Conrail's Collinwood to Rockport yard transfer passes through the F-unit mecca (at the time) of Collinwood Yard, Cleveland, Ohio, on December 28, 1978. It is led by three dewormed Penn Central F7(... (more)
Conrail HA16 passes Delaware & Hudson NE87 on the west end of Allentown Yard in Allentown Pennsylvania. The day is February 11, 1978 and my dad and I had been railfanning in the gorgeous sun since... (more)
Conrail AL-13 was also known as the East Penn Drill. On this day it was led by a former Reading SW1001. The drill is appropriately passing the remains of what had been Reading Company's y... (more)
In the Conrail era the concept of a "heritage unit" had not yet taken hold. However, Conrail did offer a smattering of specially painted units such as 6707. This SD50 was decorated wit... (more)
Conrail XNS-114 appears out of "the hole" (former Lehigh Valley main from Bethlehem and points east) and crosses over from track 2 to 1 at CP Burn. The XNS symbol was used for empty coa... (more)