The Southfork Secondary is alive and well. A Sunday loaded train, stops at the SUMMIT to pump up the brake pipe for the ride down the hill to Southfork.
Norfolk Southern C90 pulls up to "SUMMIT" on the South Fork Secondary with two SD80MAC's leading. 101 empty "coal buckets" are sandwiched between two sets of SD80MAC units. Thr... (more)
NS 5349 brings up the rear of C90 (I believe). Its hard to see, but the locomotive seen in the distance was a high-hood GP38-2 running long hood forward!
21J enters SO interlocking on 3 as C90 heads light back to South Fork yard after working Conemaugh yard in Johnstown, PA.
NS C90 works upgrade during the start of a heavy snowfall on February 6, 2010 with empties for the loadout at Sonman, PA.
A surprise catch of 6 SD80MACs headed toward Cresson for servicing. After passing by Altoona and seeing the many engines in storage including some 80MACs it was good to catch some on the mainline.... (more)
NS local coal train C90, is eastbound at CP C, passing the Loram rail grinder train wating to put away in the yard at Johnstown for the day, after grinding all night, as NS 7201 hauls empty coal b... (more)
The rear-end power of C90 rounds the curve on a beautiful winter afternoon.
NS 7211 still proudly wears her Conrail colors on a beautiful early fall morning on the West Slope
The light power for C90 passes under ther signals at Summer hill. The power for C90 is: NS 7207, NS 6592, NS 9898, NS 7201 and NS 7211
NS 7207 awaits clearence onto the wye at South Fork
After turning on the wye and waiting for a pair of eastbounders, NS 7201 and 7211 head east to Cresson with the first bits of color popping out on the ridge in the background.
NS 7201 has just finished shoving a loaded coal train, and are now going to turn on the wye and head to Cresson for service.
