Another one for the PA rail fans

I spent Columbus Day weekend scootering around the mountainy bits of central PA, and made a fabulous railfanning discovery. This, friends and train nerds, is the Cassandra Overlook.
I had been hanging about in Gallitzin and then in Cresson, on the west slope of the Allegheny Front, watching some trains chug up and down the hill [...]

Pennsylvania is for Railfans!

I recently paid a visit to West Brownsville to make a pilgrimage of sorts. West Brownsville is home to one of the longest stretches of street running in the US. Street running is the term used when a section of railroad operates right on a regular street, sharing space with automotive traffic. In West Brownsville, [...]