Over the Top

20R inches over the top at CP AR (Allegheny Ridge) in Gallitzin, PA. A telephoto does wonders to show off the grade on both sides of the summit here.

Two rare ex-BN SD60M 'Triclops' locomotives pull a manifest freight out of Rockport yard in Cleveland Ohio. Here the train is seen passing the now in danger vintage BE tower in Berea Ohio, where t... (more)

HLCX SD40-2 6334 leads T1X west past Rondout Tower.

An Eastbound intermodal train passes the historic Pennsylvania Railroad AR (Allegheny Range) Tower in Gallitzin.

Hoboken to Hackettstown train 1079 is passing the former Lackawanna Railroad Denville Tower as it arrives at the NJ Transit station.

Worse for Wear

Eastbound mixed freight 16N crawls by AR Tower as it prepares to descend 'The Slide.' The tower, one of three still standing on the mountains between Altoona and Johns... (more)

WAMX 1205 leads a transfer home to Mill Street Yard, passing Adams Street tower.

In early 1980 the MBTA evaluated a Leyland railbus from England as a possible acquisition for off-peak service on lightly traveled lines. Here the British import poses in front of Amtrak's Attlebo... (more)

Conrail’s Saucon Drill works the Philadelphia, Bethlehem and New England interchange in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. An ore train rolls past on the North Penn branch.

A Norfolk Southern ES40DC leads a SD60E pulling a long 10N up the slope towards the Gallitzin tunnels. The train is passing the old PRR position light signals here and the old AR control point tow... (more)

A friendly face on a sad day. Norfolk Southern 1068 (Erie Railroad Heritage/Tribute) leads intermodal train 22W by CP MG and the former MG Tower on the afternoon of Sunday, May 5, 2019. The Erie w... (more)

The Royal CP business train knocks down Rondout, IL with two of their prized F-units sandwiching a GP20ECO.

The Reading Company sesquicentennial Reading – Pottsville excursion passes the former Pottsville Junction tower about a half mile short of Pottsville yard limits. The signal bridge in the distan... (more)

On the cold and rainy morning of April 28th, the Office Car Special (OCS) train departed Altoona for Harrisburg, but not before taking a spin on the loop in Gallitzin, PA. Before holding at CP Wor... (more)

Wolverine service 353 from Pontiac (MI) to Chicago (IL) passes a diamond next to Kalamazoo station. The former BO Tower is out of service.