A westbound blasts out of the Allegheny Tunnel in Gallitzin, PA as a light snow falls. Visitors can replay this scene over and over from the deck or their room windows of the recently reopened Tu... (more)

This Norfolk Southern intermodal train crawls out of the Allegheny Tunnel on the former PRR mainline as it reaches the summit of the Eastern Continental Divide.

NS 11J lights up the signals at 245.5. These are the last signals on the East Slope of the Allegheny Mountains before the Allegheny Tunnel.

NS W9Q emerges from Allegheny Tunnel with an SD70 leading.

NS M0G passes by CP AR's EB signal replacements and lights up AR Tower in the background. A full moon helped light up this scene.

NS 12G descends the Allegheny Mountains at AR. AR Tower is looking worse for wear and might be torn down in the future.

Six locomotives escort a single boxcar east at UN in Gallitzin, Pa.

A westbound exits the west portal of Gallitzin Tunnel at Gallitzin, Pa.

An eastbound intermodal gets a push from a pair of SD40E's at the summit of the eastbound grade passing the derelict AR Tower.

Two units lead the westbound Pennsylvanian over the Alleghenies

Heading Back West After Helping Train 14G

Norfolk Southern’s crossing of the Allegheny Mountains west of Altoona requires a lot of helper sets. And on this line, those helpers are... (more)

The NS Training First Responders train, running as NS 043, is seen coming off of the seldom used loop track that connects UN Jct. to AR. This was one of the parts of the ferry move from Altoona to... (more)

After a long wait by this photographer in Gallitzin, the NS Safety train finally emerged from the West portal of the Allegheny Tunnel. As a career firefighter this train is one of my favorites. On... (more)

NS Train 23Z heads West out of the portal in Gallitzin. The tunnel which contains tracks 2 and 3 were opened in 1904 for the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Twenty-Seven and a half minutes elapse in this collection of four shots layered together as the Pennsy signal bridge at AR (Allegheny Range) stands tall against the backdrop of the swirling night ... (more)