CR, Conrail SW8's 8673- 8686, is returning from Phillipsburg New Jersey with a short local, on the ex-Lehigh Valley, at Easton, Pennsylvania. March 12, 1981 Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

An ex-Lehigh Valley SW8 switches the west end of Allentown Yard. This perspective best illustrates the dynamic brake option unique to eighteen of the LV’s SW8’s. The primary need for dynamics ... (more)

”EROUTE FOR OVERHAUL ALTOONA BACK SHOP”(sic)

Conrail’s Mechanical Department in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, wanted to make sure this SW8 made it to Altoona without being comman... (more)

Two Conrail EMD SW8's, 8673-8686, have just crossed the Delaware River, and pass over the REA station on the ex-Lehigh Valley at Easton, PA. 3/12/1981