Tom Golden photo.

Tom Golden photo.

Looking like it’s fresh from the shop, Conrail SD45-2 6666 is paired with an SD40-2 as a helper set drifting to Altoona from Cresson, Pennsylvania. The big EMD soldiers on today as NS 1705.

Tom Golden photo.

Tom Golden photo.

Better Than Steam

The older residents of Altoona no doubt remember when steam ruled the rails, and the air was constantly filled with coal smoke, and a bitter taste filled their mo... (more)

A pair of unpainted Conrail SD60Is sits with an EMD Leasing unit awaiting movement on the IHB. Tom Golden photo.

Tom Golden photo.

Single-unit trains on the Conrail main west of Altoona were not a common occurrence. Here a lone SD50 with an empty CWR train drops into Altoona at Slope.

As soon as a Reading-bound train departed the yard in Allentown, Pennsylvania, it had to cross the Lehigh River on the former Jersey Central bridge. Here a Conrail manifest gets under way on a bri... (more)