21M crosses the Lehigh River as it exits Allentown Yard. Intermodals usually run on a bypass around the yard, but on this day MOW crews had the bypass shut down.

SD45 6205 leads PJA-1 (Park Jct-Allentown) round the curve at CP-Burn and into Allentown Yard.

NS 35A crosses the Lehigh Canal as it pulls west out of Allentown Yard, destined for Edgemoor, DE.

Delaware & Hudson U-Boats get ready to depart behind a U33C (757 DH class GRF-33), a Phase 2 U30C (709 DH class GRF-30) and a Phase 1 U30C (701). I believe this was an Allentown to Mechanicville t... (more)

A sunny April afternoon finds an ex-Conrail C40-8W on the west end of local freight HA13. This train has just finished performing some local work and is getting ready to head east for Allentown.

Westbound intermodal 213 comes off the bypass to the right while 35A holds at the signal at CP-Burn.

Oh the luck of the Irish was with me this day, to add to a plethera of foreign power in the area, CP D&H train 38T came down off of the Northern Lehigh Line with three Canadian Pacifics and a GCFX... (more)

CNJ runs a large engine roundhouse and service facility at the midpoint on the Allentown LV/RDG/CNJ yard. In this shot two CNJ switchers frame a Reading Century 630 and two CNJ RSD-3s. CNJ 1011 an... (more)

W4A, an extra section of 34A begins to accelerate from a stop signal at CP BURN with a Conrail blue SD60i in charge of a seven unit lashup.

W4A, an extra section of 34A begins to accelerate from a stop signal at CP BURN as an NS MOW foreman puts track car 899522 on the rails for an inspection run.

To cap off a day of wonderful weather and great railroad action, I catch H67 coming down the Northern portion of the Lehigh Line with a train destined for Allentown Yard. The ex Conrail SD60 on t... (more)

The H67 is brought through HAM interlocking by the afternoon Change Crew.

The big engine service complex with steam plant, coaling tower round house and back shops. Everything as it was in the days of steam remained intact through the last days of the Reading. Engine fa... (more)