The now abolished 32A follows the Lehigh River out of Bethlehem as it makes its way to Croxton Yard in New Jersey.

NS H76 crosses the connector bridge between the former Reading Company Allentown Yard and the beginning of the former Lehigh Valley mainline

Conrail’s Only Baldwin

Although the Penn Central and the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines both rostered Baldwin locomotives, It is not generally thought that any of them were ac... (more)

After the Conrail consolidation, Lehigh Valley’s EMD switchers generally stayed in along the ex-LV lines until they were retired. Five months into Conrail, five dynamic brake equipped SW8’s pass t... (more)

Four Lehigh Valley Alcos (C420/RS11/C420/RS11) pass near Bethlehem Engine Terminal as it moves from Steel Tower to Allentown Yard. Soon they will be headed west with train AM-1 (Allentown – Mechan... (more)

On a warm June morning, a Lehigh Valley RS11 and RS3 are in the servicing area at Bethlehem Engine Terminal. Both units are secondhand from Pennsylvania/Penn Central, that owned a controlling inte... (more)

After the hostler cleared the turntable at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania with a pair of Lehigh Valley RS11’s , he opened the thro... (more)

A pair of Lehigh Valley RS11’s leaves the turntable at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

A shop worker at Conrail’s Bethlehem, Pennsylvania roundhouse fires up Lehigh Valley RS11 7640 after performing some work on a rainy September day. LV’s RS11’s were always good for a smoke show.

A Philadelphia, Bethlehem & New England NW2 works a yard job in Bethlehem, PA, back when Bethlehem Steel was a thriving business and the PB&NE was a busy switching railroad.

The conductor of NS H76 takes position on the leading end of his train (future NS 49A) to guide its 2 locomotives and 111 cars through Bethlehem Interlocking and into Allentown Yard.

Four Conrail four-axle EMD’s lead westbound empty hoppers past the steel mill in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The Lehigh Valley’s four GP38AC’s became the only examples of that model on Conrail’s ros... (more)

A pair of Conrail GP38-2’s brings a westbound train through Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

In 1953, the Pennsylvania Rail Road, bought two SD7’s for use in Indiana’s 5.89% Madison Hill grade. The EMD’s were ballasted with added weight, and had extra added features including special low-... (more)

With the caboose leading, Conrail SD7 6998 brings a cut of gondolas under the Hill-to-Hill bridge in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. This is most likely the Florence Local, headed to serve Bethlehem Stee... (more)