Just over a month after the horrific collision between Amtrak 94 (The Colonial) and Conrail ENS121 on January 4, 1987, an all-GP38-2 set (CR 8188, 8266, 8185) leads an unidentified Conrail ... (more)

The Conrail local has swung off the ex-Pennsylvania Railroad mainline and dropped down into Coatesville to interchange with the Delaware Valley Railway and the Brandywine Valley Railroad. Among th... (more)

With clean power and low afternoon light, Conrail local WJAL-19 takes the cars that it has picked up at Packerton and begins its return to Allentown.

An ex-Lehigh Valley SW8 switches the west end of Allentown Yard. This perspective best illustrates the dynamic brake option unique to eighteen of the LV’s SW8’s. The primary need for dynamics ... (more)

Visiting Home

Assisting two C36-7’s making a pickup in Reading, Pennsylvania, Conrail GP40-2 3276 is visiting its original home base. Originally a Reading unit of the same number... (more)

Former Lehigh Valley U23B 512 leads a pair of switchers on local train WHRE-99 in Reading, Pennsylvania. The 12 LV U23B’s were arguably the first new Conrail power, having been financed by USRA ... (more)

A few months back, one of my photos started a discussion about the radiator overhangs on Dash-7 GE’s being noticeably different from those on 33- and 36-series U-boats. This photo of a U33B and ... (more)

A friend and I set up to shoot Conrail local WJAL-18 crossing the ex-CNJ bridge over the Delaware River at Phillipsburg, New Jersey, an infrequent occurrence in 1983. Unbeknownst to us, the consis... (more)

A classic all-EMD GP30/GP35/GP10/GP30 lashup has just dropped its cars in Dover, New Jersey. Allentown-based local WJAL-18’s power will now retrieve its caboose off of the main and regroup for t... (more)

Conrail local WJAL-18 sets off its consist at the east side of the yard in Dover, New Jersey. After picking up outbound cars, the train will return to Allentown, Pennsylvania.

With westbound coal, most likely anthracite from the mines now served by the Reading & Northern, a Conrail train rolls through West Reading, Pennsylvania on the Lebanon Valley Line. The buildings ... (more)

Rolling east on the Lebanon Valley Line, a Conrail freight passes Valley Junction tower in West Reading, Pennsylvania. Although the tower is at this level, the actual Valley Junction is on the Rea... (more)

A westbound Conrail mixed freight train crosses the Lehigh River at Allentown, Pennsylvania. Ahead is East Penn Junction, where the Reading once had a small yard, and the former Reading East Penn ... (more)

It's hard to beat the rugged looks of a GE C39-8 as evidenced by Conrail 6000 leaning into a curve as it heads west on the ex-Pennsylvania Railroad Middle Division at South Fork, Pa.

An eastbound Conrail train from Reading and points beyond crosses the Lehigh River to enter the yard at Allentown, Pennsylvania.