Sometime after competing its setouts and before making any pickups, Conrail’s North Penn local’s two units have come together until they find some cars to take back to Lansdale.

Conrail’s North Penn local rolls away from the photographer at Hatfield, Pennsylvania. This local usually had a locomotive at each end to work facing-point sidings as well as trailing-point ones... (more)

Conrail used the yard at Lansdale, Pennsylvania as a base of operations to serve several branches in the Lansdale area. Because most of these branches had limited runaround facilities, the locals ... (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)