Harrisburg-bound freight rolls through Belt Line Junction. The tracks to the left are the Reading Belt Line, while the tracks to the right are the Reading main line to the Reading yard.

Over a year after Conrail’s formation, sighting a blue unit, especially in the lead, was a welcome change from the predominance of former Penn Central black. Here a freshly repainted GP40 leads ... (more)

The progression of Conrail’s power for high speed intermodal service is seen in this photo of train Mail-9.The newest power is represented by two month-old B40-8’s, followed by one of the B36-... (more)

CR 6831 blasts out of the now closed Gallitzin tunnel in a cloud of diesel exhaust with a coal train in tow.

A solid set of GEs near Palmer, MA

A pair of GP30's as helpers are shoving on the rear of a westbound that originated in Philadelphia. CR2231 wears Conrail lettering instead of the usual CR initials that we would normally see on a... (more)

Conrail EMD unit 3333 leads a mixed freight east at milepost 491 on the Chicago Line in 1979.

A Roger Puta Photograph

A Roger Puta Photograph

A Roger Puta Photograph

Two of Conrail's last new locomotives an SD80MAC and an SD70MAC hustle an westbound auto parts train over the Pittsburgh line.

Twilight along the old Reading & Columbia Railroad, which opened for service during the Civil War, connecting Reading with the Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal at Columbia. The old American House ... (more)

A 1977-built Conrail SD40-2 leads a train of empty hoppers westbound on the roller-coaster profile of the old Reading's East Penn Branch. This locomotive was renumbered to 3348 by Norfolk Souther... (more)

A westbound manifest is accelerating to track speed after slowing for Lebanon's multiple grade crossings, in this photo taken behind the Lebanon Valley Mall. A lot has changed here in the last 25... (more)

It was a beautiful fall day at Horseshoe Curve as a westbound Conrail freight made the climb up from Altoona with no less than ten EMDs on the point. I don't recall if all were working, but it app... (more)