A former Conrail SD60I leads a southbound mixed freight at Doswell, VA on the former RF&P mainline, climbing the grade from the North Anna River crossing just a few miles to the north.

A trio of 80MACs await a new crew at the firehouse in Brandywine, MD, returning lite from the power plant at Chalk Point, MD.

"Conrail" ES44AC 8098 leads 154 in Austell, Georgia as it makes a heavily delayed entrance into the Metro Atlanta area with a recrew on board.

Coal loads for the power plant at Morgantown on the Potomac River roll south behind a trio of former Conrail 80MACs. My formative high school railfanning years were spent chasing these in my back... (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

A nice blue string on a snowy day, with a former Pennsy unit in the lead. Photo by Mike Dolenski, from my collection.

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

Cornwall Branch action, as the 7545 hauls a string of coil cars from Lebanon Yard to Alcoa, near Cornwall. The train is coming off the old Cornwall Railroad onto the old Cornwall and Lebanon Rail... (more)

Spending its last years in ore service in Ohio, former Reading C630 5303 rests in the roundhouse at Mingo Junction. The SDP45 to the left stands derelict today in Roanoke, Virginia as part of the... (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)

Eastbound coal arrives at Conrail’s Allentown, Pennsylvania yard on the former Reading East Penn line. The N&W box car is on one of the tracks that curve to the right as part of the former Jerse... (more)

Almost eight years after the Conrail merger, there were still “patch jobs” wandering around the system. Here a GP38-2 in the drab austerity scheme leads a set of power out of the west end of A... (more)

The Dyers stone quarry has long been a major carload supplier along the former Reading Belt Line. On a crisp August morning, a set of fresh-looking Conrail power, four GP38-2’s and an SD40-2, ha... (more)

By 1985, not many Reading cast iron crossbucks were still in service. This one, guarding Elverson Road in Joanna, Pennsylvania, has little time left, as one of the final Grace Mine cleanout trains... (more)

An eastbound Conrail auto parts train rolls through Ardara, Pennsylvania. Four GP40/GP40-2’s was typical power for the hotter trains during that time frame.