Stereoview. Here is the left-hand frame of a stereoview card entitled "Pack Saddle." It's card #517 in a series called "Scenes of the Pennsylvania Railroad" that's published by Purviance Photographers of Philadelphia, c. 1890. Note the Dude at the left, perched above the tracks on the western slope of the Alleghenies.

Here is an image of a photo by Edward Kaspriske that was taken near Cassandra, Pennsylvania, in 1955. Shown here is an unidentified Pennsylvania Railroad Class M-1B (4-8-2) "Mountain" steam locomotive pulling a westbound mixed-cargo freight train. Edward Kaspriske Collection.

Lorenz. Here is a photo via Bob Lorenz that was taken near Cassandra, Pennsylvania, in 1960. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8919 and #8929. Both are FS-20M road switchers built by Fairbanks-Morse and rated at 2,000 horsepower each. #8919 was constructed in May of 1951 and retired in July of 1966, while #8929 was built in June of 1951 and retired in February of 1967. Note the rock-slide detector fencing. Brad Mann Collection.

A unit grain train pounds up the west slope behind two exEL and two Penn Central six axles.

Alongside the Ben's Creek Branch on the right...

Entering the 3-mile straight line beyond Cassandra

Downhill out of Lilly

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