An eastbound manifest passes by the row homes along Scull Street, in what used to be a "semi-quiet zone." Trains used to reduce their speed to 25 mph and ring their bells while passing ... (more)

An eastbound manifest on the old Reading RR Lebanon Valley Branch passes the Railroad House Bar and Restaurant on the left and the row homes along Scull Street. Today, this scene is dominated by ... (more)

With a backdrop of the landmark one-time Eastern Orthodox church, WJAL-19’s power waits on the Chestnut Ridge interchange while the crew gets lunch at a nearby sandwich shop.

WJAL-19 approaches the tied-down power of CGAL at Adams Island.

WJAL-19, the local between Allentown and Lehighton, pours it on as it rolls through Adams Island in the late afternoon sun.

Early Conrail wide-cab action, as a big GE smokes it up with an eastbound manifest at 4th Street. The building on the right housed the shop offices of GE Environmental Systems, formerly the Union... (more)

An ex-Pennsy caboose brings up the rear of a ballast train as it wends its way westward on the Columbia & Port Deposit Branch in the vast amphitheater of the Susquehanna Valley. The train is cros... (more)

From the bridge over Collinwood yard, we could see a train with some Santa Fe power getting up air to head west under cloudy skies. As a sucker hole in the clouds opened up, the train started movi... (more)

Appearing to be rebuilt from the tender of a Jersey Central M63-class 2-8-2, this fire car was representing for the New Jersey Division Fire Department. Found in the Elizabethport area, I don’t... (more)

With a huge chocolate plant in the background, GP40’s meet in the unincorporated community of Hershey, best known for its confectioneries and its amusement park.

The Lebanon Valley local between Reading and Enola passes through Cleona, Pennsylvania on a September afternoon. Spending the weekend at Cleona is an empty hopper train with a GP10/SW900 for power... (more)

A westbound Conrail hopper train rolls across the 10th Street grade crossing in Lebanon, PA. If there was a reason that there was a caboose immediately behind that power, I don’t recall it. I wa... (more)

Mother Slug set works Conway Yard. Conrail 7574 (former PRR GP9 7265) was rebuilt by Illinois Central Gulf at their Paducah, KY shop and re-classified as a GP10. This unit was retired 4 months af... (more)

The local switches Pitcairn Yard. The ex-PRR N5c cabin car was just in the way during the switching moves. It was to be donated to the town of Pitcairn at the time, but was rejected by the town du... (more)

Two helper locomotives running light Westbound returning to Pittsburgh. These two are in their original Conrail paint, no frame stripe.