Led by nose-to-nose SW1500’s, Conrail local WHRE-99 crosses the rain-swollen Schuylkill River in the shadow of Metropolitan Edison’s Titus Generating Plant. WHRE-99 originated in Reading, and ... (more)

Blue Mountain & Reading’s ex-Reading 4-8-4 2102 got a chance to stretch its legs on the former Reading main line between Temple and West Falls, Pennsylvania. The excursion, which ran over the en... (more)

Philadelphia-bound freight crosses the Schuylkill River on the Reading Belt Line at Titus, Pennsylvania. The smoke stacks and cooling tower of Metropolitan Edison’s coal-fired Titus Generating S... (more)

Powered by six EMD’s, a westbound Conrail manifest rolls through the Pennsylvania farmland approaching Titus. Getting a train here was challenging, as the Reading Belt Line was usually eschewed ... (more)

An eastbound Conrail train crosses the Schuylkill River at Titus, Pennsylvania. The train is on the “turkey trail”, a nickname given to the eastern portion of the Reading Belt Line. The Struct... (more)

Two Conrail SD50’s bring an empty hopper train across the connector between the former Reading main line and the Reading Belt Line.

A westbound Conrail manifest approaches Titus as it occupies the connector between the former Reading main line and the Reading Belt Line. In the distance, the train can be seen rounding the curve... (more)

Train ALCA (Allentown - Camden) traverses the Schuylkill River on the Reading belt line just south of the Metropolitan Edison Titus Generating Station. This was a tough location to catch an eastbo... (more)

Office Car Special rolls across the Schuylkill River on the Turkey Path with the Titus Power Plant in the background.