SD50's On the rear of todays Q353 these locomotives are no strangers & are back in the helper pool out of Cumberland today serving the east slope of Sand Patch CSX 8526 , CSX 8612

A loaded CSX hopper train still in dynamics as it bottoms out on the east slope in Hyndman

E834 FLIES down the mountain coming into Hyndman.

AMTK 94 leads the eastbound Capitol Limited through downtown Hyndman

Q368 eastbound at Hyndman

Cumberland Helper races east just west of Ellerslie,Md so we are still physically in rural Hyndman,Pennsylvania untill it crosses the state line in about 10 seconds! pan at 1/25th

72 leads the Capitol Limited down the Sand Patch east slope, eastbound and here on wrong main, running around a slower manifest. She's already 15 minutes late!

ALL ALONE! Big old 570 has over eighty cars in hand on the downward east Sand Patch slope as she heads east toward Cumberland. Fall color is looking good this day.

A birds eye view of Q277-04 passing thru downtown Hyndman! with a great leader CSX 8084 CSX 7661

It wasn't all that long ago that the foreground subject was an integral part of what lies behind it. Newly reinstated Q130 rolls by the FGE product on this morning with nothing more than a grey bo... (more)

SD 50 8562 shoves on a manifest led by 7305. She working hard as she passes the privately owned Chessie cabooses stored along the right of way at Hydman.

Loaded autoracks are coming down the hill toward Cumberland and points east.

Big ol 7642 makes a pretty sight in the late afternoon sun as she and a friend zip an autorack eastbound toward Cumberland.

Amtrak's eastbound Capitol Limited passes the long-gone Hyndman Tower after descending the East Slope of Sand Patch Grade.