The times, they are a-changin’ – South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania has undergone quite a bit of change since the late 1970’s, and this image captures the beginning of the change. The Bethlehem S... (more)

Three C628's fill every inch of one of the fan tracks at the old CNJ Bethlehem engine terminal.

Three C628's are fueled at the former CNJ Bethlehem engine terminal while some Reading Centuries wait nearby. The Bethlehem terminal in the 70's was a railfans delight with Alco's galore and unit... (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)

High Powered Local

H76 snakes it's way across the Lehigh River, through CP88. They'll follow 20E east to Easton where they'll swing north onto the Portland Secondary for the trip n... (more)

NS 20R, led by former Conrail SD70 2559, snakes its way through CP 88.

NS 11J heads west from CP 88 shortly after meeting 20E. The lead unit is no stranger to this territory, as it formerly belonged to Conrail (ex-CR 5624). It is a frigid, windy morning in the Lehi... (more)

Former Conrail units meet...
NS 20E with 8414 (ex-CR C40-8W 6221) and NS 11J with 6747 (ex-CR SD60I 5624) meet on the double track at CP 88. It appears that the former Conrail signals ... (more)

Optical Illusion
No, this is not an imminent head-on collision. M9G meets H76 on the sweeping curve east of CP 88. M9G is slowing rolling to a stop on track 1 while H76 makes a run f... (more)

Instead of having its power run around its train in Allentown yard, D&H/NYSW freight RPPY has been sent to South Bethlehem to execute the reverse maneuver so it can continue to Washington.

Fans circle the turntable during a fantrip stop. I shot the Reading 4-8-4 from a hill overlooking the roundhouse.

On its way to the engine terminal, a set of Conrail power takes a crossover controlled by Steel tower. One of the regular operators at Steel tower was the late Eddie Mink, who would hold court wit... (more)

Who's that 6 year-old railfan? That's me armed with the Instamatic camera and Kodachrome film (yes, they made Kodachrome for Instamatics). By 1976, I would move up to a single-lens reflex. My f... (more)

Three dash nines pull a baretable train past the River Yard.

Lehigh Valley Rail Management brings out a large cut of intermodal cars to be picked up by Norfolk Southern at Bethlehem, PA, with the remains of Bethlehem Steel in the background on a beautiful S... (more)