The tenth day of Conrail’s existence finds a meet near JU tower in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. A 30-car local train in the charge of two Lehigh Valley RS11’s waits to proceed east, while a 58-car... (more)

Austere is the word to describe Conrail’s minimalist effort to patch this ex-Lehigh Valley SW1. All LV markings have been painted over, but there is no evidence that this is a Conrail engine any... (more)

Saturday, October 25, 1975 dawned as miserably as any autumn day could. Rain came in waves, with frequent downpours. Nonetheless, I was going out to take photos, because a double-headed steam excu... (more)

One of the Reading's twelve burly Century 630s awaits its next assignment at the Bethlehem, PA, engine terminal that the railroad shared with the CNJ.

The engineer of the American Freedom Train looks back for hand signals as he switches the train for display in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The 4-8-4 is near JU tower, and the train is being sp... (more)

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)

Still wearing the same paint scheme as when it rolled out of EMD’s LaGrange factory a quarter-century before, Lehigh Valley SW8 253 stands at the engine terminal in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The ... (more)

An eastbound Conrail manifest rolls past the site of the Lehigh Valley’s Calypso Yard in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The need for Calypso was eliminated when the Jersey Central pulled out of Pennsy... (more)

An eastbound container train waits for a signal at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. This is just west of the Hill-to-Hill bridge, at the one-time location of the Lehigh Valley’s Calypso Yard. After the ... (more)

Bringing Home the Hook

On the Saturday one day after Conrail’s first birthday, I planned to spend the day recording Conrail at age one. The day turned out to be very dismal, but ... (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)

Amtrak 145 leads the two Veterans units past the remains of Bethlehem Steel on a fall foliage excursion.

A pair of Philadelphia, Bethlehem & New England SW7’s work the yard in south Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Of interest are the strings of new Bethlehem Steel (BSCX) hoppers for coke service. These ha... (more)

The EMD SD45 the most powerful single unit diesel owned by the Reading, developed 3,600 horsepower from its twenty cylinders. The Reading acquired its five SD45's in 1967. Reading's SD45's were g... (more)

On a rainy August morning, the American Freedom Train shuffles its cars to get ready for public display in Bethlehem, Pannsylvania.