Conrail’s wide-nose invasion has begun, and it was started by the GE C40-8W, which would eventually fill 235 spots on the CR roster. Here one-year-old 6076 leads an eastbound train through Lilly... (more)

With the fall colors starting to turn, three SD40’s roar westbound through Lilly, Pennsylvania with a solid train of auto racks.

A single passenger awaits an eastbound Keystone Express as a Conrail local switches the M&M-Mars Candy Co. siding. The 7558, originally built by EMD as a GP9 in November of 1955, was numbered 703... (more)

A pair of ex-Erie-Lackawanna SD45-2s pauses by SO Tower, which was virtually destroyed by arsonists in November of 2008 and razed shortly afterward. No. 6658 was built by EMD in November, 1972 as... (more)

Conrail train CGAL (Corning – Allentown) is less than a mile from its destination as it ducks under the Hamilton Street bridge in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

135 cruises through Azalea during snow showers from winter storm Jonas. The storm spent two days covering western North Carolina in anywhere from 7-12" of snow.

Perhaps the very last piece of rail equipment to grace the rails of the turntable at the Mon-Con roundhouse, the Youngstown Steel Heritage hi-rail truck basks in the sun of an unseasonably warm Ja... (more)

At the time of this photo it had been over three years since Conrail had taken over operations of the Monongahela RR. I was pleasantly surprised to see this set of ex MGA Super 7 helpers still wor... (more)

A disembodied SD40 cab gazes at fellow ex-Ohio Central units, probably thinking of better days. Taken on LTEX property with permission.

An ex-Penn Central GP38 leads a slightly overpowered westbound three-car train through the old crossovers at CP WALL. The 7922 was built by EMD in March, 1971, and was later acquired by CSX and t... (more)

CR 6666, a former Erie-Lackawanna SD45-2 is shown at Altoona, PA along with RS-3M 9937. CR 6666 features an extended range fuel tank preferred by the EL while CR 9937 has been rebuilt with an EMD ... (more)

Leading an Oak Island to Buffalo freight is a GP38 without dynamic brakes, originally ordered by the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines, but delivered to the Penn Central. No. 7670 was built wit... (more)

The local switch job works Pitcairn yard. This scene was taken right before the reconstruction of Pitcairn into an intermodal facility.

A new Conrail SD60M leads Union Pacific's Sharp to Los Angeles coal empty through rural Benjamin on Oct. 15, 1995.

Caboose 23512 tags along behind an SD45 helper set, westbound on No. 3 Track. The 23512 is a Conrail Class N-8B, created when the Penn Central modified their ex-New Haven Type NE-5 cabooses. The... (more)