A rather faded CN SD75I leads nine other units on westbound manifest 37Q seen passing the automatic signal just outside Mt. Holly Springs. In consist on the train is a CN SD70M-2 and a CEFX AC44.

A rare sight to see: A former Conrail SD80MAC not in coal service on the West Slope. Today, the NS 7203 is called to lead a manifest train from Birmingham, AL to Allentown, PA, seen passing MP 58 ... (more)

Solo NS Dash-9 9966 leads a train of new locomotives down the Lurgan Branch destine for export in Norfolk. The consist consisted of 10 Indonesian units and 2 VALE units for Brazil. This marks my f... (more)

Newly reinstated train 36Q leads a long consist east through fields surrounding the borough of Boiling Springs, PA on a gorgeous Spring morning. 36Q and counterpart 35Q used to handle excess traff... (more)

The morning of October 29 dawned cold, cloudy...and snowy for most states in the Northeast. By day's end, almost ten inches were recorded in Harrisburg, the snow sticking to whatever it fell on, i... (more)

An extra section of Allentown to Birmingham manifest train 15T heads west down the Lurgan Branch on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon with a GMTX SD60 on the point.

Since the re-symboling of the Croxton to Atlanta Saturday only 213 to 211, it is now possible to have an afternoon train in good light on Saturdays. Here, the 'new' Saturday edition of NS 211 head... (more)

After getting shots of the flooding around the campus due to the substantial amount of rain and the broken tree limb outside the dining hall, I was finally able to get a train in the evening light... (more)

A Dash-9 and an SD70 have over a mile of trailers and stacks well under control as they take 203 west seen at the Creek Road grade crossing in Brandtsville, PA on a beautiful, but chilly, Spring a... (more)

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)