Philadelphia, Bethlehem, and New England 27, a 39 year old NW2, pauses with slug 09 near the Lynn Street overpass in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

The sun rises over Bethlehem's south side and the Steel Stacks as 211 waits to proceed west.

H75 follows the Monocacy creek through historic Bethlehem.

NS 211 pauses at CP Bethlehem as the sun rises over Bethlehem Steel.

A local heads East passing the former Bethlehem Steel foundry along the Lehigh River.

An eastbound Conrail manifest rolls past the one-time site of the Lehigh Valley’s Calypso Yard in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Switch on a Bridge

A Bethlehem Steel-bound Conrail ore train crosses the Lehigh River in Bethlehem, PA. The train is coming from the former Jersey Central main line, and is enteri... (more)

The former Jersey Central main line east of Bethlehem has been unused as a through route since the early 1970's. The tracks between Easton and Freemansburg were ripped up, and the former main line... (more)

In the summer of 1979, Conrail somehow got its hands on a trio of Santa Fe GP40X units, and used them system wide, including a few days in the Allentown area. This may be the only time that Santa ... (more)

22V is led by NS 8104 on home rails through Bethlehem PA.

Conrail’s U23C’s and SD38’s spent most of their time in hump service at classification yards around the system. Occasionally, one of them would get to stretch their legs in the road. Here a ... (more)

A patched Lehigh & Hudson River C420 and a repainted Lehigh Valley RS11 stand on a house track at Bethlehem, Pannsylvania.

Six months into Conrail’s existence, I’m sure that I took this photo to record the former Erie-Lackawanna U33C in Conrail blue, still a rarity at that time. Almost exactly forty-one years late... (more)

What Did They do to You?

Until I came across this forgotten slide, I would have sworn that none of Conrail’s MT4 or MT6 slugs ever locked knuckles with an Alco road switcher of t... (more)

Conrail only had 2. The PRR bought 2 customized SD7 units for the 5.98% Madison Hill line in Indiana. The 2 survived into the Conrail era and were eventually assigned to yard/local servic... (more)