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4/19/2025
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Four helpers push hard on the rear of a hopper train
Title:  Four helpers push hard on the rear of a hopper train
Description:  At first I thought it was coal train and then I saw what looked like sand above the top of the cars. Does anyone know what train this is?
Photo Date:  5/30/2015  Upload Date: 6/10/2015 12:17:56 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 6300(SD40E) NS 6327(SD40E) NS 6310(SD40E) NS 6306(SD40E)
Views:  178   Comments: 0
Four SD40E's push hard on the rear of a hopper train
Title:  Four SD40E's push hard on the rear of a hopper train
Description:  At first I thought it was coal train and then I saw what looked like sand above the top of the cars. Does anyone know what train this is?
Photo Date:  5/30/2015  Upload Date: 6/10/2015 12:17:57 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 6306(SD40E) NS 6310(SD40E) NS 6327(SD40E) NS 6300(SD40E)
Views:  179   Comments: 0
Two SD40E helpers glide downhill
Title:  Two SD40E helpers glide downhill
Description:  The railroad was still mostly SD40-2 helpers at the time.
Photo Date:  4/19/2009  Upload Date: 1/16/2018 3:24:43 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 6306(SD40E) NS 6301(SD40E)
Views:  489   Comments: 0
Four helpers push hard on the rear of a coal train
Title:  Four helpers push hard on the rear of a coal train
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/30/2015  Upload Date: 6/10/2015 12:22:17 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 6324(SD40E) NS 6333(SD40E) NS 6321(SD40E) NS 6301(SD40E)
Views:  228   Comments: 0
Four SD60E's push hard on the rear of a coal train
Title:  Four SD60E's push hard on the rear of a coal train
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/30/2015  Upload Date: 6/10/2015 12:22:18 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 6301(SD40E) NS 6321(SD40E) NS 6333(SD40E) NS 6324(SD40E)
Views:  208   Comments: 0
A helper set heads toward Altoona
Title:  A helper set heads toward Altoona
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/31/2015  Upload Date: 6/10/2015 12:32:38 PM
Location:  Cassandra, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 6301(SD40E)
Views:  102   Comments: 0
Two SD40E's work hard on the rear of an eastbound intermodal
Title:  Two SD40E's work hard on the rear of an eastbound intermodal
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/30/2015  Upload Date: 6/10/2015 12:13:43 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 6302(SD40E) NS 6325(SD40E)
Views:  220   Comments: 0
Helpers coming downhill through Altoona.
Title:  Helpers coming downhill through Altoona.
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/18/2013  Upload Date: 11/27/2013 4:08:03 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6321(SD40E) NS 6303(SD40E)
Views:  181   Comments: 0
A helper set heads upgrade
Title:  A helper set heads upgrade
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/31/2015  Upload Date: 6/10/2015 12:27:24 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 6317(SD40E) NS 6303(SD40E)
Views:  165   Comments: 0
Two SD40E's push a manifest through Cassandra
Title:  Two SD40E's push a manifest through Cassandra
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/31/2015  Upload Date: 6/10/2015 12:27:32 PM
Location:  Cassandra, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 6304(SD40E) NS 6319(SD40E)
Views:  119   Comments: 0
Helpers on the back of an intermodal.
Title:  Helpers on the back of an intermodal.
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/18/2013  Upload Date: 11/27/2013 4:07:02 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6326(SD40E) NS 6305(SD40E)
Views:  149   Comments: 0
NS 6305 waits for its next assignment at Dundee Yard
Title:  NS 6305 waits for its next assignment at Dundee Yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/25/2024  Upload Date: 4/30/2024 10:28:51 PM
Location:  Danville, VA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6305(SD40E)
Views:  86   Comments: 0
NS 6904 and NS 6305 wait for their next assignments at Dundee Yard
Title:  NS 6904 and NS 6305 wait for their next assignments at Dundee Yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/25/2024  Upload Date: 4/30/2024 10:28:54 PM
Location:  Danville, VA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  NS 6305(SD40E) NS 6904(SD60E)
Views:  107   Comments: 0
Lots of power!
Title:  Lots of power!
Description:  Coming upgrade heading east. This train had four helpers on the head end and two more on the rear.
Photo Date:  5/30/2015  Upload Date: 6/10/2015 12:17:46 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 6307(SD40E) NS 6326(SD40E) NS 6322(SD40E)
Views:  260   Comments: 0
Four helpers lead an eastbound upgrade
Title:  Four helpers lead an eastbound upgrade
Description:  Two more were on the rear.
