One of Norfolk Southern's SD80MAC's is on the point of empty gypsum train 61I as it climbs the grade around Horseshoe Curve on the Pittsburgh Line. The cars from one of the 35A derailments sit in ... (more)

Norfolk Southern train 20R is well into the famous Horseshoe Curve with the Lehigh Valley heritage ES44AC leadingbrhe eastbound intermodal.

Norfolk Southern shop crews worked for nearly 30 hours to clean up and make shiny the Southern Heritage ES44AC, #8099, for a Monday morning, September 16, office car special that was scheduled to ... (more)

Norfolk Southern intermodal 20R eases past Alto Tower as it heads into Altoona for a crew change before continuing east.

The new turntable at Norfolk Southern's Juniata Shops frames the locomotives parked outside the backshop awaiting work. A C44-9W, AC44C6M, and SD40-2 are seen here on this Sunday morning.

Back in the good ole days of railfanning when the railroad was four-tracks wide, the signal system was as it should be, manifest traffic prevailed and most everyone was friendly, a GP9 and a GP9B ... (more)

NS Heritage unit Illinois Terminal 1072 sits with NS 1133 at the Juniata Locomotive Shops in Altoona.

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.