Push Up, Drift Down

Helpers move in both directions on Conrail’s main line at Bennington Curve, Pennsylvania. An SD45/SD40 pair are assisting a westbound auto parts train on Trac... (more)

Side-by-side Conrail Trailer Van trains work westward from Altoona at Bennington Curve, Pennsylvania. The GP38/GP38-2 power has a U25B trailing for added “atmosphere”.

GM’s Everywhere

There are GM automobiles as far as the eye can see in the open racks of a train approaching Tunnelhill, Pennsylvania at Bennington Curve. On the next track, Santa... (more)

Fifteen months after the Reading Company has left the planet, one of its GP35’s still looks good as it leads an eastbound Conrail manifest on the PRR main at Bennington, Curve.

An Original, Three Patches, and a Repaint

EMD power is in abundance as a Penn Central SD40 teams up with a patched Conrail SDP45 and a patched SD40 to lead an empty hopper train in... (more)

Reading on the Great Broad Way

A Reading GP35 leads an eastbound Conrail manifest into the cut at Bennington Curve on the former Pennsylvania main line. Because they retained their... (more)

As an eastbound train drifts downgrade toward Altoona, an ex-Penn Central SD40 and an ex-Erie Lackawanna SD45 push a westbound up the last portion of the grade before entering the tunnel at Tunnel... (more)

Mail 9, with a pair of helpers on the rear, comes out of Bennington Curve on the last couple miles to the summit at Gallitzin.