A westbound Conrail manifest approaches Banks tower on the former Pennsylvania Railroad’s Middle Division. The still-manned tower will soon be razed, and the location’s name will be reduced to... (more)

KINGFISHER OK June 17 1983 -- Missouri Kansas Texas GP40 3161 switches covered hoppers as the train makes its way south on the Oklahoma, Kansas Texas. This was the north-south main line of the Roc... (more)

A farmer working his field has his attention momentarily diverted by a westbound ballast train passing the old Reading RR signal near Mill Street. No. 7570 was built in October, 1956 as PRR GP9 N... (more)

Sunset for the code line as two Conrail EMDs head east alongside the old Reading Railroad communication/signal wires, with the late winter sun highlighting the clear glass insulators. I think mos... (more)

NS 8098 head's up a westbound oil can through Steward, IL

Only 30 domestic SD80MAC's were produced and Conrail got them all. Class unit #4100 is the only one I photographed, here heading westbound solo with a TV train west of Toledo.

Deep in the woods a mile and a half west of Horseshoe Curve, Camden to Conway symbol CAPI3 is slugging it out on mountain grade as it passes MG with a pair of helpers (or snappers) coupled ahead o... (more)

CR 6707 "We Support Our Troops" leads symbol ALPI3 (Allentown-Conway) as it departs Huntingdon after being tied down for most of a day. There had been a derailment in Altoona but traffic... (more)

While every railfan in the state of North Carolina was off chasing 611, a group of us went after a more modern heritage unit, NS 8098. The blue ES44AC is seen here on the point of 154, headed for ... (more)

An eastbound freight passes the unique industrial-residential area along Scull Street in Lebanon. Today, this scene is dominated by the twin viaducts at 9th and 10th Streets, carrying PA Route 72... (more)

Conrail has become a class act by 1993, as attested to by this coil train racing east through Porter, IN behind an SD50/SD40-2/SD60M combo. Porter has been a favorite train watching location for y... (more)

A slew of Conrail SD45's sit in the C&NW yard in Oelwein in May of 1985. Most would serve on the C&NW, with the 6208 becoming CNW 6532.

As Conrail retired the Alco road switchers that held many of the Lehigh Valley area local assignments, replacements came in the form of rebuilt GP8’s. Conrail 5458 began life as Erie GP7 1241.

CR 6663 leads a typically long TV train thru Cresson, PA in June of 1992.