"34,000 Horses"

To kick off a weekend of trains on the East Slope, NS threw us a bone with this monstrous 10A which had a whopping 9 locomotives on it, all EMD to boot! While t... (more)

A helper set rolls along at the end of a westbound train in Cresson, Pa. They are seen ducking beneath the signal bridge at milepost 249 near the Rt. 53 overpass (which was in the process of being... (more)

Atop the rock cut at the Allegrippus Curve, we can see the constant 1.86% grade up the hill on the backside of Horseshoe Curve. Rarely photographed, but the action is more dramatic and all to one'... (more)

NS coal trian 536 is getting shoved hard by a 6 pack of SD40E's on this day through Cassandra, PA on the NS Pittsburgh Line! Due to an engine failure on the middle set of pushers, a 3rd set was ad... (more)

A six pack of SD40E helpers push hard on the rear of a PPL coal train.

A light set is about to enter the cresson engine hosue.

6320 pushing extremely hard on the rear of 508 through the 258 signals.

All 8 engines on this loaded coal train can be seen in this view, in the background the head 4 engines roll under the Cassandra over look bridge as 4 more SD40E's bring up the rear of the train.

A eastbound stack train leans into the curve in Ardara with two SD40E's helping it across the system.