Heavy tonnage, slick rail, and frigid temperatures make it especially challenging for S375 to tackle the steepest part of the grade.
Fall colors are just starting to make their presence known on the hillsides above the famed Mance Training Camp.
Despite a steady snowfall, 375 has successfully reached the summit of the Alleghenies, 2258' above sea level.
352 splits the CPLs at Foley as he descends Sand Patch's east slope on a fine spring morning.
Even during the dead of winter, Sand Patch can still be beautiful.
After a trip across the Alleghenies, 384 departs Pennsylvania and enters Maryland, as noted by the vintage B&O marker.
A true west coast special on CSX - five different paint schemes adorn the locomotives on 359!
359 leaves Cumberland with a monster eight unit consist. Two SD50s shoving on the rear helped guarantee a safe passage to the summit at Sand Patch.
Coal from the SWP's Bullskin loadout rounds the bend by Connellsville's homely Amshack.
Running wrong main, 383 works upgrade at Fairhope on the east slope of Sand Patch.
E782 backs down the Salisbury Sub, crossing the Casselman River on this venerable 1897 truss bridge.
E782's power pauses at the Shaw Mine loadout.
A rare SD45-2 leads this lengthy eastbound mixed freight.
Running late as usual, #30 has just a few more miles until the summit at Sand Patch.
