NS 650 waits at CP MO for its head-end helpers to hook up before heading east towards Gallitzin and Altoona on a beautiful Fall night.
NS 650 catches a stop signal at CP-MO allowing the photographer to wander around and find a few new angles of a very popular location.
After one of the SD80MACs had problems and caused the loaded coal train to stop at CP MO, the conductor watches from the ground as a pair of SD40-2s are added to the head end for the final climb o... (more)
With one of the two SD80MACs on the point, NS 7215 and 7201, having problems, the loaded coal train crawled up the mountain before stopping on Track 1 at MO in Cresson. SD40-2s 3340 and 3341 were ... (more)
The chase of these two MACs over the summit of the Alleghenies ends at the bottom of Horseshoe Curve, as NS 650, lead by 7210 and still blue 7208, grinds around one of the most famous railroad mon... (more)
Eastbound loaded coal train crossing over to track 2 from controlled siding , after being weighed, first I got this crossover photo.
A loaded coal bucket heads over the top at AR and is just yards from starting down the slide into the new Portage tunnel.
A trio of NS SD80Macs (7208, 7201, & 7205) begin to pull a loaded 650 coal train North to the Pittsburgh Line.
A string of black, brown, and gray hoppers, with their black diamonds inside begin their descent of "the slide".
SD80MAC in Conrail colors leads a trio of 80MACs on a coal train that just departed from South Fork, PA. Two of the 80MACs were left on the head end when the train left Altoona for Baltimore.
NS 650 pulls east to Altoona on #1 track.
Conductor on the helper 3347 assists with coupling on the NS 650.
Helpers assist a unit coal train through Lilly.
