A Christmas Card from JanuaryAn empty coal train rolls through holiday-decorated Windber, Pennsylvania on a cold winter morning, though nearly a month has passed since Christmas. Wi... (more)
To the Tipple!An empty local coal train, with 4 80MACs (2 on each end) eases through Windber, PA enroute to the tipple at Mine 78 about a mile outside town. While today this track i... (more)
Norfolk Southern C90 pulls up to "SUMMIT" on the South Fork Secondary with two SD80MAC's leading. 101 empty "coal buckets" are sandwiched between two sets of SD80MAC units. Thr... (more)
We lucked out, finding a Rosebud train fully loaded, awaiting a new crew. The crew van arrived after a short wait, and soon we had a train to chase! Here, the C48 climbs out of Windber towards Win... (more)
A pair of MACs get ready to load a train of emtpy hoppers at Rosebud 78 near Windber.
New crossing signals have been installed in Windber but have yet to be cut in, so a cop still has to protect the crossing every a coal train rolls through town and today was no exception as C47 sl... (more)
Two SD80macs shove hard on the tail end of C48 as they head back to South Fork
C47 starts to load the empty coal train just north of Windber.
Bethlemhem Mines #1 sits on a old over grown siding no longer connected to the NS South Fork Secondary in Windber.
C47 slowly creeps into Windber.
C47 has cut there train in half and shoves back to start loading.
The last car is loaded at Rosebud Mine 78 on NS's Southfork Secondary, the only thing needed now is a crew to take it up to Southfork.
Looking almost like an HO scale model, NS 7215 crosses the main drag in Windber, PA and right through the center of town.
NS 7201 leads C91 into Windber, PA. The police officer on the right is there to guard the crossing since there is no signals or gates at the crossings in town.
An unknown SW1 sits in Windber, PA.