K4s 1361 sits inside the roundhouse at the Altoona Railroader's Memorial Museum still under restoration. Since my last visit a couple of years ago, the K4s now has both sides and the top of her B... (more)

An eastbound helper set drifts back into Altoona while a DPU unit assists a freight train westbound towards the Horseshoe Curve.

You Break It, You Buy It UP 6052, an AC44CWCTE, arrived at Juniata on a flatcar following a derailment in April. Since it derailed while running on an NS train, this AC44 will be repaired ... (more)

Lazy Morning at Juniata Quite the interesting lineup here at Juniata today - two ex Norfolk and Western high hoods and a KCS ACe awaiting emissions testing.

The Summer Ends NS HI90, the night shift switcher pauses after dropping cars at Allegheny Cut Stone.

The Pride of Altoona PRR 4913, a WWII-era electric soaks up the August sun at the Altoona Railroaders Memorial Museum.

A Newly Open Curve. The extensive tree clearing of that year made this picture of NS 2646 (SD70M, 12/2004, EMD) possible on August 26, 2016, seen coming westbound and still up grade around ... (more)

PRR EMD GP7 8504 and Alco PA1 mates are seen leading a train near Altoona Pennsylvania in 1953. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Just the usual 2006 helpers passing the Brickyard and my friend Sean's STI. We put a lot of fun miles on that thing while aggressively chasing down the last vestiges of Conrail blue.

Game On: After spending the last few months in the shops awaiting repainting, NS 1069, the Virginian, finally sees the light of day for the first time in 3 months, as it is brought out of a bay ... (more)

Back in Action: After spending the last few months in the shops awaiting repainting, NS 1069, the Virginian, finally sees the light of day for the first time in 3 months, as it is brought out of... (more)

An SD60I and SD60M lead a westbound out of the encroaching shadows of an autumn afternoon as the train unwinds from Scotch Run curve, a mile east of Horseshoe. Fuji Astia.

Much of the railroad scene has lost its appeal to me with the sameness or removal of signal systems, the prevalence of container boxes in lieu of rolling stock and the bloated merged systems that ... (more)

NS 269 departs Rose Yard in Altoona

NS 28X rolling into Altoona