A pair if impressionable young railfans look on in awe while the American Freedom Train’s ex-Reading T-1 4-8-4 positions its train for display at the former Jersey Central passenger statio... (more)

Occupying adjacent turntable leads at Bethlehem are locomotives of two Conrail predecessor railroads that have found their way to two different successors. Lehigh and Hudson River railway C420 24 ... (more)

After the formation of Conrail, it was not unusual to see former Erie-Lackawanna units at Allentown, or in the Bethlehem engine terminal, but they were almost always GP35’s or SD45/SDP45/SD45-2’s.... (more)

Idling next to a wrecked tank car that is in the Bethlehem engine terminal for unknown reasons (perhaps to be cut up), Lehigh Valley “hammerhead” RS3 #211 waits for its next assignment. The unusua... (more)

On a dreary autumn day, an Oak Island-bound Conrail freight with a pair of Lehigh and Hudson River C420’s bracketing two Lehigh Valley RS11’s rolls through Bethlehem Union Station. The lead Alco e... (more)

Over a year after Conrail’s formation, sighting a blue unit, especially in the lead, was a welcome change from the predominance of former Penn Central black. Here a freshly repainted GP40 leads an... (more)

The progression of Conrail’s power for high speed intermodal service is seen in this photo of train Mail-9.The newest power is represented by two month-old B40-8’s, followed by one of the B36-7’s ... (more)

The times, they are a-changin’ – South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania has undergone quite a bit of change since the late 1970’s, and this image captures the beginning of the change. The Bethlehem Steel c... (more)

Three C628's fill every inch of one of the fan tracks at the old CNJ Bethlehem engine terminal.

Three C628's are fueled at the former CNJ Bethlehem engine terminal while some Reading Centuries wait nearby. The Bethlehem terminal in the 70's was a railfans delight with Alco's galore and unit... (more)

The date says Conrail, but the scene is pure Reading. On the third weekend of Conrail’s existence, a lot of motive power has been shuffled, but the train patterns are still intact. Here a coal tr... (more)

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H76 snakes it's way across the Lehigh River, through CP88. They'll follow 20E east to Easton where they'll swing north onto the Portland Secondary for the trip n... (more)

NS 20R, led by former Conrail SD70 2559, snakes its way through CP 88.

NS 11J heads west from CP 88 shortly after meeting 20E. The lead unit is no stranger to this territory, as it formerly belonged to Conrail (ex-CR 5624). It is a frigid, windy morning in the Lehi... (more)

Former Conrail units meet...
NS 20E with 8414 (ex-CR C40-8W 6221) and NS 11J with 6747 (ex-CR SD60I 5624) meet on the double track at CP 88. It appears that the former Conrail signals ... (more)