The SD80Macs were not common visitors to the River Line so it was a nice surprise to get a pair on point of a lite engine move. The crew is approaching Kingston NY as they soar 150 feet above th... (more)

Three sparkling clean Conrail units round the scenic curve at MP-164 in the Taconic Hills. The morning hotshot is just east of the State Line Tunnels and will be approaching the state line into... (more)

I always had a soft spot for Chatham Village during the "blue boat" Conrail days on the Boston Line. This was one of those magical windy fall mornings when everything fell together. The "NE" w... (more)

In what looks like an intermodal is actually the freight "SE-AL"(Selkirk Yard to NS/ Allentown Pa) with some headend hot trailers as it soars over the half frozen Catskill Creek. Conrail blue wa... (more)

This Conrail "tri-light" signal displays a clear signal on the main at MP 62 on the Norfolk Southern Lurgan Branch. Train 203 is rounding the corner, lighting up the signal and roadway bridge in t... (more)

A Helper unit waiting its next run form Pittsburgh to Altoona.

Even Conrail "tri-light" signals are becoming a vanishing breed. This one dispatches a clear signal to 290 on the main at CP 62 on the Norfolk Southern Lurgan Branch on a very cold early February ... (more)

A Conrail intermodal train smokes its way out of the Gallitzin Tunnel at Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, on October 23, 1988. Powering the westbound train is a EMD duo of SD50 No. 6729 and SD40 No. 6252.... (more)

Showing off true collaboration between the merged carriers a Conrail coil car with NS and Conrail hoods makes its way out of this steel city for a journey west.

Conrail C40-8W No. 6204 blows out a cloud of black smoke at it begins its decent of the West Slope at Gallitzin, PA on August 9, 1998.

A set of Conrail helpers rolls through Cresson as an intermodal train and hopper train pass on parallel mains. The ex-Pennsy is five tracks wide at this point: big time, main line railroading at i... (more)

It was always great to see color on a train as this southbound had. I like those red lights too.

Coming off the A.H.Smith Bridge with a light train for Selkirk Yard. Conrail itself only has a few more months of existence left. Already after four years, the Macs are starting to show small ... (more)