I can almost hear the cicadas along this neat country road on a hot, humid and hazy September 11, 1988, at Pinola Indiana. Around the curve rolls a westbound Conrail coal train headed for Chicago.

Conrail EMD GP40-2 No. 3378 leads an eastbound CR freight out of Gallitzin Tunnel at Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, on October 23, 1988. In 1995, the Gallitzin Tunnel was abandoned in favor of an adjoin... (more)

An eastbound Conrail freight has just exited New Portage Tunnel and a helper of two CR EMD SD40s keeps the train in check down “The Slide” at Tunnelhill, Pennsylvania, on a sunny October 23, 1... (more)

Conrail caboose sits tight in Conrail Metuchen Yard on a nice Thanksgiving Day morning.

Some old SW9's painted up for the conrail still exist, All through they are now just rusting away.

Conrail EMD SD50 No. 6713 leads CR’s ELKA westbound toward Chicago rumbling through the curves at New Carlisle, Indiana, at 4:10 p.m. on March 16, 1991.

OKLAHOMA CITY Dec 18 1983 — Unpatched Oklahoma Kansas Texas (Conrail) GP38-2 8236 is tied down at Harter Yard. EMD built the unit in September 1978. In this photo the 8236 is on lease to the OKT... (more)

Former Conrail SW8 #8687 is seen working for Maryland Pig Iron in the South Deering neighborhood of Chicago.

Big blue Conrail GE No. 6040 leads an eastbound CR freight through New Carlisle, Indiana, at 1:35 p.m. on March 16, 1991. CR No. 6040 is one of 25 4,000 hp C40-8's bought from GE in 1989, assigned... (more)

At 6:25 a.m. on the morning of May 28, 1989, Conrail EMD GP40 No. 3200 leads an eastbound CR freight through a curve at Burdick, Indiana.

Conrail EMD SD40 Nos. 6280 and 6277 helper locomotives are on the rear of an eastbound freight, assisting with braking on the Allegheny Mountain crossing west of Altoona, Pennsylvania, on October ... (more)

Conrail trains swap power at La Porte, Indiana, alongside the railroad’s busy Chicago to Elkhart main line on September 11, 1988. New Conrail B40-8 No. 5085 is only four month old, built by Gene... (more)

It’s a spectacular autumn morning in the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania on October 23, 1988. At famous Horseshoe Curve west of Altoona, a pair of Conrail EMD SD40 pushers lean into a westbo... (more)

CR 7869 & 8275 lead a welded rail train through the remnants of the Lehigh Valley Station in Easton, PA. Photography by Tim Howeter, from the collection of Colin Kund.

CR 4020 heads up the OCS consist as it travels westbound over the Delaware River. In the background is the former CNJ Phillipsburg Union Station, which has not seen a passenger train in quite some... (more)