A Conrail freight southbound at North Elizabeth on the Northeast Corridor in 1977.

In the mid-1980s, three-unit sets of six-axle GEs were the usual road freight power on Conrail's former Boston & Albany line, but weekend power balancing often led to doubling up. Here six big GEs... (more)

An eastbound hopper train threads its way across the westbound main of Conrail’s Lebanon Valley Line at Wyomissing Junction, Pennsylvania. The train is entering the track that connects Wyomissin... (more)

A clean, but eclectic, mix of Conrail power leaves the yard in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The mix includes a C36-7, an SD50, a U36B, an SD38, and an MT6 slug. The latter two are a yard set that like... (more)

A pair of Conrail SD50’s leads a Philadelphia - Allentown freight over Buttonwood Street in West Reading, Pennsylvania. The near track leads to the south leg of the Valley Junction wye that lead... (more)

Bound for Harrisburg, a westbound empty hopper train from Philadelphia rolls through West Reading, Pennsylvania on the Reading Belt Line. Crossing over Penn Avenue, the train is running left hande... (more)

An SD45 and a pair of GP40-2s accelerate a southbound Conrail freight through the station at North Elizabeth, NJ, on a spring morning.

Conrail SD35 No. 6040 was built by EMD in May, 1965 as the Central Railroad of New Jersey's No. 2501; one of twelve units (2501-2512) on that road's roster. This view is from the trackside park a... (more)

Conrail on Cajon? Two Conrail SD60M's are being tried out on the Southern Pacific. Conrail 5549 and 5544 lead a fleet of Southern Pacific power on the oil can.

Ten years after the Conrail split the numbers have changed but the color remains the same. NS 3361 former Conrail SD40-2, 6415 and NS 6744 former Conrail SD60I, 5621, are at North Yard in Winston-... (more)

Roadrailers heading north through the Shenandoah Valley

Conrail C30-7As 6558/57/69/60 roll a freight from the Boston line into the reception sidings at Selkirk Yard.

You never knew what you'd find stored over the weekend at Conrail's 16th Street facility in the 1980s and 90s. Here we have an ex-Penn Central 1972-built SW1500, some assorted Geeps, and an Ameri... (more)

Conrail glory days, with two SD50s westbound around 14th Street in Lebanon. The classic Reading Lines signal and the crossover switches were later removed by Norfolk Southern. The 6824 was built... (more)

Two sets of pushers bring up the rear on an eastbound coal train at Tunnelhill, Pa. After shoving the train up the west slope, they'll provide braking power downhill into Altoona.