Altoona Shops. Norfolk Southern Corp Train CB10 has NS 5663 for power (ex-NS 2887, exx-CR 7692, née-PC 7692, 6/1969) as it is traveling down the Cove Secondary through Altoona on its way t... (more)

Westbound helper set at milepost 241.

SD45-2 # 6660 @ Altoona Pa.

Two switchers running glass out, bring the Hollidaysburg job into Rose Yard in Altoona. By this time the Sam-Rea car shops had been closed for a few years and Norfolk Southern was beginning to cle... (more)

Following a Cleveland railfanning extravaganza with my friend and his dad, we headed home via Horseshoe Curve and then a stop at Altoona (shops and yards). The yards were filled with dead power, m... (more)

On April 17, 1979, my friend Paul Wester and his dad Pete Wester took me on a roadtrip to Horseshoe Curve. Back in those days, climbing over and around the hills there was far more acceptable. Her... (more)

Switching at East Altoona.

The Penn Central Era. On June 5, 2018, Norfolk Southern Corp Train 38Q (Conway, PA to Hagerstown, MD) was passing through Altoona, Pennsylvania with NS 1073 (SD70ACe, EMD, 5/2012, Penn Cent... (more)

The howl of dynamic brakes echo through the crisp air as an oil train makes its way down grade into Horseshoe curve. The morning sun begins to ignite the fall colors and cook off the fog over the ... (more)

A busy morning at horseshoe curve as the sun has just risen high enough to ignite the spectacular fall colors that were still hanging on this fall. In fortunate timing the head end of a manifest ... (more)

Having been moved around a few times over the past few years, the PRR 4913 sits on one of the Turn Table tracks at the Railroader's Memorial Museum in Altoona, PA. I can only hope that one day so... (more)

The Savannah and Atlanta heritage unit receives some attention at the Altoona shops.

Meet me at the curve. Occasionally luck is on my side, although not often. However, looks like my early morning efforts were rewarded today as the head end of a mixed manifest slogs up the grade ... (more)

Helpers at Horseshoe. A pair of SD40Es make their way West around the World Famous Horseshoe Curve on a foggy morning.

Remarks: On a cool fall morning, Norfolk Southern train 592 (Shire Oaks, PA-Baltimore, MD loaded coal) rounds through Horseshoe Curve Eastbound on the NS Pittsburgh Line.