For the third weekend in a row Conrail YPPR-32 detoured via the Lehigh Line and Port Reading Secondary due to trackwork on the Garden State Secondary. NS 1700, the EL heritage unit, had been the ... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph

1700 leads a rare rerouted PR-32 by Bound Brook heading for Oak Island.

Union Pacific's LJP45 "dirt train" local passes through Spring Glen, UT with a string of empties in tow. In a few moments the train will arrive back in the yard at Helper. Powering the... (more)

A westbound Santa Fe train holds at Cliff to meet an eastbound Southern Pacific train. While the Santa Fe trains climbed the grade without much visual fanfare, the SP locos were often smoke-belchi... (more)

Santa Fe 5815 East roars through the cut below the Loop. On the point is a recently repainted SD45-2.

"Lehigh Line Detour"

Conrail's PR-32 arrives at Oak Island after having to detour via the Lehigh Line due to track work taking place on the usual route via the Garden S... (more)

Conrail Shared Assets PR32 is in Elizabeth, New Jersey on 6/4/2017 as we catch it with the Goethals Bridge in the background. Norfolk Southern Corp 1700 (SD45-2, Erie Lackawanna Railroad heritage)... (more)

An eastbound Conrail mixed freight train crosses the Schuylkill River at Reading, Pennsylvania on the Lebanon Valley line The train has work in the yard at Reading, or the dispatcher would have se... (more)

An eastbound Santa Fe freight sails over Bridge 873.8 crossing Abo Arroyo east of Sais, New Mexico, on the morning of June 2, 1995. The train is powered by elephant-style EMDs—SD45-2 No. 5802, GP6... (more)

"Rahway River Bridge"

Conrail's new Port Reading-based replacement to OI-16 is the PR-32. The train is seen here heading north on former CNJ rails at the Rahway River B... (more)

Stopped with engine trouble right after leaving Queensgate.

Engineer Welch has two former SP "GRIP" SD45's bracketing a former SSW SD40T-2 on a 47-car westbound empty "Scoot" train heading towards Coulee City. It was nice to hear a blue 20-645E3 in Run 8 ... (more)

The daily mixed freight transfer from Oak Island Yard to Browns Yard rolls over the very last crossing before reaching the Browns Yard area with the special EL painted SD45-2 #1700 leading a fresh... (more)

Heritage unit NS 1700 (Erie Lackawanna) leads Conrail OI16 is it takes the transition lead from the Port Reading Secondary to the Garden State Secondary on its way back to Oak Island.