2 Sd40-2's shove on the tail end of a stack train.
2 Sd40-2's shove on the tail end of a loaded coal train.
Two SD40-2's glide downgrade under the signal bridge to the Cresson Engine Terminal.
Taken from on board the Northbound (SP Westbound) Coast Daylight as the helper units came back from Cuesta. #3009 was a passenger equipped locomotive.
NS 3336 rolls across Arch St. and is framed in the ex-Cresson Secondary which taken out of service in 1995 to allow doublestacks to use the Pittsburgh Line.
A helper set heads west with clear signals shown for tracks 2 and 3 on the signal bridge at MP 238.3. The sign in the foreground shows track numbers and the dragging equipment detector can be see... (more)
A trio of Chessie cats descend Sand Patch Grade, on the prowl for another westbound which they will assist to the summit.
Helpers assist an eastbound coal drag between Cresson and Gallitzin. Over a decade later, SD40-2s still hold down helper assignments on the Pittsburgh Line.
The snow continues to fall as the rear end of the slab train crosses a traffic-free Parkway. The inclement weather probably kept people with more common sense from driving anywhere!
A broadside view provides a good illustration of the similarities between W&LE and D&RGW paint schemes.
Helpers on yet another W&LE slab train work west on the old P&WV as sunshine and blue skies return to the Pittsburgh area.
A pair of helpers await some TLC at the Cresson engine house on a bitter cold day on the West Slope
Two of the Wheeling's more interesting units (Kodachrome 2662 and AC&Y 107) comprise the helper set on a loaded slab train.
This is what mountain railroading is all about! On a snowy, cold January day light helpers head up the hill to Cresson through the sleepy town of Lilly. I love the fact that with the snow it looks... (more)
