Conrail SENS-9 rolls south past Ridgefield Park station with a typical mixed consist of Conrail and Norfolk Southern power. The lead unit is a rebuilt former Pennsylvania Railroad SD40 (ex-PRR 60... (more)

Running on a Saturday, which was an “as-needed” day, Conrail’s Cement Secondary local makes a run for Bethlehem at Steuben.

An SD38/MT6 slug set rests at the east end of Oak Island Yard. These slug sets were the usual power at Oak Island hump during the last decade of Conrail's existence.

The lineup on the ready track in Bethlehem includes a Paducah GP10 and a newly rebuilt MT4 slug, both on their way to assignments in North Jersey. The MT4 was previously Penn Central RS11 7653, a... (more)

When given lemons, make lemonade. What was supposed to be a decent day in March of 1985, turned out to be a foggy, rainy mess as CR 5034 heads thru the Hammond Whiting Amtrak station. Conrail is g... (more)

CR 6596 has departed Buffalo and is southbound thru Derby, NY in June of 1993.

Only a little over a month after it rolled out of the GE assembly plant in Erie, Conrail C39-8 6009 leads an eastbound manifest at Riverside, just west of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Only Conrail and... (more)

Having completed its journey over the Hill track through Laureldale, a westbound Conrail manifest joins the former Reading main line alongside the Reading yard. It appears that the train has no wo... (more)

Norfolk Southern train 23z makes its way toward the Gallitzin tunnels after passing Benny curve.

Conrail 6831 blasts out of the now closed Gallitzin Tunnel in a cloud of diesel smoke with a coal train in June of 1992.

An eastbound coal train leans into the 1.1% grade of the Hill Track from Reading to Blandon via Laureldale. The locomotives diverged from the former Reading main line about a half-mile back, and a... (more)

Conrail suffered a major service interruption on July 24, 1984. Around 5 o’clock in the morning, westbound train OIIN was passing the Berks Products stone quarry in Temple, Pennsylvania when sev... (more)

Let it snow! Just after being re-assigned to CNW's Cleveland sales office, I ventured over to see the famous former NYC Collinwood facilities. I was rewarded with an eclectic group of pre-Conrail ... (more)

Out of the Hole

A former Erie-Lackawanna SDP45 leads a dimensional special out of the “Hole” at East Penn Junction. The recently rehabilitated connection from the Lehigh Valley... (more)

On a beautiful late winter morning, two SD50’s with Oak Island-bound tonnage, including an EMD switcher on a ferry move, come eastward from Allentown. The train is seen crossing the Lehigh River... (more)