A 64D oil train works their way through heavy snow in Cresson.

Helpers shove on the rear of coal train 508 in white out snow conditions on the West Slope.

A loaded coal train bound for Portland, PA works upgrade through Cresson just after dawn in heavy snowfall.

Amtrak 43 is in the midst of a westbound parade as they head out of Lewistown.

An empty Spring Grove coal train heads west on the Pittsburgh Line with an ACe leader.

With a bit of snowfall left on the ground, 11J passes through Anderson with a pair of Dash 9s.

23M meets 36A at track speed at Anderson, with 36A having a lineup east at the 1721E position light block signal ahead.

A 10 ton, 2ft gauge switcher for the Bucksgahuda & Western makes a trip around the turntable on a snowy winter day in northern PA.

RISI heads north at trackspeed out of Mount Jewett behind an ex-KCS Tunnel Motor in moderate snowfall.

The last seconds of the evening sun hit the cab of the C42 local as the train returns to Altoona.

Empty trash train 64J snakes through the curves at Tyrone at last light behind an SD80MAC leader.

23Z rounds the curve at Tyrone near sunset.

11J heads west through Tipton in the early evening, nearing their next crew change point at Altoona.

504 rolls up the Cement Secondary behind a Dash 9 and 2 SD70M-2's. This train originated from a mine along the ex-Monongahela and is bound for Tadmor, PA, where the coal is trucked to several ceme... (more)

A standard cab Dash 9 leads 38G west through Macungie. This was the last train I photographed as a PA resident, not a bad way to end 10+ years photographing trains here!