The helpers of 12N, still blue NS 3338 and NS 3344, also reflect the setting sun perfectly on this cold Saturday evening in January.

And, looking the other way, the trailing helper, NS 3344, finds a little pocket of sun as it passes milepost 251 across from the Station Inn.

A 3-pack of 80MAC's wait for trains to clear up before heading west to South Fork. This is the second time I have gotten an "alien invasion" shot at Cresson as an EB produces an eerie glow around ... (more)

All is quiet in Sankertown as NS 9241 in charge of an EB rolls over Pennsylvania Ave. at 8:21AM.

NS 3392 waits under the stars and snow clouds for an intermodal train to clear CP-MO before heading down the hill. The right engine was on the right end of this 4-pack of helpers leaving the Cress... (more)

After bringing an empty coal train up the hill for R.J. Corman, the crew has dropped off the 4-unit SD40-2 set (trailing unit: NS 3427) at the Cresson Engine House and is returning to Altoona on a... (more)

Just after sunset, two NS SD40-2's pull an EB van train through CP-MO and over Pennsylvania Ave. in Sankertown, part of Cresson Borough.

The combination of yard lights, street lights and snow made it possible to get a silhouetted profile shot of NS 7210. The engine sits in the engine facility waiting for the word to head west with ... (more)

NS 512 is stopped to get two more helpers on the head end as two Conrail blue SD40-2's pass them.

Right before breakfast on the morning of April 17, A former Conrail SD60 passes by the picture window of the Station Inn breaking the silence in the chilly morning air.

A set of SD40-2's rest up in the Cresson Engine Facility awaiting their turn to assist a train on the "hill". Although SD45-2's no longer rule the Middle Division, one is still supplied with a ste... (more)

Aside from the number boards now reflecting their heritage, this could be a shot from 10 years prior as they cut the helpers on at Cresson

A string of 40's waits their turn for service on "the pit" as to the right a string of 80MAC's are fresh in from a load out at the mine south of South Fork PA.

Light helpers kick up snow as they head east for another push.

NS 69J slab train westbound at CP MO with an Ex-Conrail Dash-8 that has seen its better days and a BNSF unit in the cream and green scheme. They have just cut-off their head-end helpers and one s... (more)