Norfolk Southern train 18N crosses the Lehigh River as it enters Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on March 31st, 2015. NS SD70 2571 (ex-Conrail 2571) and Dash 8-40CW 8349 (ex-Conrail 6109) on in charge o... (more)

LV 212 idles in Bethlehem engine terminal. This tired unit came to the LV from the Penn Central in 1972 as a trade for the original 212, an even more tired RS2. The PC, which controlled the LV, us... (more)

18N heads east past the CP 88 signals. The power for the outbound roadrailer, NS 261, can be seen at right.

The Erie heritage unit leads 211 past CP 88 on the Lehigh Line

The backbone of the Reading's second-generation fleet was four-axle EMD units. One of the newest additions, a GP39-2, lays over in Bethlehem with a GP35 and a GP30.

It was very common to encounter Reading road power in the CNJ/LV's Bethlehem engine terminal. Switchers were much less frequent visitors, and this one was a real surprise.

NS 11J approaches CP 88 in Bethlehem on a bitterly cold Saturday morning.

A D&H train crosses the Lehigh River after departing Allentown yard for Oak Island, NJ. The trailing unit is an ex-Conrail U33B.

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A massive Air Products heat exchanger is carefully shepherded along the Lehigh Line by a pair of Norfolk Southern Dash 9s. Air Products personnel ride in an appropriately ... (more)

UP 8426, a first generation SD70ACe, leads eastbound Atlanta hotshot 212 through Bethlehem, PA on a beautiful New Years Day morning.

The Lehigh Valley's GP38-2's and C420's are now part of the D&H, and the rest of its road power has been scattered to the winds by Conrail. Most through freights in the area are now lead by locomo... (more)

A Reading GP30, GP30, C424 set idles at Jersey Central's Bethlehem roundhouse on a snowy March morning.

Three Conrail GP8's lead the Saucon Drill across the Lehigh River as they travel from the former CNJ Allentown Yard to the former Reading Saucon Yard. Today, this route is long-since removed, alth... (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)

Forty years ago yesterday, I had graduated from a Kodak Instamatic to a brand-new Minolta SRT-101. I was running the first roll of film through it when I encountered this train on the CNJ-operated... (more)