Dying Lights

In the light of a late, blazing-hot summer afternoon, 9215 knocks down the signals of CP-HUNT at the 4th Street crossing in Huntingdon, PA with the heat of the exhaust s... (more)

Running slightly behind schedule, Amtrak's westbound Pennsylvanian barrels under the MP 227 signals at Fostoria, PA. This scene is set to change soon as PTC advances up the Pittsburgh line from CP... (more)

Norfolk Southern's Office Car Special climbs the eastern leg of a recently deforested Horseshoe Curve. With the trees out of the way between the signal boxes, it's possible to get shots using any ... (more)

Fireman Stephen Lane puts on a show as Everett Railroad #11 tackles the stiff grade into Roaring Spring, PA with the three car Ice Cream Special in tow. The passing siding once served the limeston... (more)

It was a beautiful day, and the Everett Railroad was running one of its scheduled Ice Cream Specials into Roaring Spring. Here, fireman Stephen Lane stokes the fire ahead of a grade to Cunningham ... (more)

Norfolk Southern's new OAR trainset pauses for a series of photos on the stone arch bridge at the confluence of Sherman Creek and the Susquehanna River. The trainset was on the move from Altoona t... (more)

Home Once More

Looking a bit worse for wear after 28 years of outdoor display on Horseshoe Curve, PRR 1361 sits dead in tow behind UTLX in Altoona a few hours after leaving her pedes... (more)

#11 approaches Monastery Road on the way to Brookes Mills, hauling one of the day's Pumpkin Patch Specials under an overcast sky.