Optical Illusion
No, this is not an imminent head-on collision. M9G meets H76 on the sweeping curve east of CP 88. M9G is slowing rolling to a stop on track 1 while H76 makes a run f... (more)

Instead of having its power run around its train in Allentown yard, D&H/NYSW freight RPPY has been sent to South Bethlehem to execute the reverse maneuver so it can continue to Washington.

Fans circle the turntable during a fantrip stop. I shot the Reading 4-8-4 from a hill overlooking the roundhouse.

On its way to the engine terminal, a set of Conrail power takes a crossover controlled by Steel tower. One of the regular operators at Steel tower was the late Eddie Mink, who would hold court wit... (more)

Who's that 6 year-old railfan? That's me armed with the Instamatic camera and Kodachrome film (yes, they made Kodachrome for Instamatics). By 1976, I would move up to a single-lens reflex. My f... (more)

Three dash nines pull a baretable train past the River Yard.

Lehigh Valley Rail Management brings out a large cut of intermodal cars to be picked up by Norfolk Southern at Bethlehem, PA, with the remains of Bethlehem Steel in the background on a beautiful S... (more)

NS 8104 is coming off of the ex CNJ to the ex LV trackage at CP Bethlehem

Conrail in Cornell Red – Almost eight months after the northeastern railroad scene has undergone its most dramatic transformation, many of the local activities continue on as usual. Here Lehigh ... (more)

One of six 80-ton switchers belonging to GE’s Schenectady works, thirty-seven year old number 16, was passing through the Conrail’s Allentown yard, along with sister number 17. They may have b... (more)

Allentown to Bath local H75 takes the connecting track from the NS Lehigh Line to the Cement Secondary track heading north to work industries around Nazareth. NS 5175 is a unit not long for this w... (more)

A set of locomotives has just arrived from a Bethlehem Steel train

Between assignments, Jersey Central kept Lehigh & New England locomotives and cabooses at the CNJ Bethlehem PA station. Also there was this gem of a wood-sheathed snowplow, L&NE #353.

Reunited – These two RS11’s began life as PRR 8652 and 8644, respectively. In 1964, The Pennsy leased the 8644 and seven other mates to the PRR-controlled Lehigh Valley. Two were returned, and... (more)

The NS Erie Lackawanna Heritage unit, SD45-2 1700, makes a quick transfer run from Allentown Yard to the LVRBs River Yard. The sandy trucks show the evidence of the prrevious nights assault on the... (more)