WJAL-19 approaches the tied-down power of CGAL at Adams Island.

WJAL-19, the local between Allentown and Lehighton, pours it on as it rolls through Adams Island in the late afternoon sun.

D&H/NYSW freight PYRP has recently arrived in Allentown, and the power is now running around its train to depart for the Lehigh Gorge and points beyond. Stealth didn’t look so bad when it was dr... (more)

A Harrisburg-bound train crosses the bridge over the Lehigh Canal as it departs Allentown Yard.

An eastbound manifest approaches Allentown yard from Conrail’s East Penn line. Two long-time Lehigh Valley energy industry landmarks are visible in this view. To the right of the locomotives is ... (more)

Conrail train CGAL (Corning – Allentown) is less than a mile from its destination as it ducks under the Hamilton Street bridge in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Situated between the Lehigh Valley main line and the Lehigh River, and under the Tilghman Street bridge in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Lehigh Structural Steel was one of countless small steel fabric... (more)

The Allentown/Bethlehem area became the home of Conrail's former Lehigh & Hudson River's C420's, as well as the ex-Lehigh Valley's RS11's. Here an example of each adds blue smoke to an already glo... (more)

It’s Conrail’s first birthday, and a late-afternoon overview of Allentown yard yields a glimpse of the early progression of Conrail’s brand. On the heavy side yard throat, unrepainted Lehigh... (more)

Prior to the formation of Conrail, intermodal traffic on the Allentown area was predominated by the Lehigh Valley’s Apollo and Mercury trains between Oak Island and Buffalo, which bypassed Allen... (more)

Early Conrail repaints displayed a multitude of variants, with the only constant being that they were blue with white lettering. Lettering font, full spelling of “Conrail”, can opener herald, ... (more)

After Conrail took delivery of fifty C30-7A’s in 1984, Allentown became the home for about a half-dozen of them. Here one of them switches the west end of the yard.

RJ Corman's branchline in Allentown, PA has seen its fair share of ups and downs over the years, and now it seems that the line is only being held on by a thread with only one customer remaining a... (more)

NKP #765 highballs through Allentown, PA captured at dusk in a zoom pan at 1/8th!

This ex-N&W SD40-2 and the slug behind are being used as yard power in Allentown. This unit is one of only a handful to receive zebra stripes on the plow.