Helper set.

This Morrisville-Chicago intermodal pulls through the last of the tunnel as it prepares to descend the western slope towards Pittsburgh.

An 80MAC is in the lead of westbound 35A as it rushes west under the now out of service PRR era "UN" intermediate signal.

With helpers ahead, NS 63V (trash train) heads west through the no longer in service UN PRR era intermediate signal.

A Norfolk Southern intermodal train is about to crest the summit of it's crossing of the Allegheny Mountains (at 2,167 feet [661 m] above sea level) as it passes through Gallitzin, Pennsylvania. ... (more)

A Norfolk Southern ES40DC leads a SD60E pulling a long 10N up the slope towards the Gallitzin tunnels. The train is passing the old PRR position light signals here and the old AR control point tow... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound Pennsylvanian rounds the bend and passes under the PRR position light signal bridge at the UN control point. The train was held in Cresson for signal crews to complete work, and... (more)

Loaded Norfolk Southern coal train NS 590 is slowly grinding its way over the summit of the Alleghenies with a pair of SD40E helpers on the head of the train's ES40DC and C44-9W. While the PRR pos... (more)

An empty Norfolk Southern coal train pops out of Allegheny Tunnel at Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, on September 24, 2009. This train was powered by ES44DC 7637 and Dash 9-44CW 9053. The 3,612 foot l... (more)

A pair of Norfolk Southern EMD's are giving it their all as they pull a heavy loaded coal train up the west slope of the Alleghenies as the setting sun illuminates plumes of smoke and glints off t... (more)

A pair of SD40E helpers shove hard on a loaded coal train as they plunge into the tunnels at Gallitzin as the setting sun casts its golden light on the Pittsburgh Line.

A pair of SD40Es are about to plunge into tunnel at Gallitzen as they push on a long and heavy eastbound freight.

The derailment at Horseshoe curve has been cleared and westbound trains are now rolling through the Gallitzin tunnels. This is the second of three ethanol trains that went through the tunnel westb... (more)