Coal loads fresh out of the Ben's Creek Secondary heads east towards Altoona under a clear skys and under the PRR color position light signals mounted on the Jamestown RD. bridge just to east of P... (more)

Our chase of 178 with a rare set of SD80MAC's began at Vickers Junction, as the pair passes under the New York Central style signal bridge at CP 285.

SD80MAC's aren't all too common in the flat lands of Ohio anymore, so fellow RP contributor Aaron Border and I jumped on the chase. Here the pair is seen passing a patriotic barn north of Fremont.

178 passes the hulk of a Penn Central E8 as it eases into Bellevue...a study in contrast between different eras of EMD locomotive design.

On the return portion of their rare trip to Ohio and Michigan, this pair of NS SD80MAC's led mixed bag 178 down the Toledo District towards Bellevue. Once there, they will be sent back to the coal... (more)

A pair of 80MAC's make it back to their old stomping grounds on the Chicago main in Toledo!

Awaiting the night time window over Amtrak, SD80MACs 7202-7208 wait at the east end of 1 East Receiving in Enola yard. Photo taken with permission.

Sweet power on a westbound 11a!

Northbound with empty coal hoppers.

10 SD80MAC's arrive Cresson for servicing.

A quick snow shower darkened the skies over Cresson on this cold Saturday afternoon, which found a typical West Slope helper set, SD40-2s 3375 and 3373, sharing company with most of Norfolk Southe... (more)

After sitting all day about 50 yards north (toward Lake Erie in the background) of their location in this photo, a crew got on this set of 80MAC's just to move them one track to the right to coupl... (more)

Two of NS's SD80MAC's have gotten loose from their South Fork, Pennsylvania, Ranch and are powering stack train 227 northbound at Ashby, Virginia. Holding in the siding is 11R bound for Linwood, N... (more)

A couple of unexpected locomotives in the form of SD80MAC's sit coupled to a string of coal hoppers at Ashtabula Harbor, if anyone is interested, the second 80MAC is the 7207.