Delaware & Hudson train OILC (Oak Island – LaColle) pauses in the Conrail yard in Allentown, Pennsylvania. A D&H C420 and a Maine Central U23B are doing the honors on today’s train.

A westbound departs Allentown Yard past the new signals that will soon replace the classic US&S searchlights at CP Allen.

Conrail PIAL-2 had a surprise for us on this day in the form of two Santa Fe units spliced between the usual Conrail road power. PIAL is seen crossing the Lehigh River just before entering Allent... (more)

Still in its as-delivered 1950 paint scheme, Lehigh Valley SW8 254 works near R Tower in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

A freshly-painted Delaware & Hudson C420 leads a GP38-2 and two GP39-2’s out of the west end of the yard in Allentown, Pennsylvania. In the background, two Conrail U25B’s, a U23B, and a GP30 ... (more)

A westbound Delaware & Hudson train departs Allentown, Pennsylvania. The consist of twenty-seven intermodal cars indicates that this may be a very late running Apollo-1 from Oak Island.

A crewman working Conrail local WJAL-19 stands by his train in the yard in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Soon he will board his luxury accomodations for an all-expenses-paid round trip to Packerton Jun... (more)

An early SD35/GP35/RS11 power set has pulled clear of the yard throat at Allentown, Pennsylvania. As soon as the operator at R Tower lines things up, the signal on the distant signal bridge will d... (more)

The Schizophrenic SD45’s

After completing a 1966 demonstration tour EMD SD45’s 4352-4 were sold to the Delaware & Hudson as their 802, 803, and 801, respectively. Until this ti... (more)

A solitary GP39-2 leads Delaware & Hudson train SB-4 to the Runner track to bypass Allentown yard, on a gray January day. The train will bypass Allentown Yard and continue to Bethlehem, where it w... (more)

With the exception of three former EMD SD45 demonstrators, which were informally traded to sister Dereco railroad Erie-Lackawanna, the Delaware and Hudson roster was entirely Alco and GE until the... (more)

After arriving in Allentown with Delaware & Hudson train NE-84, the first Maine Central power to visit the area has run arou... (more)

At a Friday night slide get-together, the latest news was that two Maine Central units had been the power on southbound Delaware & Hudson train NE-87 to Potomac Yard. Of course, they would be the ... (more)

A Boston & Maine GP39-2, reassigned from the Delaware & Hudson as part of GTI’s seemingly constant locomotive shuffle, leads a D&H train from Potomac Yard into the Conrail yard in Allentown, Pen... (more)

A Study in GP39-2’s

After shooting my previous photo of four Delaware & Hudson GP39-2’s getting their ai... (more)