At dusk, Engineer Chad Frederickson takes over the right hand seat and completes switching moves after a long day on the high iron.

What has to be the oldest piece of equipment on Conrail’s roster stands within the Reading shop complex. Ninety two years old at the time of this 1983 photo, this scale test car was built by the... (more)

The power of a westbound Conrail train has just uncoupled from its train to make a pickup in Reading. Six month old C40-8W 6062 still serves NS today as its Railroad: Conrail
Locomotive: GE C40-8W (Dash 8-40CW)
Location: Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: CR 6062
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: November 24, 1990

Within sight of the yardmaster, a Conrail train waits to leave Reading yard. To the left is Spring Street Tower

An eastbound Conrail manifest nears the end of the Lebanon Valley line as it approaches the Center Street wye in Reading, Pennsylvania. The lead unit, SD40-2 6432, still sports a star under its ro... (more)

Twin SD40-2’s lead a train west over the Schuylkill River on Conrail’s Lebanon Valley Line, on a bridge that still bears the lettering, “Reading Lines”, which was the logo of its previous ... (more)

A westbound Conrail manifest continues its journey toward Harrisburg as it is at the eastern end of the Lebanon Valley line. The bridge in the background is the North 4th Street overpass in Readin... (more)

Conrail's track geometry train has arrived back at its home base in Reading. Here it is backing past the yard office toward he shops, where it will be stored inside until its next assignment.

Conrail's track geometry train backs into the shop area in Reading as it returns home from an over-the-road journey.

Waiting for rebirth – Bamgor & Arootook F3A 46 stands outside of the former Reading Company shops in Reading, Pennsylvania. Missing its prime mover, the 1948 EMD is now owned by the Anthracite R... (more)

Ex-Reading T-1 2102 in its old "Reading Rambles" dress leads PRR E8s 5706 and 5898 around the Reading Yard, getting ready for a night photo session.

ESPN #1802 and 2801 head back to their home rails as they leave NS's Spring Street Yard with their pickup. This location was once the site of the Reading Company's Outer Station..

One of the hottest trains on the railroad, Mail-9, arrives in Reading after making a sprint west over the East Penn Line. Slowing to negotiate the interlocking at Belt Line Junction, the train has... (more)

Since its inception, Amtrak wanted to get freight trains off of the Northeast corridor. A fatal 1987 collision between an Amtrak train and a set of Conrail light engines in Gunpowder River, Maryla... (more)

Most likely due to crew shortages, the D&H has combined trains 555 and 701 for the trip north from Philadelphia. Traffic on the Reading belt line has caused the train to traverse the main line thr... (more)