CNJ's Allentown Station

A view looking to the east at Allentown's historic CNJ station located at Hamilton and South Terminal Streets. Built between 1888 and 1889, the station was constr... (more)

Allentown's 1889 built CNJ Railroad Depot

This is the western facade of the 1889 built CNJ /Reading depot which once saw stub end station tracks, with the main diverging to the eastern si... (more)

A CNJ survivor in... Allentown, PA!

Built between 1888 and 1889, this station was constructed jointly by the Central Railroad of New Jersey and the Reading. The Reading shared tr... (more)

While NE-1 beat us to Allentown, my father and I were back on the chase when NE-1 departed Allentown Yard. Now in afternoon sunshine, LV C628s 639-640 lead NE-1 at the South Albert Street crossin... (more)

Departing Allentown yard, Reading GP35 3641 leading two B&O GP40's in June 1973. Photo from my collection, no photographer name on slide.

As soon as a Reading-bound train departed the yard in Allentown, Pennsylvania, it had to cross the Lehigh River on the former Jersey Central bridge. Here a Conrail manifest gets under way on a bri... (more)

A Pair of Classics

It was unusual for foreign power to visit Conrail’s yard in Allentown, Pennsylvania, but it was almost unheard of to see a caboose from a distant railroad to v... (more)

A Conrail SD38/MT6 yard set moves a Philadelphia, Bethlehem and New England NW2 around the yard an Allentown, Pennsylvania. The Bethlehem Steel switcher is most likely being sent out for heavy mai... (more)

A run past the yard in Allentown, Pennsylvania turned up a Baltimore & Ohio GP9, partially obscured by a Conrail N8 caboose.