Blue skies, lush green foliage and SD40-2s...must be summer in the Allegheny Mountains. Westbound 11A (Reading to Conway) manifest struggles up and around Horseshoe Curve with a pair of SD40-2 helpers up front, and three additional road units, including another SD40-2. This train would have a pair of SD40-2s shoving on the rear. In just a few short years, SD40E rebuilds would take over the helper duty and scenes like this would be all but a memory.