Photo Date:  5/30/2015  Upload Date: 6/10/2015 12:17:47 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 6307(SD40E) NS 6322(SD40E) NS 6326(SD40E)
Views:  252   Comments: 0
Helpers and railfans.
Title:  Helpers and railfans.
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/18/2013  Upload Date: 11/27/2013 4:07:43 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6308(SD40E)
Views:  122   Comments: 0
Helpers head back down to Altoona for their next assignment
Title:  Helpers head back down to Altoona for their next assignment
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/31/2015  Upload Date: 6/10/2015 12:27:25 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 6310(SD40E)
Views:  106   Comments: 0
A helper set works to keep a downgrade intermodal in check
Title:  A helper set works to keep a downgrade intermodal in check
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/31/2015  Upload Date: 6/10/2015 12:32:39 PM
Location:  Cassandra, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NS 6310(SD40E)
Views:  105   Comments: 0
Two SD40E's work hard on the rear of an eastbound manifest
Title:  Two SD40E's work hard on the rear of an eastbound manifest
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/30/2015  Upload Date: 6/10/2015 12:13:36 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 6311(SD40E) NS 6330(SD40E)
Views:  227   Comments: 0
A helper set heads back to Rose Yard
Title:  A helper set heads back to Rose Yard
Description:  At the "Brickyard"
Photo Date:  5/31/2015  Upload Date: 6/10/2015 12:27:24 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 6312(SD40E)
Views:  106   Comments: 0
Pushing hard.
Title:  Pushing hard.
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/18/2013  Upload Date: 11/27/2013 4:07:01 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6313(SD40E) NS 6328(SD40E)
Views:  155   Comments: 0
One helper set assists a stack train while another waits
Title:  One helper set assists a stack train while another waits
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/30/2015  Upload Date: 6/10/2015 12:09:37 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 6332(SD40E) NS 6313(SD40E) NS 6318(SD40E)
Views:  251   Comments: 0
Helpers gliding downhill.
Title:  Helpers gliding downhill.
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/18/2013  Upload Date: 11/27/2013 4:07:02 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6314(SD40E) NS 6327(SD40E)
Views:  167   Comments: 0
Helpers of the EB oil train.
Title:  Helpers of the EB oil train.
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/18/2013  Upload Date: 11/27/2013 4:06:52 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6314(SD40E)
Views:  154   Comments: 0
Helper Set on the middle track in Cresson
Title:  Helper Set on the middle track in Cresson
Description:  He was wating for the stacker in the background to clear
Photo Date:  5/30/2015  Upload Date: 6/10/2015 12:09:30 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6318(SD40E)
Views:  206   Comments: 0
Helper sets meet
Title:  Helper sets meet
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/30/2015  Upload Date: 6/10/2015 12:09:39 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 6332(SD40E) NS 6318(SD40E)
Views:  258   Comments: 0
The helper set continues to wait as a westbound work train approaches
Title:  The helper set continues to wait as a westbound work train approaches
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/30/2015  Upload Date: 6/10/2015 12:09:43 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 6318(SD40E)
Views:  233   Comments: 0
C40-8W meets SD40E
Title:  C40-8W meets SD40E
Description:  The C40-8W is on a work train while the SD40E belongs to a helper set.
Photo Date:  5/30/2015  Upload Date: 6/10/2015 12:09:48 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 6318(SD40E) NS 8315(C40-8W)
Views:  217   Comments: 0
A ramp car with a truck brings up the rear
Title:  A ramp car with a truck brings up the rear
Description:  What a cool train!
Photo Date:  5/30/2015  Upload Date: 6/10/2015 12:10:03 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  NS 6318(SD40E)
Views:  184   Comments: 0
Cresson engine terminal
Title:  Cresson engine terminal
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/31/2015  Upload Date: 6/10/2015 12:27:27 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NS 7216(SD80MAC) NS 7208(SD80MAC) NS 6318(SD40E)
Views:  199   Comments: 0
A helper set drifts downgrade
Title:  A helper set drifts downgrade
Description:  The Staion Inn is in the background.
