The last of four SD40E helpers disappears down the menacing Slide, assisting in the braking of a PPLX coal train destined for Strawberry Ridge. On the front were two clean looking Conrail SD60I's ... (more)
A Four-Pack of SD40E helpers assist a PPLX coal train dropping down the Slide into the New Portage Tunnel. Even in person, the 2.2 grade looks just as dramatic.
This past winter, heavy snow squalls dumped inches of snow within minutes.
A set of helpers drifts downhill under a soon to be demolished PRR signal bridge.
As the sun rises over Altoona, PA, a pair of SD40E's head west past a 4-pack of SD40E's running east back to the Juniata facility to await their next assignment.