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)
April 29, 1978, Allentown PA - the unique high-short hood LV RS3 (which they acquired from corporate parent Pennsylvania Railroad), was still in her LV colors, be it with stenciled "CR" and Conrai... (more)
A remote-controlled Allentown yard job is surrounded by muted fall foliage as it works the yard lead adjacent to the Lehigh Line near CP HAM.
ALCA (Allentown-Camden).
Rebuilt from an ex-Penn Central (PRR) ALCo RSD-12.
Along with EMD SD40-2 6471.
Conrail's "Mail-3" accelerates West thru CP Burn.
Ex-Penn Central wearing the small "Conrail".
Went to CSX after the split.
19G departs Allentown for points west as they pass the now-removed searchlight guarding eastbounds.
H68 returns to Allentown Yard from Reading with three ex-Conrail EMD standard cabs.
An ex-CR SD40-2 trails local H11 across the Lehigh River as the train departs Allentown Yard for industries on the Reading Line.