On the last runby shot of this roll of film, the photographer is able to capture NKP 759, sister engine of NKP 765 once more in this 1970 chase on the east slope. John still gets out and has enjo... (more)

Waiting for NKP 759 to pass by, the photographer nabs a PC van train with the class GP-35 #2250 leading a nice mix of power somewhere on the old PRR Middle Division near Mifflin. 2250 came from t... (more)

Oh the indignity. A former Water Level Route hack brings up the markers on a welded rail work train moving through the mountains of central PA on the former PRR Middle Division, just two years af... (more)

Other traffic over the ex-PRR Middle Division near Mifflin the day of the NKP 759 chase in 1970 included this Penn Central welded rail train. #6067 is wearing the same number on the PC roster as ... (more)

The 1970 High Iron special with NKP 759 blasts by with it's train a few miles out of Mifflin.

The 1970 High Iron special with NKP 759 blasts by with it's train a few miles out of Mifflin, at the Hawstone crossovers. Welded rail had yet to come to the old Middle Division.

Hawstone is a few miles west of Mifflin, PA., in the heart of the old Middle Division. Here NKP 759 is framed by an iron gateway under classic PRR signals in this 1970 view. Today it is known as... (more)

Nickel Plate #759 shows off her train of PC coaches and High Iron equipment as she crosses the Susquehanna back in 1970.

What to do while waiting for a Nickel Plate steam excursion over Horseshoe Curve? Why, shoot a Pennsy U-boat wit a Penn Central freight. Believed to be Cresson, corrections welcome. This is fro... (more)

NKP 759 makes it's first runby on this roll of film. We are up on the slope headed back around Horseshoe Curve to Altoona and eventually Harrisburg. Note the welded rail just beginning to be ins... (more)

A passenger train meets a manifest up on the mountain. A guess has this passenger train rolling downgrade into Altoona on the east slope while a manifest tackles the mountain. Thanks Luke Harshba... (more)

We are somewhere in El Salvador, perhaps you recognize the location of this bridge.

A pair of Alco RS's with just the right amount of work grime on the flanks to show off the detail wait for a move in this 1956 view.

The eastbound Aerotrain makes a stop at Altoona. Note the PRR keystone is not on the pilot. Also that there were really no platforms in Altoona just walkways flush with the tracks. My good frie... (more)

Taken in the East Altoona pit with a PRR Police escort