Westbound Q383 passes some nice color as it rounds Mance Curve on a fall morning.

A different look at a familiar location! The "view from the veranda" at the Mance P. O., a place that loses none of its appeal to trainwatchers after dark. Early in the morning at 04:07, the first... (more)

It's great to stand at the West end of the Mance Curve for an Eastbound as you never know what will pop out from behind the hillside. Once again we find a BNSF leader but in the mix is a new MARC ... (more)

Single stack train Q139 binds up on the curves of the Keystone Sub climbing the East grade of Sandpatch.

The second rack train back to back to climb the Sandpatch grade grinds around the horseshoe at Mance under the last rays of sun in this neck of the woods surrounded by the mountain tops.

The Eastbound Capitol Limited sneaks around the horseshoe at Mance on a very chilly but clear fall morning.

A mile west of Mance and in the teeth of the grade, westbound Q375 digs into the rail at MP 209 with only a couple miles to go to Sand Patch summit.

A fitting pan for the fast paced "Capitol Limited".

Westbound unit of empty hoppers works around the horseshoe curve at Mance.

Some color is still left in the hills surrounding the Mance Post Office, as a "Trailer Jet" makes its way to Cumberland.

An empty westbound hopper train works it's way around the horseshoe curve at Mance.

The colors blaze this morning on some trees that are hitting peak for the year, while the Eastbound Capitol Limited makes for an early appearance today at Mance.

The color on the grade is vibrant as the sun comes out in just enough time for U883 to bask in it.

The eastbound Capitol hustles out of the shadows and into the morning sun rolling downgrade just past the signals at NA.

7 minutes after i shoot this trains leader CSXT 5273 Cumberland Helper 5433 shoves on the rear of Q389 at the Mance grade crossing ...as another railfan looks on