The sun has all but disapeared behind the trees as 22W reaches the top of the mountain.

An eastbound intermodal takes over an eastbound manifest just north of Cresson. When NS runs them, they run them. This was 1 of 5 trains we saw in a 30 minute time period along the NS Pittsburgh ... (more)

With the derail restored and locked the C91 finally gets out at YD and heads west to Conemaugh with the 5 80MAC's and 11 mty salt cars while the 578 power is still stuck on 1 west at the engine ho... (more)

Awaiting her next assignment...........

Some internal problems have rewarded 3806 a trip back to Juniata to find out what is wrong. It is set out at Cresson awaiting pick up.

As 13G rolls by on track 1, NS 590 begins it's slow decent down in to Altoona, PA on a picture perfect winter morning.

A clean SD45-2 leads a helper set into the Cresson Engine Terminal for servicing.

My last train of the trip.

Minus 1 degree railfanning in blowing snow. We stayed at The Station Inn across the street www.stationinnpa.com. Tom was great and provided maps to where we needed to go, plus breakfast! What more... (more)

The sun begins to burn through the dense fog as a Norfolk Southern helper set tacks onto the hind end of a westbound coal drag about to depart from Cresson, PA.

The scene is now different as the pushers work towards the summit in the snow, by the time they make it to curve in the photo, it was snowing so hard that the train will disappear in the distance.

For the moment, the snow has stop and sun is shining, but in a hour the snow will return.

After getting in the Hot wheel detector at MP PT253.1 and cutting out the truck on the 6th engine, then dealing with the Road Foreman, the 098 power move finally rolls by with MRS Locomotives enro... (more)

11A (Reading to Conway) glides west thru Cresson with an Altoona crew headed to The Sewickley Country Inn for the night to bring the 18G back the next day.