Long gone are the days of seeing four axle EMD power regularly on intermodal trains, and long gone are the days of Conrail. What's normal today will someday be cherished as the good old days.

After the Lehigh Valley took over the CNJ lines in Pennsylvania in 1972, the LV main between Bethlehem and Lehighton was redundant trackage. The LV chose to keep the tracks operational, primarily ... (more)