Westbound Philadelphia-Chicago Trailer Train on the Sand Patch Grade.
Q277, westbound autoracks, split the westbound signals in the S curve approaching Manila.
With the summit within reach, westbound CSX Q217 crawls through Manila, PA on Jan. 11, 1997.
Around and around we go
Q389 @ Manila
A spontaneous Magnolia Cutoff trip in the middle of the night turned to be quite a bad idea! As I started heading into the Alleghenies, visibility was horrendous. So I abandoned the cutoff and w... (more)
C&O SD40 No. 7550 leads a westbound manifest up Sand Patch Grade at Manila, PA on August 15, 1982.
Interesting power is becoming less and less these days. Even the Cumberland helper pool runs GEVO's !!
On a awesome morning, CSX S375 screams through Manila, Pa.
Empty auto racks are still struggling to make it up the grade and to the summit, just a short distance west of here.
The colors are starting to come alive, as a veteran leans into the curve at Manila. Check out those numberboards!
This days autorack train, Q261 is heavy enough to warrant helpers on the rear end. The head end is seen here negotiating a superelevated "S" curve and has just about completed its trek up the east... (more)
Toledo bound rack train Q249 twists through the curves at Manilla behind a pair of GE's.
