Amtrak's eastbound Pennsylvanian has just crossed over and is slowing to make its station stop in Altoona, Pennsylvania, passing by the closed Alto Interlocking Tower on a Sunday morning.

Norfolk Southern's Illinois Terminal heritage unit leads westbound intermodal 21V as it rounds Horseshoe Curve, climbing the the east slope of the Alleghenies on a summer afternoon.

NS 955 Office Car Special slows through Downtown Altoona on it's way back from a visit to the Midwest US.

The NS business train returns to its home in Altoona, PA, as it ironically passes the Altoona Amtrak platform.

An old and beat up C39-8E is among the interesting locomotives scene at Norfolk Southern's Juniata Shops in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Also of note is the yard slug and the road slug wearing the green... (more)

The Memory Remains

The NS OCS climbs west through Horseshoe Curve, passing the remains of the second derailment on the curve for July. Thankfully, it seems NS learned their lesson an... (more)

The Wrap-around

The NS Office Car Special pulls west out of Altoona, wrapping around Horseshoe Curve a bit after 11 am.

An Amtrak train makes a stop at Altoona station.

Easy does it! Approximately 18,000 tons of coal glides off the NS East Slope and through CP-Altoona on a warm summer morning. The NS 590 is taking coal from western PA to Baltimore, MD for export ... (more)

The Norfolk Southern executive F Units are among the various diesels sitting in the yard at the Juanita Locomotive Shops in Altoona, Pennsylvania. This is one of Norfolk Southern's primary diesel ... (more)

Variety of locomotives in Juniata locomotive shop under a clean sky that would bring heavy rain during the afternoon. Built in 1888 - 1990 and expanded in 1924 - 1925, Juniata Shop it was an expan... (more)

With a train full of UPS containers, NS 20W makes its way through downtown Altoona, PA on a warm summer morning under hazy conditions.

In a move rarely seen, NS 591 heads westbound up Main 1 through CP-Altoona after crossing over from Main 2 in the distance. This rare move was prompted due to the derailment of NS 35A at Horseshoe... (more)

Passengers await the arrival of the Amtrak Pennsylvanian to travel east as NS 10K slowly creeps down the yard lead into the yard in Altoona. The bridge the train is passing under is one of the foo... (more)

NS 20K glides through CP-Altoona and past the former Alto Interlocking tower that once guarded Alto Interlocking in town. The CP-Altoona interlocking now controls all movement through the former A... (more)