The sun is setting the day before the Altoona N Scale Weekend, which accounts for the crowd gathered in downtown watching the NS action.

It's tough to believe this beautiful day was in November. Here a CSX manifest rolls through the interlocking at Bayview.

My H28 chase came to an end as the train approached Lancaster in the rapidly fading afternoon sun.

The NS New Holland job didn't have far to go from the end of the line before stopping again to set off a centerbeam at Culpepper Wood Preservers. It seems like they needed to pluck a couple cars o... (more)

The New Holland job was wasting no time in heading back towards home as they left town close to track speed. It's amazing what two 8000hp can do with a dozen cars.

New Holland's nature as a manufacturing and agricultural center are on clear display as the NS local brings a car between facilities. Not pictured: the sound of sheep coming from the building on ... (more)

It's always funny watching big six axle power doing yard work, but here one of NS's 60Es is doing just that in York.

The colorful sky is matched by the Landisville's colorful livery. Here the Chessie look-alike pup shoves their interchange around the wye to leave for NS's Amtrak Harrisburg Line local to pick up.

TPR's second job heads back from Grays Yard with 20 cars for the various distribution that occupy the former Bethlehem Steel plant that's now Tradepoint Atlantic.

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)

Catching the TPR at work has proven to be elusive for me, but an errand over near "The Point" gave me a good chance. Even wilder: posting the photo from a Starbucks that would've been... (more)

These monster stack trains that CSX now runs over the Keystone Sub can stretch all the way to the narrows while STILL working the yard. I don't know how many times I heard "20 more" ... (more)

The Colorado Joint Line is a legendary place in railroading. Here, at Palmer Lake, two western behemoths come together for a shared trip down the Front Range. Here, a BNSF manifest heads past the ... (more)

This being my first time in Colorado I was blown away by how "in the middle of nowhere" places that, even if they're actually near the growing metropolises, can be. Here, a lone GEVO ... (more)

Colorado is a fascinating place, with juxtapositions of old and new and wilderness and civilization everywhere. Here, a pair of GEVOs lead a "classic" manifest across a bridge still l... (more)