Photo Date:  5/30/2015  Upload Date: 6/10/2015 12:13:44 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6320(SD40E)
Views:  210   Comments: 0
Two SD40E's help a westbound get down the mountain safely
Title:  Two SD40E's help a westbound get down the mountain safely
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/30/2015  Upload Date: 6/10/2015 12:13:39 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 6321(SD40E)
Views:  224   Comments: 0
The westbound clears just in time
Title:  The westbound clears just in time
Description:  I could hear the westbound blowing for Carney's Crossing so I knew it was going to be close!
Photo Date:  5/30/2015  Upload Date: 6/10/2015 12:13:39 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 6321(SD40E) NS 9476(C40-9W)
Views:  229   Comments: 0
An eastbound reveals itself from behind a westbound
Title:  An eastbound reveals itself from behind a westbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/30/2015  Upload Date: 6/10/2015 12:13:40 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 6321(SD40E) NS 9476(C40-9W) NS 8794(C40-9)
Views:  210   Comments: 0
Two helpers run up the middle track
Title:  Two helpers run up the middle track
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/31/2015  Upload Date: 6/10/2015 12:32:37 PM
Location:  Cassandra, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 6321(SD40E)
Views:  102   Comments: 0
A helper set overtakes an intermodal
Title:  A helper set overtakes an intermodal
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/31/2015  Upload Date: 6/10/2015 12:32:38 PM
Location:  Cassandra, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 6321(SD40E)
Views:  106   Comments: 0
Two SD40E's on the rear of a westbound intermodal
Title:  Two SD40E's on the rear of a westbound intermodal
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/30/2015  Upload Date: 6/10/2015 12:13:42 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 6324(SD40E)
Views:  199   Comments: 0
The next day my first stop was the Altoona Shops
Title:  The next day my first stop was the Altoona Shops
Description:  Note the freshly repainted ex-CSX SD80MAC
Photo Date:  5/31/2015  Upload Date: 6/10/2015 12:22:19 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 7218(SD80MAC) NS 6329(SD40E)
Views:  482   Comments: 0
Two triclops lead a manifest east
Title:  Two triclops lead a manifest east
Description:  Part of the lashup on an eastbound manifest on the Cleveland District.
Photo Date:  7/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/1/2017 10:47:02 AM
Location:  Huron, OH
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 6807(SD60M) NS 6808(SD60M) NS 6343(SD40E)
Views:  445   Comments: 0
An awesome lashup smokes its way east
Title:  An awesome lashup smokes its way east
Description:  Seen on the ex-NKP Cleveland District.
Photo Date:  7/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/1/2017 10:47:20 AM
Location:  Huron, OH
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 5817(GP38-3) NS 3408(SD40-2) NS 6807(SD60M) NS 6808(SD60M) NS 6343(SD40E)
Views:  663   Comments: 0
NS 6349 and others rest outside the Juniata Shops
Title:  NS 6349 and others rest outside the Juniata Shops
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/31/2021  Upload Date: 8/7/2021 8:20:31 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6349(SD40E) NS 3533(SD40-2) NS 3649(ET44AC) NS 3565(SD40-2) NS 3523(SD40-2)
Views:  520   Comments: 0
That'll buff right out
Title:  That'll buff right out
Description:  NS 6349 was working Cement Secondary local H75 on May 27th, 2021 when it was struck by a large quarry dump truck at the New Enterprise blacktop plant near Tatamy Road on the border of upper Nazareth and Lower Nazareth Township, PA. Both the train crew and truck driver were uninjured.
Photo Date:  7/31/2021  Upload Date: 8/7/2021 8:20:39 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6349(SD40E)
Views:  279   Comments: 0
Looking through the turntable
Title:  Looking through the turntable
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/31/2021  Upload Date: 8/7/2021 8:20:43 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6349(SD40E)
Views:  247   Comments: 0
Take your pick
Title:  Take your pick
Description:  Various kinds of units from various builders sit at the Juniata Shops.
Photo Date:  7/31/2021  Upload Date: 8/7/2021 8:20:48 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6349(SD40E) NS 3533(SD40-2) NS 3523(SD40-2) NS 3565(SD40-2) NS 4227(AC44C6M) NS 9031(C44-9W) NS 7235(SD70ACU)
Views:  637   Comments: 0
Helper Engineer looking pretty cool.
Title:  Helper Engineer looking pretty cool.
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/18/2013  Upload Date: 11/27/2013 4:07:41 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6351(SD40E)
Views:  428   Comments: 0

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