Not the Scrap Yard

Although it appears that Conrail C630 6769is in a scrap yard environment, the big Alco still has life, and is on a servicing track at the engine terminal in Beth... (more)

Norfolk Southern Corp Train 294 passes the SteelStacks in Bethlehem, PA on Sunday, February 2, 2020. At one time, this kind of industrial scene would have been common across the New York Central's... (more)

Newcomer Conrail SD7 6999 is met by RS11 7643 as the Alco rolls off of the turntable in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It’s interesting that the RS11’s short hood has the large block lettering “Le... (more)

An unexpected move brought Conrail’s only two SD7’s to the Allentown area. These ex-PRR EMD’s, which had added weight, were purchased specifically for the 5.89% Madison Hill line in Indiana.... (more)

Local lore in the Allentown area said that Conrail’s ex-Lehigh & Hudson River C420’s were intended to be run until they had problems, and would then be retired. They were also not to be repain... (more)

Veterans of the Erie-Lackawanna and the Pennsylvania Rail Road idle together on a house track at Bethlehem Engine Terminal.

Together Again for the First Time

Former Reading GP35 3626 has undoubtedly visited the engine terminal at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania many times, and Lehjgh Valley RS11 7643 is a long-... (more)

Conrail Train BJ-4 works its 132-car train in South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. More than likely, Allentown yard is plugged, and the only place to make a setout is on this side of the Lehigh River Th... (more)

An overview of Lehigh Valley’s Bethlehem Engine Terminal reveals a variety of power in various states of readiness. As an SW1 leaves the turntable and heads out to work, two RS-11’s are on one... (more)

My favorite units ever were the Lehigh Valley C628’s. Here three of them wait for their next assignment at the engine terminal in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

My first visit to Lehigh Valley territory after the Conrail merger was a sobering experience. The LV’s second generation road power was divided between Conrail and the newly-expanded Delaware & ... (more)

A caboose hop lead by a pair of Conrail’s ex-Lehigh & Hudson River C420’s rolls west through Bethlehem Union Station.

The “Heritage” Units That Wouldn’t Go Away

Eight years after the creation of Conrail, black patched ex-Penn Central still roamed the system, such as this GP38-2 at Bethlehem,... (more)

Two Conrail SD40’s bracket an SD40-2 on the point of an eastbound coal train at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The flat area to the left is the site of the Lehigh Valley’s Calypso Yard.

The track geometry train is led through Bethlehem by a dash 8 on a beautiful October day.