NS U52 rolls through Mudlick Junction on ex-Interstate Railroad rails with empty "yellow ball" Southern 70-ton hoppers. U52 is destined to Prescott (Osaka), located less than a mile ahea... (more)

NS J03, Westmoreland Coal's Dump Train, approaches Appalachia on the ex-Southern's St. Charles Branch. J03 is destined to Wentz, on ex-IRR trackage, for unloading.

NS's "Dump Train" eases across the bridge over Pigeon Creek on the ex-Southern's St. Charles Branch. After loading at Holton, the train is destined for unloading at Wentz on the ex-Inter... (more)

After gathering the loads at Critical Fork, located on the ex-Interstate Railroad's Dixiana Branch, U47, an ex-IRR mine run, has returned to Norton and pulled through Bopar onto ex-N&W rails. The ... (more)

NS U48, an ex-Interstate Railroad mine run, turns on the wye at Appalachia on NS's Clinch Valley Extension. After turning, U48 will shove 5 empties along the ex-IRR's Appalachia-Norton main line t... (more)

NS 772 curves through the lush foliage approaching the west portal of Little Tom Tunnel.

WMSR 734 blasts out of a cut and across a bridge high on the mountain in the Mt. Savage area.

The morning sun has just cleared the ridge and glistens off the sides of eastbound Amtrak P030 at Yoder, PA (Keystone Sub) amid blazing fall color.

Q358 struggles upgrade through the S curve approaching Keystone.

WMSR 734 rolls out of the trees and the rising sun at City Junction in the Cumberland Narrows on a Carl Franz Photo Special.

The late afternoon sun illuminates the SD40E helpers on the rear of NS 538 at Summerhill as it slowly makes its way up the West Slope towards Altoona. The view is from the Route 219 bridge high ab... (more)

A pair of SD40E helpers on the rear of NS 25Z rolls westbound into the cut at Ardara, PA. The helpers will be removed from the rear a few miles ahead at Pitcairn and wait to shove the next eastbou... (more)

Loaded oil cans roll eastbound approaching the westbound signal at Wilmerding, PA. Once the rear clears the westbound signal, located less than 100 yards to the right, helpers will be attached to ... (more)

WM 734's light highlights the underside of the smoke rolling off the ceiling in Brush Tunnel on a Carl Franz Photo Special.

Eastbound NS 20W blasts through Larimer two days after the first day of spring in 2015.