A Harrisburg-bound train crosses the bridge over the Lehigh Canal as it departs Allentown Yard.

An eastbound manifest approaches Allentown yard from Conrail’s East Penn line. Two long-time Lehigh Valley energy industry landmarks are visible in this view. To the right of the locomotives is ... (more)

The crew of the Grace Mine cleanout train has dropped their empty cars well short of the Elverson Road crossing in Joanna, Pennsylvania, and is now proceeding south to grab lunch at the Joanna Sto... (more)

The portion of the former Reading Wilmington & Northern branch between Joanna and Coatesville, Pennsylvania was ripped up in the early 1980’s, but the portion from Birdsboro to Grace Mine was ke... (more)

In a location captured by many photographers of the Reading Company, a Grace mine cleanout train ambles down the Wilmington & Northern branch along the Hay Creek south of Birdsboro, Pennsylvania. ... (more)

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.

A Conrail manifest with two SD45-2’s and a long consist rolls west through South Fork, Pennsylvania on an autumn day in 1984.

Conrail’s wide-nose invasion has begun, and it was started by the GE C40-8W, which would eventually fill 235 spots on the CR roster. Here one-year-old 6076 leads an eastbound train through Lilly... (more)

With the fall colors starting to turn, three SD40’s roar westbound through Lilly, Pennsylvania with a solid train of auto racks.

A pair of ex-Erie-Lackawanna SD45-2s pauses by SO Tower, which was virtually destroyed by arsonists in November of 2008 and razed shortly afterward. No. 6658 was built by EMD in November, 1972 as... (more)

Conrail train ALCG (Allentown – Corning) passes an area of the Lehigh River that is pooled due to a dam that was built for the Lehigh Canal. The dam meets the near side of the river near the cur... (more)

Conrail train ALCG (Allentown – Corning) rolls past Mauser Milling in Treichlers, Pennsylvania, on an early spring day in 1989. The track configuration at Treichlers changed quite a bit over the... (more)

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)

Conrail train CGAL (Corning – Allentown) is less than a mile from its destination as it ducks under the Hamilton Street bridge in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

One of twenty-two "humpbacked" Dash 8-39Cs owned by Conrail is westbound by the defunct Bethlehem Steel facility in the background. This view was shot from the 2nd floor office of the o... (more)