A trio of new consecutively numbered Norfolk Southern SD40E's (rebuilt from older SD50's) lead by 6333 and followed by 6332 and 6331, lead a Herzog ballast train east on the old Conrail Chicago Li... (more)

NS manifest 11G passing Cleveland Browns Stadium and about to cross the drawbridge over the mouth of the Cuyahoga River

NS 6318 shoves on the tail end of 21Q rolling through CP Slope as a loaded Ethanol train rolls down grade into Altoona.

Helpers hold back 13G racing down the hill at Lilly in the rain and muck

You'd think this was the POKEY!!! 591, empty hoppers on far left sits idle for a crew change, while 400 goes east with 2 BNSF units, a lone helper set sits "helpless" waiting for the mess to clea... (more)

What a mess! High and wide 053 settles in to ALTO for a crew change as a C90 is put together just East of SLOPE as a light set heads up the hill through the work in progress new SLOPE interlockin... (more)

Rear helpers on 20Q eastbound thru Cassandra

Rebuilt SD50's now SD40E's NS #6324 & NS #6307 working the helper Service help NS Train 10N up the 1.15% grade.

Helpers shove hard on the rear of NS 650 as it passes thru the cut between Portage & Cassandra

A Herzog Ballast train kicks up some dust as it dumps ballast on the way out of Bristol.

The howl of dynamic brakes echo throughout the mountains as a pair of SD40E's help keep the 20Q under control as it begins its downhill journey to Altoona.

Fresh SD40E takes a ballast train east through wing. Thanks Robert "Freddy" Shook.

A pair of helper units at the rear of stack train 20Q are using dynamic braking to keep the heavy train moving slowly and safely down the "Slide" and over the famous "East Slope." This view was ta... (more)

A pair of SD40E helpers (man, I like these units) leaves ROSE Yard and heads east in order to assist a stranded 640 coal train on the Nittany & Bald Eagle just east of Tyrone, Pa. HOMER interlock... (more)

6304 shoving on the rear end of this westbound intermodal.