3 stages of rebuilds in a line. NS 4095 has just recently started to be rebuilt into a AC44C6M, 4094 behind has had all the work done and will be painted soon, and 4119 was rebuilt at Roanoke and ... (more)

Intermodal train 21M, led by AC44C6M 4000, passes AC44C6CF 8520 at Juniata Locomotive Shop in Altoona, Pa. Photo by Casey Thomason. For more information about Norfolk Southern, visit more)

Introducing the latest in Norfolk Southern's DC to AC conversion technology: AC44C6CF number 8520. Originally built by General Electric in 1996 as Dash 9-40CW number 8946, the unit was recently ... (more)

Conrail at its best, with a freshly-repainted SD50 westbound near MG Tower. This locomotive was rebuilt by NS in 2011 with a 3,000 hp 16-645 prime mover and classified as an SD40E; renumbered to ... (more)

Double Headed Pennsylvanian

The daily Pennsylvanian looked a bit different than usual on an unseasonably cool June morning as it was running with two P42DCs as apposed to the u... (more)

Penn Central Heritage on the Pittsburgh Line

General manifest NS 38Q proceeds East through Altoona as storm clouds loom overhead with the Penn Central Heritage heritage unit NS... (more)

The Morning Trash Train

NS 62V brings empty trash containers bound for South Kearney, NJ through Altoona, PA as the train passes an unmanned but still standing ALTO tower.

Brrrrr!

I'm not sure what possessed me to go up here on the first snowfall last year, but it was much easier to fly a drone around than try to climb up the hill. Besides, I got a rea... (more)

Union Pacific's 1943 (Veterans) leads NS 066 on the return to Omaha over Horseshoe Curve in Altoona, PA as it passes the signals at 241. The "other than NS or Amtrak" leader is very rare... (more)

Union Pacific's 1943 (Veterans) leads NS 066 on the return to Omaha over Horseshoe Curve in Altoona, PA. The "other than NS or Amtrak" leader is very rare on this line due to the need fo... (more)

Another intermodal works it's way westward around the famous Horseshoe Curve.

Following a successful event for the Union Pacific executives and some shareholders, the train is now enroute back to the Union Pacific and is rounding the NS Horseshoe Curve west of Altoona, PA a... (more)

NS 066, Union Pacific Business train, heads east through Altoona on the Norfolk Pittsburgh Line. 1943 had its CNW style cab signals removed and CR style signals installed for the trip over NS.

The Union Pacific 1943 Office Car special is seen here passing the Horseshoe Curve. The train is on its return trip back to home rails.

While ALTO Tower saw many things in its years of serving the railroads it served, it never saw anything like UP 1943 pass by. Here, NS train 066 enters Altoona., PA passing the now closed ALTO Tow... (more)