Southbound approaching Packer St.

Darkness momentarily turns into a magical light spectacle as a light helper set goes down the hill past the famous Cassandra Railfan Overlook. Thanks to Brad Morocco

A pair of SD40E's on the rear of 67Z

A pair of helpers roar in Notch 8 as they assist in shoving heavy mixed freight 14G east up the West Slope. They are seen here splitting the signals at PT 258 in Portage.

Eastbound on the Pittsburgh Line at Lilly, a PPLX loaded coal train grinds uphill, with the assistance of two SD40E's.

A quartet of Altoona built SD40E's assist an eastbound coal train over the West Slope of the PRR Pittsburgh Line on a beautiful and surprisingly mild February afternoon.

After snow showers moved over the West Slope earlier in the day, the skies are beginning to clear, leaving behind a low valley fog in Altoona. The manned Alto Tower stands tall, with an operator s... (more)

In a heavy snow squall, a pair of helpers shove the rear of intermodal 26T towards Gallitzin and Horseshoe Curve.

A pair of helpers shove the rear of manifest train 10G into the yard at Altoona after traversing the west slope. Intermodal 21E to the left heads up the mountain.

The class leader for the Altoona rebuilt SD40E's assists a westbound 11T over a distinctive Pennsylvanian stone bridge. At this point, the SD40E's are in dynamic braking after successfully pushing... (more)

On a mildly warm January day, a surprising pair of SD40E locomotives and GEVO lead the 923 loaded ballast train onwards to Opelika and towards Birmingham on this MLK holiday. Photo inspired by... (more)

Day in and day out, the SD40E's slog up and down the grades of the Alleghenies shoving heavy trains east and west. On this particular day, we see the 6310 assisting the 16N train east on track 1 ... (more)

SB NS 920 loaded Herzog ballast train accelerates out of the southend of the "Salisbury Ditch".

A pair of pushers head back to Cresson PA. after shoving an eastbound over the grade.

A new NS SD40E leads empty NS rail train 912 south towards Inman yard. This is the former NS 5412/CR 6721 and is one of the newer SD40E rebuilds intended for general service.