Along with the Pickens and the Norwood & St. Lawrence, the National Railway Utilization Corporation was the parent of New York short line Middletown & New Jersey. A fairly new M&NJ incentive per d... (more)

The GP35 That Refused to Change

This Erie-Lackawanna GP35 was stripped of its EL identity by Conrail, but a reversal of fortune compelled the forces at the shop where it was being ... (more)

NS H76 has just departed Allentown Yard light and is proceeding east at CP Bethlehem. The first stop of the day would be Abbott Street MOW Yard. NS 3364 (SD40-2) is behind the leader. The leader w... (more)

NS H75 proceeds north on the Cement Secondary with a somewhat weathered SD40-2 long hood forward. The unit formerly was CR 6367 under Conrail.

An eastbound Conrail piggyback train proceeds east through Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. When the latest power for TV trains was new, it was usually run as matched sets. As it aged, the power was mixed... (more)

Four Conrail SD40-2’s cruise through South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. I have these noted as power for a UPS (Unit coal for Portland Station). This is the same location as my more)

The Alloy Mill of Bethlehem Steel’s main plant provides a backdrop for a pair of Conrail trains meeting in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. This is one of only a few times that one of Conrail’s four f... (more)

NS H75 gets its track authority to operate north on the Cement Secondary as it waits for westward NS 19G with 3 GE widecabs to clear up into Allentown Yard. NS 3337 formerly was CR 6367 under Conr... (more)

The Restored CNJ Depot in Bethlehem, PA

Here is a view, looking to the northwest, of the historic 1873 built CNJ passenger station in Bethlehem, PA. At one time, double tracked, this was... (more)

Lehigh Valley & Reading Company's
Union Station in Bethlehem, PA

This is Bethlehem's 1924 built "Union Station", located in the South Side neighborhood of Bethlehem, PA. It was built i... (more)

A Lehigh Valley Railroad Survivor in...
Bethlehem, PA!

This is the 1886 built headquarters of the Lehigh Valley Railroad as seen from the 1924 built "Hill to Hill Bridge". Kno... (more)

A Lehigh Valley Railroad Survivor in...
Bethlehem, PA!

This is the street view of the 1886 built headquarters of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Known for a while as the "Conrail ... (more)

A CNJ Survivor in... Bethlehem, PA!

Sitting just to the east, and across from the Lehigh Valley station on the opposite side of the Lehigh River is this historic survivor, the Cent... (more)

A Reading C424 hovers in the greasy, oily gunk that was the foundation of the Lehigh Valley’s Bethlehem Terminal. The Reading C424’s were among the early-production versions that had the radia... (more)

A Reading GP35 and a Penn Central GP30 run light near Steel Tower in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.