Early Conrail action finds an empty perishable train climbing toward Horseshoe Curve on the four track Broad Way. The weeds in the track of one of the busiest railroads in the world illustrates th... (more)

RJ Corman and Hulcher crews work to rerail a coal car during the cleanup process. Eastbound coal train Y90 (extra 590) derailed around midnight on April 9th while entering Rose Yard in Downtown Al... (more)

The line of power sitting outside of Norfolk Southern's Juniata Shops in Altoona, Pennsylvania on this October day in 2018. Up front is an ex-Southern GP38-2 that has been marked as sold to GMTX, ... (more)

9159 basks in the warm sun outside the Juniata Locomotive shops.

While run-through power was not common on the Pittsburgh Line, it was not unheard of as is the case with Oak Island-Conway manifest OIPI this October day. The train is entering Horseshoe Curve and... (more)

The standard helper set - a pair of SD40s - work upgrade at the 2417 signal bridge at the east end of Horseshoe Curve on a glorious autumn afternoon.

The passenger cars on the left belong to the Railroader's Memorial Museum.

A helperset drags the remainder of the 34A back down into Rose Yard. The train split in two due to a broken drawbar about 50 cars in. Allegheny Mountains 1 : PSR 0

Where the wounded locomotives go for care, we see one that’s in the process of being repaired back to service at Norfolk Southerns Juniata shop.

Former Lehigh Valley 313 switching in Rose Yard. Lots of weathered steel surfaces showing.

We're Dutch-dooring it on the "Broadway" as it descends the grade around Horseshoe Curve on a rainy Sunday morning in October of 1977. Pennsy K4s No. 1361 (Juniata, 1918) is in view, in... (more)

Shortly after helpers attached at the rear for the grade ahead, NS 63V blasts through Altoona with 4001 in the lead.

37A claws and grinds west around Horseshoe Curve in between periods of heavy snow which put down anywhere from a few inches up to a foot in places such as south of here in Somerset County. https:... (more)

Often times many railfans and photographers line up along the walkway across from the Altoona Transportation Center to get a good view of Amtrak's Pennsylvanian, and I was no exception. Here, P42D... (more)