Can Opener on the Curve

21E crawls by the popular west overlook on Horseshoe Curve with a little Conrail blue in command.

An Eastbound manifest grinds up the grade at Lilly passing under the soon to be extinct automatic signals. The signals on the West Slope are expected to be removed very soon in favor of positive t... (more)

Former CR 6101, now bearing PRR reporting marks, is leading an eastbound manifest beneath the signal bridge at Warrior Ridge, PA - some 4 miles west of Huntingdon. Fuji Velvia.

Former CR 5546 renumbered with PRR reporting marks has a westbound passing the old signal bridge at Leshville, several miles east of Newport, on an autumn afternoon. Fuji Velvia.

When the four-track signal bridges began falling along the old Middle Division in central Pennsylvania, incident to double-tracking and installation of CTC in the mid-80s, east/west facing pedesta... (more)

Leading eastbound 111 the Wabash heritage unit is in charge as it heads for Danville before then turning south.

A westbound Norfolk Southern manifest rumbles through Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania. The near track is the former Reading & Columbia branch of the Reading, now operated by East Penn Railway.

A friendly face on a sad day. Norfolk Southern 1068 (Erie Railroad Heritage/Tribute) leads intermodal train 22W by CP MG and the former MG Tower on the afternoon of Sunday, May 5, 2019. The Erie w... (more)

Timothy Pavlic's thoroughly distressing image of the removal of the signal bridge at Tipton, PA (#695467) prompted me to view some of my images from several years back in requiem. The autumn of 19... (more)

NS 376 continues the northbound parade across High Bridge with the Reading and Conrail heritage units leading the way

Norfolk Southern Corp Train 294 passes the SteelStacks in Bethlehem, PA with Norfolk Southern Corp's "Reading Railroad" Heritage Unit 1067 (SD70ACe) in the lead on Wednesday, April 3, 20... (more)

Norfolk Southern Corp's "Reading Railroad" Heritage Unit 1067 (SD70ACe) leads Train 294 through a farm adjoining the the Allentown and Auburn Railroad in Topton, PA at 172W on Track 1 on... (more)

The high speed super-elevated curve through Mapleton, PA was always a great spot to watch traffic with the classic PRR-era signal bridge spanning the right of way. Alas, the signal bridge and posi... (more)

NS 38Q heads east under the PRR Signals at MP 193 in Mapleton PA. The very next day. The signals here went dark and were taken down.

Heads or Tails?

While 67Z was stopped at CP MO to cut his helper off, I booked it into Lilly. An eastbound manifest came out of the cut at Cassandra to the west, and being blocked se... (more)