Sunrise in Altoona: 1 Hour Long Video of Norfolk Southern Trains Near Rose Yard & Altoona Station 

I could sit there (with permission from the railroad of course) with a chair, sandwich and a coke and would entertained for the day!!!! Too bad they don't have a railfan overlook for the yard, looks like a lot of good action.

Couldn't sleep, huh? Just had to be at the yard before sunup? I'm about half way through your video, as I type this comment. Yard engines 3011 and 754, which are lashed together, present an unusual setting. Your images give the impression, that not all power unit personnel are physically blessed with great health. The second crew person to board, can just barely climb up the steps to the porch platform; than (just like me) he is to obese, and possibly close to retirement age (I'm already retired, and age 73), to be climbing around anyway. He had to forcibly 'squeeeezee' through the door opening just for accessing the cab. What an exercise just for reporting at the work place. Your moving images are great. Now I'm going back to finish up the viewing. Thanks!

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Fabulous!! Wish we had this action here in Denver...

i love Norfolk Southern❤️

As a Railroader. You just got to love your job.

Awesome Movie!

Awesome video! I love the night shots! Reminds me of a old hangout as a kid near the yard! I've subbed up and look forward to more!

Awesome video Super Trains.... love the yard action some say it's boring but I like the switching and building of trains.👍🏽 hope you do more if them.

great NS yard video awesome ! ....

Excelent job!!! Manoubres and signal lights chambers,congratulations !!

Just amazing. Thank you so much for this great video. I subed to support you.

Been there, Good times,, Happy to see I can see some of it agian.

all those tank cars it's just amazing how many there is. thank god for the pipeline coming through pa and other states

I subscribed, because you have some assume videos. Thanks for letting me experience your type of work, and I will keep watching your new ones in the future. Tom

I live about 40 mi from altoona, havent seen these railyards in years.

Very cool video. I was in Altoona back in October 2016. Saw the train museum and the horseshoe curve. Wish I had found this train yard. I was there for the TCA train show in York. Two people didn't like this video??? What's not to like?

Very nice model railroad! LOL. :-) At first I thought this was a model railroad layout until I saw some people moving in the scene and then I figured this was for real. Model railroad layouts usually don't have moving figures in the scenes. Thanks for posting. I am like vettebecker1; just need an armchair, sandwich and a bottle of beer and I could sit and be entertained for hours. W Rusty Lane in eastern Tennessee (Witherington Place Railroad)

Wow. Loved that coal train @25:00. Looks like an all (8 unit!) EMD lash-up? :cool:

Good stuff,thanks

All the switching, very lnteresting

Great Video!

Next time I'm in Altoona I'll have to come see the train yard. Last year I was at the Horseshoe curve and the train museum. I'll be at the York, PA model train show this October so there's a strong possibility.

awesome video & catches. very cool. sweet SD40's, D9's, SD70's, Slug's, GP38-2 High Hood EX-UP SD90/43MAC SD60's GP40's nice. sweet GE's & EMD's nice. sweet NS, BNSF & UP nice.

Yeah that’s some nice yard action

awesome

I wasn't far from there when I was on vacation

At 14:42 Is that high nosed gp38-2 remote control operated? It has flashing lights, like the RP-E40 slug. Also, I saw the both the RP-E40C slug, and it's GP40-2 master with hoppers passing the Everett railroads shed.

Where is this place? Perfect for my next trip to Altoona!

What are the red devices in the middle of the tracks that are always near the rail switches?

Can you make any more videos are the trains thank you

Great video but I was wondering who fuels and checks the fluid levels and pre trips those trains ?

Infrastructure! Are there still manually operated switches in this marshalling yard? Perhaps remote switching or at least monitoring was installed with PTC?

I saw that ace 1097 in Elyria Ohio 2 wks ago at 26:06

15:04 are those cooling fans for those yard slugs or what? Very cool video!! 👍😎

hay great video what kind of camera or phone do you use

a live cam will be cool there...

I'm assuming if there are engines bringing up threar, those engines are pushing. Are there steep hills in that area where the lead engines need help?

What is the long pole the engineers carry whenever there is crew change?

they should make a railcam video there...

They cleaned house

I'd probably be sleeping on the bridge!!!

They use smaller engines for shunting right? Probably a few are going to the curve. Lols

28:55 that was smoking like those alco rs11 pennsys I use to see

Someone explain to me why the drivers carry those rod or rod

And just so y'all can know,621 is a SLUG

I kinda liked where 2690 backed up to 9680 and was like here kiss my butt,just to get him out of the yard,plus the fact two yard engines at 4000 hp can hostle a train that previously had 16000 hp just to get it there,these sd40-2s get their guts worked out of them,poor things.

that all MEE baby..... I own ns..................

thought I was gonna see Amtrak around 52:10

maybe they're sd60s can't tell.

I'm sorry .... but if you watched the vid in one sitting ... just no .