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No photo for this yet. I don't want to paint a completely bleak picture, but there is some relief in sight, at least for my community. A...

May 1981 climbing the Alleghenies at Horseshoe Curve west of Altoona, PA. [Nikon EL-2, Kodachrome]

Probably so, then there are CN and CP with their extensive U.S. holdings that they'll want to protect. It took 2-1/2 years of expensive...

Looks like Union Pacific is trying to acquire Norfolk Southern for $85 billion, creating the first coast-to-coast railroad network. That...

Marion, OH is a fine spot too. AC Tower has since been taken down off it stilts, but it remains on site for railfans to see. Of...

I was last there in September 1997. It remains a busy area; the rail park should be great. F Tower was still manned when I was there...

Another spoony at the other end of Wako

This morning at Wako

Chris playing ring toss So close Finally, took about 20 tries.

Sadly, I don't think there are any left in Ohio either. I've been through some company towns in SE Ohio, but have never seen a breaker...

The Loree Breaker stood at Larksville, PA and the Moffat at Taylor, PA. The Moffat was unusual in that it was built of reinforced...

In 2014, the Huber Colliery at Ashley, PA was one of the last to fall after an attempt to preserve it fell through. [October 1981]...

In the latter 1800s into the 1940s, anthracite coal mining was the most important industry in northeastern Pennsylvania. It was the...