into Altoona.

Four elephant style GEs lead a lengthy manifest train under the signals at Hill 582 on a beautiful July morning.

One of the many stack trains running along BNSF's Cajon Subdivision passes beneath the signal bridge at Hill 582 on a beautiful summer morning.

A rather late running CP train heads eastbound about to cross Race Street in Catasauqua on a beautiful fall morning. The trailing unit is a former SOO SD60M, one of only four in operation during t... (more)

An SD70ACe breaks the norm on today's westbound 21M, seen from the route 53 bridge in Cresson. On normal days, this train is powered by a trio of Dash-9s, so this was a rather nice treat to end an... (more)

A pair of light helpers return east to Cresson on track one as eastbound stack train 294 struggles up the grade on track two, ironically with no helpers on the rear.

Chicago bound intermodal train 21J passes beneath the 275 signal bridge and crosses the Conemaugh River in Johnstown with 'Lady Liberty' doing the honors of leading.

A rare sight to see: A former Conrail SD80MAC not in coal service on the West Slope. Today, the NS 7203 is called to lead a manifest train from Birmingham, AL to Allentown, PA, seen passing MP 58 ... (more)

A Union Pacific SD70M slowly approaches the interlocking signals at CP BURN where it will pause with its work train to wait for westbound intermodal 21M to pass.

The corn crop is approaching its normal height for this time of year in Berks County, but is still not high enough to block passing trains along NS's Reading to Allentown main. Here, three NS unit... (more)

Even in 2013, old school power dominates Canadian Pacific road trains in eastern Pennsylvania. On a rather warm early summer morning, the westbound (compass north) train from Allentown heads back ... (more)

One of my favorite railfan locations in Pennsylvania is Mexico, MP 148 on NS's Middle Division, three miles east of Port Royal. It has all the things a visiting railfan would enjoy: Good views for... (more)

Solo NS Dash-9 9966 leads a train of new locomotives down the Lurgan Branch destine for export in Norfolk. The consist consisted of 10 Indonesian units and 2 VALE units for Brazil. This marks my f... (more)

Manifest Q364 highballs eastbound toward Berea, seen from the US 250 overpass just outside of New London.

A trio of standard cab units, including two four-axle units, power a manifest train east through Berea as an NS stack train heads west in the background.