A Doylestown-bound train departs Lansdale with a five car set of Silverliner IV EMUs.

A Center City-bound train departs Lansdale with a four car set of Silverliner IV EMUs. This train originated in Doylestown at the northern end of the line.

My dad lived in Doylestown when he was nursery school age. My dad was also a HUGE Reading fan. Kind of nostalgic for me, even though this set of MUs is 1970s vintage, to know this train is taking ... (more)

It’s late afternoon on a March day, and Conrail’s North Penn local is headed into electrified territory to work SEPTA’s North Penn line. The commuter traffic on the line dictated that it be ... (more)

Conrail’s North Penn local is switching its train in the Lansdale, Pennsylvania yard, and has pulled a longer cut down to the passenger platforms. A SEPTA employee pauses from his shoveling to w... (more)

Shovels and Brooms

After an overnight snowfall that left several inches of snow blanketing southeastern Pennsylvania, the first order of business for the crew of Conrail’s North ... (more)

Conrail’s yard in Lansdale, Pennsylvania served as a staging area for freight traffic on SEPTA’s North Penn, Doylestown, and Stony Creek branches. A local from Abrams Yard near King of Prussia... (more)

A few passengers board an early afternoon local to Center City Philadelphia at Lansdale's Pennbrook station.

Display train for Lansdale, PA Founders Day Celebration

Inbound local for Center City Philadelphia makes a stop at the former Reading Lansdale station.

A GP38-2 and four ex-Reading pups have brought the weekend freight up the North Penn branch into Lansdale from Philadelphia. The power pauses by the Lansdale station before grabbing its train for ... (more)

The old and the new. Silverliner IV's and Silverliner V's layover during the weekend in SEPTA's Lansdale Yard and will go back into service for the Monday morning commute to Philadelphia.

Former Conrail C39-8 idles between assignments in the Pennsylvania Northeastern Lansdale Yard.

Commuters detrain from a Doylestown bound local at Lansdale's Pennbrook station.

On the next-to-last day of summer, 1981, the last rays of sun bathe the 1902 Philadelphia & Reading Railway station in Lansdale, PA. Conrail still operates all Philadelphia commuter rail service, ... (more)