19G sails downgrade through Cassandra

A set of SD40E helpers push a loaded crude oil train towards the summit at Gallitzin.

An intermodal, lead by a lone NS ES44AC, overtakes a loaded oil train on track one.

The Lackawanna heritage unit leads a late running 21E Chicago bound intermodal on a snowy, blustery evening at Cassandra, PA.

The Chicago to Harrisburg intermodal climbs the West Slope at Cassandra, PA on a frigid Winter evening.

"Slippery Rails and a Heavy Manifest"

An NS manifest heads up the West Slope with 5 units powering this heavy manifest. Tucked away in the fourth position is a rare GP38AC, one... (more)

Standard Cab SD70 Leads a train through Cassandra, PA

It's a race up the West Slope...a set of SD40E rebuilds shoves an intermodal towards the summit with an autorack set gaining ground fast.

The dark silence at the famed Cassandra Bridge is momentarily broken by a light helper set coasting by downgrade.

Going back to spring 2014, we spent a long weekend on the NS Pittsburgh line during memorial day weekend and the action was very good, in this shot NS train 26T is thundering up hill through Cassa... (more)

Fresh powder, around 6 inches of snow blanketed the area the night before. Here an empty coal train heads west as a container train heads east.

"Last of the Foliage"

An empty oil train is seen heading Westbound at Cassandra with the last of 2014's fall foliage on the trees.

"Empties Headed West"

NS 539 heads Westbound at Cassandra after waiting nearly two hours for an 11V that had engine troubles to clear the crossover from track 3 to track 2 at MO.

"Racing up the Mountain"

The helpers of 14G struggle to keep their train moving as 18N rips past them on track 2 with the two GE's making quick work of the West Slope due to thei... (more)

8391 leads one of the first runs of 61N.