Eighteen of the Lehigh Valley’s SW8’s were equipped with dynamic brakes. Here one of them has been set off in Lehighton, Pennsylvania. Part of the Lehigh Valley roundhouse can be seen in the d... (more)

With clean power and low afternoon light, Conrail local WJAL-19 takes the cars that it has picked up at Packerton and begins its return to Allentown.

A Lehigh Valley westbound changes crews at Packerton Yard.

We’re standing on the Jersey Central right-of-way, watching a westbound 86-car Conrail train descend the ramp to the Lehigh Valley main line. This ramp was built as a result of the 1965 shared t... (more)

On a cold, rainy April morning, an eastbound Conrail freight waits for a westbound D&H train to arrive in Lehighton. As soon as D&H train clears, the dispatcher will give the train, lead by an ex-... (more)

On April 1, 1976, the Delaware & Hudson had to rebrand 44 Lehigh Valley and Reading locomotives that it acquired as part of its territorial expansion when Conrail was formed. The need was immediat... (more)

A perfect set of EMD F7's A-B-B-A in the lead F7(A) 564. Photo taken from my slide collection, no photographer listed on slide.

On a very rainy April day, an eastbound Conrail freight waits for a westbound D&H train to pass. The D&H train is lead by three GP39-2's, while the CR train is powered by a typical "dog's breakfas... (more)

After the Lehigh Valley took over the CNJ lines in Pennsylvania in 1972, the LV main between Bethlehem and Lehighton was redundant trackage. The LV chose to keep the tracks operational, primarily ... (more)

After shooting the power of a westbound D&H train at ground level, I noticed a westbound train coming to a stop of the former Lehigh Valley main line. I repositioned myself on the CNJ embankment t... (more)

Prior to the formation of Conrail, the D&H motive power roster was almost entirely uniformly painted in the "lightning stripe" scheme. On April 1, 1976, that all changed. The D&H was gra... (more)

CP 258 on the R&N Lehighton Branch tied down for a few hours awaiting a new crew.

Lehighton Bicentennials 5 - Arriving in Lehighton, looking for an Erie-Lackawanna bicentennial unit in helper service, I instead found an eastbound train lead by a D&H bicentennial unit stopping f... (more)

Lehighton Bicentennials 4 - Returning to Lehighton with the hopes of finding the EL bicentennial SD45 in helper service, I was instead surprised by finding the D&H RS3u bicentennial locomotive lea... (more)

Lehighton Bicentennials 3 - After being teased with a sighting of an EL bicentennial in helper service after the sun had dipped below the mountains, I returned to Lehighton the next day. A westbou... (more)