Hot bottles
Conrail EMD GP38-2 No. 8155 powers a hot metal “bottle train” approaching the busy junction at Dolton, Illinois, on March 19, 1988. These trains shipped molten metal from... (more)

On April 17, 1979, my friend Paul Wester and his dad Pete Wester took me on a roadtrip to Horseshoe Curve. Back in those days, climbing over and around the hills there was far more acceptable. Her... (more)

Push Up, Drift Down

Helpers move in both directions on Conrail’s main line at Bennington Curve, Pennsylvania. An SD45/SD40 pair are assisting a westbound auto parts train on Trac... (more)

Rolling amid the fall colors, an eastbound Conrail manifest approaches the Route 452 overpass at Union Furnace, Pennsylvania.

A Conrail Train leaves Bethlehem Steel, travelling west on the former Reading North Penn branch along Daly Avenue in South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The steel truss structure in the left distance i... (more)

With engineers visible in the lead and third units, two SD40 head-end helpers and a pair of SD45’s pull a westbound Conrail train out of Altoona, Pennsylvania, about a mile east of Horseshoe Cur... (more)

Eastbound Cleveland to Mingo Jct Ore Train

Westbound ore, most likely Conrail train ZBB bound for Bethlehem Steel from the Philadelphia waterfront, rolls through Abrams, Pennsylvania. The ore jennies and cabooses left the northeastern US r... (more)

A westbound Conrail manifest passes some of the local power at Abrams Yard near King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.

CR 8079, CR 3184 with the "1" missing on the left side of the cab, & CR 3011 exit Gallitzin Tunnel. The first car of this westbound freight is an L&N autorack loaded with Ford Pintos. Ga... (more)

Landslide!

The Blandon Low Grade bypass of Reading, Pennsylvania runs adjacent to the Berks Products limestone quarry at Temple, Pennsylvania. On June 24, 1984, the wall of the qua... (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)

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)

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)