I love it when NS puts on a private show. For some reason, 11N's helpers couldn't cut off on the fly, so they stopped the train and did whatever they had to do. Lucikly, the lights of the Martin g... (more)

NS 63V-26 has NS 8025 Monongahela leading heading westbound through Gallitzin PA bound for Mingo Junction OH 8-27-24.

Gallitzin Glow: As the sun shines its last rays of sun on the West Slope of the NS Pittsburgh Line, NS 1031 roars out of the Gallitzin tunnels with EMD NS 1031 leading the way.

NS 1072 leads an intermodal out of tunnel hill.

A westbound freight exits the tunnel at Gallitzen in the late afternoon sun.

An empty ethanol train climbs towards the summit of the grade at Gallitzin while 11K sits stalled on track one.

Slope Swing: NS 7579 leads a long NS 39G manifest train westbound through Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, along the West Slope of the NS Pittsburgh Line.

Having tied on to the caboose in Altoona, a helper set of EMD (ex-EL) SD45 6085 & SD40-2 6369 are in run 8 as they keep a Westbound manifest freight moving up and over the summit of the Alleghenie... (more)

NS 8156, leading 36A, emerges from the New Portage Tunnel as it heads eastbound on the NS Pittsburgh Line.

After pushing a train West up the Allegheny Mountains, a Conrail helper set of EMD's SD35 6048 (ex-CNJ) and SDP45 6690 (ex-EL) have cut off at UN interlocking. They're now headed over to Cresson... (more)

A westbound manifest train blasts out of one of the famous Gallitzin tunnels as it crests the Alleghenys.

Tunnel Coal: NS 8167 leads a Baltimore bound loaded NS 650 coal train down the slide and out of the east end of the Gallitzin Tunnels on the west slope of the Pittsburgh line.

Tunnel Meets: Fresh NS 4753 leads manifest train NS 39G out of the Gallitzin Tunnels, as it meets the eastbound Pennsylvanian Amtrak 42 in the middle of a snow shower.

Morning Rush: Just after sunrise, manifest 12G works its way down the slide past AR tower, as a coating of snow has dusted the area in the past few hours.

Conrail EMD GP40-2 No. 3378 leads an eastbound CR freight out of Gallitzin Tunnel at Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, on October 23, 1988. In 1995, the Gallitzin Tunnel was abandoned in favor of an adjoin... (more)