NS 2778 breaks the silence of the night as she exits the Allegheny Tunnel. Thanks to Phil and William Banks for assistant with the lighting.

A westbound train is about to exit the Gallitzin Tunnel and lights up the inside liner, heavy moisture in the air and the blowing snow.

NS 098 with an SD 70ACe and SD40-2 High hood pause with a load of crude oil prior to entering Gallitzin Tunnel to do a brake test. This train was given track authority to run on Main 3 to Altoona ... (more)

Venerable AR Tower and Amtrak's Broadway Limited were both running on borrowed time in 1995.

A Conrail intermodal train smokes its way out of the Gallitzin Tunnel at Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, on October 23, 1988. Powering the westbound train is a EMD duo of SD50 No. 6729 and SD40 No. 6252.... (more)

A pair of manned helpers assist a loaded coal train down "The Slide" at Gallitzin during a wintry dawn.

Conrail C40-8W No. 6204 blows out a cloud of black smoke at it begins its decent of the West Slope at Gallitzin, PA on August 9, 1998.

The PC Heritage and S&A Heritage gets ready to take freight 10G through Gallitzin Tunnels.

Light power of SD40E's head West to go pick up another train on the west slope.

A westbound Conrail freight emerges from the old Allegheny Tunnel at Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, on October 23, 1988. In 2005, this tunnel was enlarged to clear double stacks and double-tracked, and ... (more)

Welcome back!!! Amtrak 514 leads today's 04T towards the Gallitizin Tunnels.

Wrapping around the hills of the Alleghenies, this heavy Westbound manifest dashes through the snow about to dip into the tunnels below and head back down the mountain.