A U25B/GP38 helper set shoves hard on the rear of a Penn Central coal train climbing the final miles to the summit of the Alleghenies. The uphill tracks are covered with sand from the countless ot... (more)

NS 1800, the first of the SD70s to be rebuilt into a SD70ACC, leads 18N up the West Slope through Cresson.

A westbound Norfolk Southern intermodal train meets an eastbound coal train at Cresson, Pennsylvania, on September 18, 2019. A pair of Dash 9-44CWs – NS 9411 and 9012 – are powering this trai... (more)

A westbound Norfolk Southern intermodal train has begun its decent down the railroad’s West Slope of the Pittsburgh Line as it approaches Cresson, Pennsylvania, on September 18, 2019. A pair of... (more)

Rolling downgrade into Cresson, Pennsylvania, is a Norfolk Southern intermodal train powered by ES44AC 8007 and SD70ACC 1806. This train is passing under fairly new signals, which replaced the an... (more)

The Alleghenies’ fall colors are still a few weeks off as a Norfolk Southern intermodal train crosses the mountains on September 18, 2019. This westbound, led by Dash 9-44CWs 9205 and 9319, is ... (more)

Norfolk Southern ES44AC 8114, the Norfolk Southern* Heritage unit, leads eastbound coal train 746 (Shire Oaks PA to Belews Creek NC) through Cresson, in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny Mountains. NS 8... (more)

Norfolk Southern coal train 776 is working hard upgrade, with the MGA heritage unit acting as a rear DPU. The train is seen here passing the now extinct MP 252 signal bridge. This was the oldest s... (more)

Norfolk Southern AC44C6M 4208 and Dash 9-40CW 9162 lead an intermodal train through Cresson, Pennsylvania, in the Allegheny Mountains. Headed east is an ethanol train, likely headed for New Jerse... (more)

A pair of NS SD60E's lead empty coal train 539 as it begins its descent of the west slope of the Alleghenies, passing under the PRR signal bridge outside Cresson. This unique bridge was built into... (more)

Who has more horsepower? A jet engine snowblower sits next to some idling power waiting for a coal train to come off of the RJ Corman. The jet engine snowblower is used in the Altoona to Johnstown... (more)

A new AC44C6M rebuild leads NS 26T east through Cresson, PA. The building on the right is used as a base for local NS MOW forces in the area while the platform on the left is for railfans to relax... (more)

As summer is quickly passing, MOW is still in full swing on the Pittsburgh Line. The second of two MOW extra trains for August 11th, out of Altoona, takes 7 loaded ballast cars up to Cresson. The ... (more)

A set of NS SD40E helper sets glides down the slow and approaches the now extinct PRR Position Light signal bridge in Cresson PA.