Looking sharp in her rather new paint, NS 6735 leads an extra 11R west by Messiah College on a lovely Spring afternoon.

A pair of Dash-9s lead empty coal hoppers westbound on the Lurgan Branch at sunset.

Another NS detour the next day came in the form of manifest 16M, seen heading west down the Lurgan Branch with one of the few remaining ex-Conrail SD50s in the consist.

Unit autorack train 274 heads west under the main road that leads to Messiah College on a late August afternoon. This train was detoured this way for reasons still unknown.

Almost an hour after 11R passed, unit grain train 50T is seen heading west with a sweet, all standard cab, lashup of 6662, 6681, 2516 and 8309.

After discussing a work by John Bunyan in my Seminar class and scoring a 92 on my percussion playing test, I decided to head out trackside for a while. My first train was westbound 11R with quite ... (more)

An early 15T heads west by MP 10 on the NS Lurgan Branch just as the sun begins to set with a nice standard cab Dash-8 leading.

A west-bound string of empty coal hoppers disappears into the haze at Messiah College.

Southbound NS203 rounds the curve at the "tunnel" at Messiah College. The main entrance to the college passes over the Lurgan branch here, so students don't have to use a nearby dangerous grade cr... (more)

SD70M-2 2719 emerges from the Lurgan branch "tunnel" at Messiah College

As 227 passed each signal..they called them..but never revealed lead loco #...imagine my surprise when 2 of Uncle Pete's SD's came into view passing Messiah College

Pan shot of 227's double stacks