High Hood Weather
NS HI10, the Holidaysburg turn, returns to Rose Yard. This train usually uses a GP40-2 slug set, but when its regular power needs servicing at Juniata, NS 5209, an ex-Sou... (more)
Norfolk Southern 92Z rounds the Horseshoe Curve in Altoona, PA with a loaded Herzog ballast train from Dyer Quarry. Trailing is a Wells Fargo Leaser SD70MAC.
An array of locomotives sit outside in the yard at the Juniata Locomotive Shop in Altoona, PA as the shop crew uses SW1001 2102 to move power towards the turntable.
Thanks to track work east of Altoona, for three weeks this summer, nocteernial local C52 operated in daylight. With 5 cars in tow and their usual trio of GP38-2s, C52 passes through the Horseshoe ... (more)
Horseshoe Hustle:
NS 1074, the Lackawanna Heritage Unit, leads westbound manifest NS 39G toward Horseshoe Curve, as the train begins its climb up the slope of the mountain.
A westbound NS intermodal is headed up grade at the Horseshoe Curve just out of Altoona. The conductor on the head end gives a friendly wave to the train watchers on the inside of the curve as the... (more)