Background image
The world of trains according to David Graham

Railfan information

Places

Aerial Photography
Africa
- Kenya
Americas
- Bahamas
- Canada
-- Alberta
-- British Columbia
-- New Brunswick
-- Nova Scotia
-- Ontario
-- Quebec
-- Saskatchewan
- USA
-- Alabama
-- California
-- Connecticut
-- Delaware
-- Florida
-- Georgia
-- Illinois
-- Indiana
-- Iowa
-- Kansas
-- Louisiana
-- Maine
-- Maryland
-- Massachusetts
-- Michigan
-- Mississippi
-- Nebraska
-- New Hampshire
-- New Jersey
-- New York
-- North Carolina
-- Ohio
-- Oklahoma
-- Pennsylvania
-- South Carolina
-- Texas
-- Vermont
-- Virginia
-- Washington DC
-- West Virginia
Asia
- Hong Kong
- South Korea
- Taiwan
At Sea
Europe
- Austria
- Belgium
- France
- Germany
- Holland
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- Switzerland
- UK
-- England
-- Scotland
-- Wales

Latest by month

All years

Other indices

2006-12-29.8454.Cresson.jpg

Equipment: NS 3345 SD40-2 (LOCO)
Equipment: NS 3428 SD40-2 (LOCO)

2006-12-29.8450.Gallitzin.jpg 2006-12-29.8452.Cresson.jpg 2006-12-29.8453.Cresson.jpg 2006-12-29.8454.Cresson.jpg 2006-12-29.8455.Cresson.jpg 2006-12-29.8456.Cresson.jpg 2006-12-29.8457.Cresson.jpg

Additional information for 2006-12-29.8454.Cresson.jpg

Cresson, Pennsylvania

(map) Cresson is the summit of the hill for which Horseshoe Curve exists. There is an engine facility where several sets of helper units park, the SD80MACs that work in nearby South Fork spend their weekends there, and NS interchanges with R. J. Corman on the wye. There is even a city-owned railfan observation platform at the tracks across from the wye.

More from Cresson

December 29th, 2006

We took off from Altoona northward searching for shortlines, stopping to check the NS/Nittany and Bald Eagle interchange at Tyrone and their base at Lock Haven, shot the RDCs at Bellefonte, and returned to the other side of Altoona to hunt for the Everett at Hollidaysburg, following their tracks until we found them switching at Roaring Spring before heading to Gallitzin for one coming out of the tunnel and wrapping up the day at Cresson and Lilly.

More from 2006-12-29

EXIF data

DateTimeOriginal2006:12:29 16:05:38
ExposureTime1/200
FNumber6.3
FocalLength18 mm
ISO200
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT