Oak Island transfer job OI16 making a morning run down the Lehigh Line. Normally this train takes the Garden State Secondary for it's trip to Browns Yard in Sayreville. But on this Sunday there wa... (more)

a visitor to the local NS job, the Lackawanna heritage unit leads on ex-DLW territory. It will be spending a long weekend @ the URHS' open house.

Bethlehem Kaleidoscope 3 - During Conrail's early years, many foreign visitors spent time in Bethlehem mingling with the local power. Usually they were leased or run-through units. For a short tim... (more)

The Erie Lackawanna Railroad 3639, later Conrail 6670, sits with the other relics in Norfolk Southern's West Yard in Roanoke. The SPD45 is listed as being owned by the Virginia Museum of Transport... (more)

"Accelerating past Snag Pond"

The PT-98 accelerates past Snag Pond after running at a restricted speed due to track work. The train is being powered by a matching s... (more)

It is only a few months since Conrail came into being, and EL 3645 sits on former EL rails at East Voris Street.

The Poughkeepsie Bridge, July 1973. 212 feet above water, and 6768 feet long. Now, it is "...the longest footbridge in the world." A Penn Central-Erie Lackawanna run-through train rolls eastwa... (more)

Erie Lackawanna Alco S-2, 1963. A partially-repainted Alco switcher passing Todd Shipyards, Hoboken, New Jersey.

"One Last Ride"

When it was announced that Erie 833 would be making an appearance at the Streamlines in Spencer event there was a rare opportunity to see this locomot... (more)

Lehighton Bicentennials 2 - After the westbound train that I followed to Lehighton cleared the interlocking where the CNJ and LV mains joined after 1972, the helper set with the EL bicentennial SD... (more)

Lehighton Bicentennials 1 - On a Friday afternoon, I ventured out on the former CNJ main line west of Allentown. I encountered a stopped train near Walnutport, and approached the crew to see why t... (more)

The somewhat elusive Conrail OI-8 makes an early afternoon run from Oak Island Yard to Metuchen Yard via Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. Hearing this train on the radio was a nice surprise, but an e... (more)

One of the reasons EMD came to dominate the diesel business is the outstanding service they provided to the railroads even after they sold the engines. This extended to designing the locomotives p... (more)

Conrail OI-16 seems a bit overpowered with three units (including two former Erie Lackawanna SD45-2s) and 11 cars as it approaches NJ Transit's Perth Amboy Station. The train is running in a cut ... (more)