In the endless parade of trains around Horseshoe Curve another westbound freight grinds up the eastern slope of the Alleghenies with an SD-45 and SD-40 shoving hard on the cabin car.

The SD-45 and C-636 are in notch 8 as they shove a freight up the eastern slope of the Alleghenies. The open cab windows and doors provide little relief for the pusher crew from the cloud of exhau... (more)

A trio of SD80MAC's fight 130 cars of coal down and around Horseshoe Curve.

With newly rebuilt AC44C6M locomotives being added to the roster with numbers in the 4000 series, the Norfolk Southern Executive units had to be renumbered and repainted. Here, in Altoona, the F ... (more)

Flowers at the Gravesite

Conrail GP9B 3807 awaits the torch in the Altoona dead line. The curvature of the frame is a good indicator of the cause of death.

A pair of NS GEs ease a loaded coal train down the slide and into Bennington curve on an absolutely freezing cold fall morning.

Back in the good ole days of Big Blue, symbol freight ALPI (Allentown-Conway) is beginning its ascent to Gallitzin at Brickyard crossing with a pair of SD40-2 helpers coupled ahead of the road pow... (more)

Five prototype “DC to AC” rebuild locomotives gathered together on the circle tracks in front of Juniata Locomotive Shop’s newly installed turntable for a family portrait in Altoona, PA, on ... (more)

You'd Think I Would Have Learned My Lesson

...after last year's adventure to the west leg of Horseshoe Curve in the snow, right?

Wrong.

In spite of 4 inches of ... (more)

A variety of EMD power is outside Norfolk Southern's Juniata Shops in Altoona, including an SD80MAC and SD60I (both of Conrail heritage) and a brand new SD70ACC rebuild awaiting paint.

A pair of SD40E helpers assist a heavy eastbound down the hill around Horseshoe Curve in some foggy and wintery conditions

Still marked as the number of the SD70 it was rebuilt from, SD70ACC sits among the locomotives at Norfolk Southern's Juniata Shops in Altoona, Pennsylvania. This SD70ACC was rebuilt by Progress Ra... (more)

NS 4146 and CREX 1403 lead 20R past the former ALTO Tower and a 3 way meet with a coal drag entering Rose Yard and a westbound intermodal heading up the hill.

Norfolk Southern poses five of its specially painted DC to AC rebuilds outside of the Juniata Shops in Altoona, Pennsylvania. These prototypes represent Norfolk Southern's commitment to recycle ol... (more)

Two NS trains make their way through the west side of the Altoona Yards and pass by the Juniata Shops. On the right, an intermodal speeds by on the main, while a manifest freight on the left eases... (more)