Just a few hundred yards from its destination, a pair of NS 80macs head into the afternoon sun.
Today's NS 590 races an Amtrak regional toward Baltimore. My money's on the meatball.
Freezing, snowing, and the cake is complete as the icing rolls by. I went down for some close-ups of this rare CSX SD80mAC before when it was sitting and waiting for it's next crew, and I f... (more)
A pair of ex Conrail units sit in the early afternoon sun awaiting their next assignment.
Gallitzin! It's a great place to railfan. And while you are at it, stay at the Tunnel Inn, the railroad themed bed and breakfast seen in the background. Hot coffee and warm apple-maple muffins on ... (more)
Half the fleet of CSX SD80MACs are seen here along with an orange HLCX leaser in the back. These units are going thru various tests and all are cranked up and running. Not sure what CSX will do wi... (more)
In early 2001 WC borrowed some former Conrail SD80MACs to test DP performance on seasonal ore trains operating from Minnesota to Escanaba, Michigan. Here 802 leads a WC SD45 south on the DM&IR wit... (more)
An Ex-Con under the Cheddar Curtain! For whatever reason, SD80MAC #7200 has found it's way to the head end of a northbound CN manifest as it throttles up to make the final short pull from Byron Hi... (more)
A pair of 80MACs are shifted around the yard, date is approximate.
5 SD80MAC's and a single geep rest in South Fork Yard on a slow Monday for coal.
A rare sight to see: A former Conrail SD80MAC not in coal service on the West Slope. Today, the NS 7203 is called to lead a manifest train from Birmingham, AL to Allentown, PA, seen passing MP 58 ... (more)
SD80MACs await their next run to the coal plants
NS SD80MACs await their next assignment at the Cresson Engine Terminal
NS 650 Coal Train with 99 cars of coal at the RT 53 bridge in Gallitzin, PA
NS 591 Tied down at Peters Creek waiting for a crew to go south.