Classics NS 9549, a beat-up Dash 9, awaits rebuild at Juniata. In the background, an SD45-2 is awaiting accident repairs, and 8688, the Juniata fuel tender, sits with a wrecked Dash 9.
Where the wounded locomotives go for care, we see one that’s in the process of being repaired back to service at Norfolk Southerns Juniata shop.
"Cresting the Hill" NS 215 running behind makes a afternoon appearance in Erlanger, from this vantage point you could see the train cresting the 1.7 % grade at Erlanger.
Westbound 15V passes the signals at CP ENON.
Long shadows from the rivets and glint on the engines means only one thing, the day is coming to a close as an eastbound hustles towards Altoona.
NS 17R is heading East on track 2 going under the signals at CP 285. Note that track 1's lit up for a Westbound.
NS 123 drifts west towards NA tower on the old Conrail Cincinnati Line. The track in the foreground services the St. Bernard Soap Company recently operated by Proctor and Gamble.
NS 9549 leads a High & Wide move up Track 3 at Cassandra.
NS 9549 rounds the bend splitting the corn fields on either side. Within a month, this shot will change as the corn grows taller.