K81 returns to Taylor with a pair of SD40-2s that had previously spent a big chunk of their careers as Altoona helpers.

On a beautiful Summer afternoon, a pair of SD40-2s lead a local over the famed Rockville Bridge out of Enola yard headed for the Buffalo Line.

H53 passes over a coal train that is waiting to enter Enola Yard.

Southbound long hood .

Switching yard.

"The Portland Turn"

The tri-weekly local for Portland, NS H76 almost always has interesting power as it receives its power based on whats available in Allentown. On this day ... (more)

NS H74 about to cross the Delaware River on the former Lehigh and Hudson River bridge.

There's no traffic on the road this afternoon. Only thing moving is the H74 heading back to Allentown Yard.

H74 with a pair of NS SD40-2s crossing the Delaware River from Easton, Pennsylvania to Phillipsburg. This is the first of two crossings, of the Delaware River on its trip to Slateford Junction. A ... (more)

NS H74 climbing out of Portland with empties picked up at Slateford Junction from the Delaware Lackawanna.

H74 heading back to Allentown Yard, after dropping off cars for the Delaware Lackawanna at Slateford Junction.

After assisting the 14G into Altoona yard, helper set 3427 & 3347 head to their next assignment.

The last of the blue SD40-2's in the Johnstown-Altoona helper pool, battered 3347 is tied on to the back of a loaded PPL coal train on a cold and snowy night.

A set of 4 SD40-2 helpers shove hard on the rear of a loaded coal drag as the train passes under what was then a recently replaced signal bridge. The SD40s are a dying breed on the West Slope in 2... (more)

End of an era. It seemed that the CR painted SD40-2 helper sets would never disappear. Witness NS 3347 (formally the last CR painted SD40-2 in the helper pool) assist a westbound manifest down the... (more)