Photos of the Capital West excursion taken Saturday evening and Sunday morning.
 
 
Saturday evening and the Capital West train departs Altoona for Pittsburgh, where it will spend the night. 
Here, the train rounds the curve at the Brickyard Crossing in Coburn.
Another photo on the curve.
E8A 5809 approaching the crossing.
Sunday morning and the Capital West makes its return from Pittsburgh.
The train under the signal bridge.
Slowing down as they approach the station.
Pullman car Dover Harbor.
A photo of the train passing under the signal on the eastern leg of the curve.
A photo of E8A 5809 heading westbound on the curve.
A photo of the train heading east over the curve.  The weather on Sunday was bright and sunny!
The final photo is of the train passing back under the signal bridge, heading east.  

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