A set of SD40E helpers based out of Cresson shoves train 16G through the Horseshoe Curve ignites before arriving in Altoona for crew change. There the helpers will be cut off the train and proceed... (more)

NS Train 21V heads West through the famous Horseshoe Curve. The curve opened February 15, 1854 and was engineered by J. Edgar Thompson. It is located at Kittaning Point, at the base of the Alleghe... (more)

The Juniata Shops is an original Pennsylvania Railroad Facility. The original Altoona shops were built in 1850 with the first locomotive repairs occurring in December of 1852. The Juniata Shops we... (more)

The Juniata Shops is an original Pennsylvania Railroad Facility. The original Altoona shops were built in 1850 with the first locomotive repairs occurring in December of 1852. The Juniata Shops we... (more)

The NS Safety train is on a layover in Altoona before it proceeds West to Cresson for a weekend class.

NS 8731, one of Nine Tired old war wagons heading west out of Altoona in one of these so called "funeral" trains.

Nine tired NS war wagons head west for what will be their last trip out of Altoona. These units have been sold to Larry's Truck & Electric in Ohio and maybe someday, some of them will get a second... (more)

Racing up the Mountain

NS 8114, in charge of 67T and with a fresh crew, started its run up the mountain only to be blind-sided by 21M on the approach to WORKS. The two trains would d... (more)

There’s quite a variety of power to be seen in this 1992 view of the area outside of Conrail’s Juniata shops. Beside the front-and-center E8’s used on Office Car Specials, the Conrail model ... (more)

Westbound helpers head into Horseshoe curve.

A welded rail train meets an intermodal train as it passes the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, PA.

A pair of SD40E helpers bring up the rear of a westbound stack train.

A lone ES44AC, NS 8165, leads a short eastbound through Altoona.

The Ringling Brothers circus train began its day in Philadelphia, and is now getting ready to proceed west from Altoona. Two GP40-2’s have been adequate to get the train to Altoona, but now an S... (more)

A westbound empty hopper train charges past Conrail’s Juniata shops in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The helpers for the grade to Gallitzin haven’t yet been added, but I’m sure that the C36-7/SD40 ... (more)