With part of its train still on the bridge over the Lehigh River, a westbound Conrail manifest rolls through East Penn Junction, Pennsylvania. Today this view from Susquehanna Street is two tracks... (more)

Late on a summer evening, an eastbound Conrail coal train waits for clearance at East Penn Junction, Pennsylvania. The most interesting locomotive in the consist, a former New Haven U25B is leadin... (more)

Two of Conrail’s Penn Central “heritage units” bring an eastbound manifest under the Susquehanna Street overpass as they arrive at East Penn Junction, Pennsylvania. The yard is still in the ... (more)

Three CSX six-axle units bring a train of empty hoppers through East Penn Junction, Pennsylvania. The train originated at Bethlehem Steel and is on its way back to mines in CSX territory.

A pair of four-month-old Conrail C36-7’s waits with an eastbound train at East Penn Junction, Pennsylvania. The headlight is off until the train gets clearance to enter Allentown yard.

A dozen tears after my previous photo, many changes are evident at East Penn Junction, Pennsylvania. O... (more)

Three EMDs, two GEs, and two Alcos lead a westbound train through the former Reading yard at East Penn Junction, Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, the Alcos are leaving their Allentown home for the las... (more)

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)

New Jersey’s fifteen-mile-long Rahway Valley was another short line that took advantage of the ICC incentive per diem boxcar rates of the late 1970’s. By the mid-1980’s, the rules were again... (more)

Fifties Meeting Fifties

Two Conrail trains with two SD50’s each meet at East Penn Junction, Pennsylvania. On the far track, a westbound manifest is pulling from Allentown Yard. A... (more)

A thirty-year-old SD40 leads two one-year-old C40-8W’s on the final approach to Allentown Yard at East Penn Junction, Pennsylvania.

An Illinois Terminal box car is seen passing through the west end of East Penn Junction, Pennsylvania.