In the Conrail era the concept of a "heritage unit" had not yet taken hold. However, Conrail did offer a smattering of specially painted units such as 6707. This SD50 was decorated wit... (more)

Conrail XNS-114 appears out of "the hole" (former Lehigh Valley main from Bethlehem and points east) and crosses over from track 2 to 1 at CP Burn. The XNS symbol was used for empty coa... (more)

Conrail train #3307 on the North Jersey Coast Line (fka the New York & Long Branch) picks up speed south of South Amboy New Jersey in the afternoon of March 30, 1978. The consist included two ratt... (more)

On April 17, 1979, my friend Paul Wester and his dad Pete Wester took me on a roadtrip to Horseshoe Curve. Back in those days, climbing over and around the hills there was far more acceptable. Her... (more)

A southbound Union Pacific intermodal train, powered by a pair of Conrail locomotives, sprints past the old grain elevators at Ina, Illinois, on April 25, 1993. This is a former Chicago & Eastern ... (more)

Mail-3.

April 29, 1978, Allentown PA - the unique high-short hood LV RS3 (which they acquired from corporate parent Pennsylvania Railroad), was still in her LV colors, be it with stenciled "CR" and Conrai... (more)

TV-1H (Harrisburg, Pa.-Chicago, Ill.)

Southbound on the River line.

Ex-Lehigh Valley.

ALCA (Allentown-Camden).

A Conrail geep sits idle while a railfan photographs one of two last remnants of steam left in the yard. The water tower and the coaling tower, which was out of the frame, were the last 2 remainin... (more)

Mail-9 passes MP 251.

Never to be repeated- two Penn Central E-33s eastbound on the old PRR Atglen & Susquehanna Branch at Washington Boro, PA. Note the crewmember in the trailing cab. For a photo of the lead locomot... (more)

Ex PC. Photo by Mike Dolenski. From my collection.