Normally SD40-2's on the headend of an NS train mean a helper ahead, however as of late trash trains 64J and 65J have been running with pairs of 40-2's for road power. The train is crossing from n... (more)

A day after a derailment in downtown snarled traffic, CSX is again in downtown Johnstown. GE's are rare on the EMD dominated S&C sub, 5859 being pressed into duty due to the derailment, and here i... (more)

Gleaming in the late evening sun the railfest excursion bound for Pittsburgh rolls through the west end of Johnstown and will soon plunge into the cavernous Conemaugh Gap.

A GE product from June of 1994 still looks decent as it leads autorack train 12N towards the mountain.

Ever have that sluggish feeling? That was the case for 10N today with the entire fleet of NS RP-E6Y slugs in the consist. The slugs, 990, 991, 992, and 993 are headed to Juniata to be rebuilt as N... (more)

Slug Fest '08. NS 10N with the entire fleet of NS RP-E6Y slugs, 990, 991, 992, and 993, in tow crests the summit of the Alleghenies. Also in the consist was unpatched SD70 2580, beat up SD60 6592,... (more)

A pair of SD40-2's grind uphill through Glencoe with a Chicago bound frieght.

What could be better... trains are running, the sun is out, it's about 70 degrees, the cup race starts in an hour, and I am not at my sister's dance recital, but the 70M being in the lead would've... (more)

A relatively clean GP30 bodied Road Slug has had the honor of holding down the Johnstown - Rockwood local for the past two weeks. Here it rolls south through the Ferndale section of town.

23M slowly rolls around the edge of Woodvale Yard having crossed from 3 to 2 at C and having to wait for Amtrak 07T to finish its station stop.

The green flag on the Indy 500 doesn't drop for another couple of hours but the race is on for eastbound stack train 22W as it gets a run at the hill. In the background is downtown Johnstown and t... (more)

A string of black, brown, and gray hoppers, with their black diamonds inside begin their descent of "the slide".

20T's entire consist fits on the long straight away at Aqueduct, splitting the classic PRR postion lights at MP 124.