A pair of MACs get ready to load a train of emtpy hoppers at Rosebud 78 near Windber.

Our chase of 178 with a rare set of SD80MAC's began at Vickers Junction, as the pair passes under the New York Central style signal bridge at CP 285.

SD80MAC's aren't all too common in the flat lands of Ohio anymore, so fellow RP contributor Aaron Border and I jumped on the chase. Here the pair is seen passing a patriotic barn north of Fremont.

178 passes the hulk of a Penn Central E8 as it eases into Bellevue...a study in contrast between different eras of EMD locomotive design.

On the return portion of their rare trip to Ohio and Michigan, this pair of NS SD80MAC's led mixed bag 178 down the Toledo District towards Bellevue. Once there, they will be sent back to the coal... (more)

A pair of 80MAC's make it back to their old stomping grounds on the Chicago main in Toledo!

NS 7213 leads the C48 out of the South Fork Yard and will head for C in Johnstown.

Western PA gets its fair share of snow, but it isn't too often that you can find yourself up to your neck in it. I found myself literally up to my neck in the white stuff while walking across a fi... (more)

Two Big Mac's pull a loaded coal train eastbound up hill towards Altoona.

A pair of SD80MAC's lead an eastbound coal train, UBT-146, by westbound OIPI-9 between Ardara and Larimer.

New crossing signals have been installed in Windber but have yet to be cut in, so a cop still has to protect the crossing every a coal train rolls through town and today was no exception as C47 sl... (more)

Having plowed Track 1 at left the day before, the former Conrail Jordan/80MAC combination is just about done with its work on Track 2 as it rolls toward the bottom of the hill at Slope. Next up a ... (more)

Former Conrail 80MAC 4116 leads northbound CSX autorack train Q272 from Louisville. The 807 now has been renumbered to the 4597.

MACs up the hill.

80MAC's roll a string of empties west past a loaded coal train on #3 waiting for a recrew, and another string of empties sitting on 1 Pitt.