easbound coal at AR Tower
Helper set eastbound on the slide
In with old, out with the new? The old still stand in the form of towers and old Pennsy signals, as the "new-old" in the form of a SD50 rebuild, an EMD SD40E, starts to wind the dynamics before h... (more)
A quiet morning at the station inn in Gallitzin is disrupted by 21Q's helpers braking down the hill.
The train was headed back eastward into the Portage tunnel after running the balloon track. These trips originated in Harrisburg and turned here.
Running on Penn Central, the flat-black High Iron Special gets some mid-day admiration from the crowd as seen from Jackson St. This special ran the weekend of Sept. 12/13, Harrisburg-Horseshoe Cu... (more)
A High Iron special leaves a carbon footprint as it exits the tunnel. She'll turn on the balloon track and head through the Portage tunnel eastward back to Harrisburg.
The abandoned Gallitzin Tunnel witnesses another westbound cresting the summit unassisted.
Two pushers drift down grade towards Altoona.
NS 9847 leads two other engines as it exits the tunnel.
A westbound trailer train rolls through CP UN with a Conrail leader.
A Conrail Blue SD60I leads this autorack train out of the Gallitzin Tunnel.
Just in time for the Fourth of July! NS helper units head back towards Altoona as the sun sets on the Gallitzin Tunnels.
A short 24M lights the way east as it negotiates "the slide"
With 262 stopped on track 2 pump up the air 23Z heads west into the beautiful sunset on track 3.
