Conrail’s North Penn local is switching its train in the Lansdale, Pennsylvania yard, and has pulled a longer cut down to the passenger platforms. A SEPTA employee pauses from his shoveling to wat... (more)

Shovels and Brooms

After an overnight snowfall that left several inches of snow blanketing southeastern Pennsylvania, the first order of business for the crew of Conrail’s North Pe... (more)

Conrail’s yard in Lansdale, Pennsylvania served as a staging area for freight traffic on SEPTA’s North Penn, Doylestown, and Stony Creek branches. A local from Abrams Yard near King of Prussia wou... (more)

A few passengers board an early afternoon local to Center City Philadelphia at Lansdale's Pennbrook station.

Display train for Lansdale, PA Founders Day Celebration

Inbound local for Center City Philadelphia makes a stop at the former Reading Lansdale station.

A GP38-2 and four ex-Reading pups have brought the weekend freight up the North Penn branch into Lansdale from Philadelphia. The power pauses by the Lansdale station before grabbing its train for ... (more)

The old and the new. Silverliner IV's and Silverliner V's layover during the weekend in SEPTA's Lansdale Yard and will go back into service for the Monday morning commute to Philadelphia.

Former Conrail C39-8 idles between assignments in the Pennsylvania Northeastern Lansdale Yard.

Commuters detrain from a Doylestown bound local at Lansdale's Pennbrook station.

On the next-to-last day of summer, 1981, the last rays of sun bathe the 1902 Philadelphia & Reading Railway station in Lansdale, PA. Conrail still operates all Philadelphia commuter rail service, ... (more)

Power resting in Lansdale yard.

You can always find some interesting power in the Lansdale Yard. Today there's three units all with there own bit of history. PN 7120 is a former CN GP9. The CSX unit is former B&O and still weari... (more)

Former Conrail/NS GE C39-8 sits next to former CN GP9R 7210 between assignments.

New Hope and Ivyland's GP-30 #2198 prepares to depart Lansdale during a special series of excursions on the former Reading Lines. No. 2198 was built in 1963 for the PRR as #2250. Retired by Conr... (more)