Conrail local WHRE-10 passes through central Pennsylvania farm land as it approaches Reinholds, Pennsylvania.

A Conrail SD50 leads a former EMD SD60 demo and two GP35’s of Erie Lackawanna and Reading heritage west at East Penn Junction, Pennsylvania. The GP35;s were not on line, and were probably on the... (more)

Conrail train ALCA (Allentown, Pennsylvania – Camden, New Jersey) is on the first leg of its journey at East Penn Junction, Pennsylvania. Due to a runaround move required in Philadelphia, ALCA w... (more)

Three GP40-2’s lead an eastbound Conrail TV Train “into the hole” (the former Lehigh Valley main) at East Penn Junction, Pennsylvania. The grade crossing with Basin Street that it is about t... (more)

With part of its train in Allentown yard, a westbound Conrail train enters the East Penn line at East Penn Junction, Pennsylvania. Today the location is more commonly known as CP Burn, a name deri... (more)

The power dispatchers on the Delaware & Hudson sometimes seemed to forget that their Potomac Yard trains reversed direction in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Here train RPPY is seen at Belt Line Junctio... (more)

A westbound Conrail manifest is about to enter the Reading Belt Line at Belt Line Junction, timetable west of Reading, Pennsylvania. The tracks to the right are the former Reading main line from d... (more)

Side-by-side Conrail Trailer Van trains work westward from Altoona at Bennington Curve, Pennsylvania. The GP38/GP38-2 power has a U25B trailing for added “atmosphere”.

GM’s Everywhere

There are GM automobiles as far as the eye can see in the open racks of a train approaching Tunnelhill, Pennsylvania at Bennington Curve. On the next track, Santa... (more)

Early Conrail action finds an empty perishable train climbing toward Horseshoe Curve on the four track Broad Way. The weeds in the track of one of the busiest railroads in the world illustrates th... (more)

Three C30-7A’s and a GP38-2, typical power for Conrail train CGAL (Corning, NY - Allentown, PA) lead the train across the Susquehanna River at Towanda, Pennsylvania. This view is still possible ... (more)

Conrail train CGAL (Corning, NY - Allentown, PA) passes the former Lehigh Valley station in the LV shop town of Sayre, Pennsylvania. The yard and engine servicing facilities are gone, but the mass... (more)

Late afternoon in Elmira, New York finds Conrail train CGAL (Corning, NY - Allentown, PA) approaching the Chemung River on elevated trackage on the Southern Tier line. The Elmira Transportation Ce... (more)

After completing some work in Elmira, New York, Conrail train ALCG (Allentown, PA- Corning, NY) departs town on its way to Gang Mills..

Heritage

That title may apply to the paint job on the Amtrak P42DC and baggage car, but that’s only a part of the heritage in this image. The Amish have long eschewed technology,... (more)