Heading West through Homestead with the "Honoring our Veterans" locomotive in tow.

NS 6348 makes his way West through Homestead with the "Honoring our Veterans" locomotive in the trail.

In the pre-dawn hours, NS 6348 and 6920 sit in the yard awaiting their assignment of the day.

A pair of SD40E's help a heavy freight down the Mountain and around Horseshoe Curve.

A pair of helpers shove on the rear of a coal train as it traverses the west slope.

538 with a solid consist of leased TILX aluminum logitudinal door hoppers crosses over from 3-1 track at C in the last bit of light.

From a different perspective of the Gallitzin tunnel see the NS 6323 & 6319 which provide assistance to NS 21t just exited the tunnel and now provide assistance to for braking down the west slope,... (more)

With snow and winds up to 30mph, the conductor of a "4-banger" of helpers helps the engineer of NS 6312 couple up to the NS 534 with over 120 loaded coal hoppers on a cold day in Johnstown, PA.

NS 6333 pulls loaded NS 'High Tops' across the bridge that crosses over the CSX Kanawha Sub (C&O).

With a light snow falling NS's Portsmouth, OH to Roanoke, VA freight #188 works eastbound by the classic N&W signals at Robinson behind NS rebuilt SD40E #6335.

A Herzog train with a full set of standard cab power idles in the siding just south of Willoughby.

A helper set slows to a stop while a manifest struggles upgrade in the distance. The crew of the helper stepped out wanted their pictures taken as one of them was retiring at the end of the shift... (more)

Kicking up dry snow, helpers return east, passing through the popular local railfanning hotspot of Cassandra on the former PRR mainline to Altoona.

Winter railroading! NS SD40E No. 6321 and fellow SD40E helper idle at CP MO waiting for a signal east, as a westbound intermodal passes by on the adjacent main track.