Class units of Conrail’s C32-8 and C30-7A classes, joined by another C32-8, have dropped their westbound train on a hump lead, and are now proceeding to the west end of Allentown yard. All three... (more)

It's a mild autumn afternoon as just another of the daily parade of manifests comes hi-tailing out the Juniata River valley at a rural grade crossing east of Newport. Conrail in its prime ran a fa... (more)

A Conrail GP35 leads a CNW SD40-2 and UP SD40-2 on an eastbound coal train on the Indiana Harbor Belt. Tom Golden photo.

A westbound mixed freight approaches the Jamestown Road bridge, from which the photo was taken, near Portage, Pa.

On their first eastbound break-in run from Conway to Altoona, Pennsylvania, Conrail SD80MACs 4100 and 4101 are seen passing the South Fork Tower. The set would make another set of runs breaking i... (more)

The town clock has just tolled 9am as a pair of Conrail's lovely SD-80MACs, the 4110 and 4114, highball through town with 159 cars. The former Hunt Block and Interlocking Station once housed a US&... (more)

A big SD45-2 with a 5,000 gallon fuel tank pushes a westbound manifest around Benny Curve in the early spring of 1987. No. 6655 was built by EMD as the Erie-Lackawanna No. 3670 in November, 1972,... (more)

Two E44s are heading west through COLA Interlocking in the long-hood forward mode, wearing Conrail's "minimalist" paint scheme with no markings except the cab numerals. No. 4454 was bui... (more)

Conrail's Pittsburgh to Morrisville manifest freight is crossing the massive 1904-built bridge over the Conestoga River. The bridge was an integral part of the PRR's Atglen & Susquehanna Branch; ... (more)

A very handsome locomotive indeed. CR 4128 and 4124 lead symbol OIPI around Scotch Run curve, under the 240.7 signals and approach MP 241 on a little bit of tangent before reaching Horseshoe Curve... (more)

The date says Conrail, but the scene is pure Reading. On the third weekend of Conrail’s existence, a lot of motive power has been shuffled, but the train patterns are still intact. Here a coal ... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph

As the evening approaches, another of a seemingly endless parade of TV trains rolls west out of South Fork, Pennsylvania. In the distance is the former PRR SO tower.

Conrail's Pittsburgh to Morrisville freight crosses the massive 1905-built bridge over the Conestoga River near Safe Harbor Dam. The old Pennsylvania Railroad Atglen & Susquehanna Branch is now a... (more)

A pair of 80MAC's lead westbound OIEL (Oak Island, NJ - Elkhart, IN) between Lilly and Cassandra.