Eastbound approaching Porter

Westbound Elhart to Indiana Harbor train ELIH Chesterton

A set of SEPTA Silverliner IV's pass each other late in the afternoon along the NEC in Croydon, Pennsylvania. SPAX #435's next stop is just ahead at Croyon while the other set is en route to Bri... (more)

A quartet of SW1500's lay over for the weekend at Earnest yard. Locals from Earnest served customers on the Trenton Cutoff and the remnants of the PRR Schuylkill branch.

Autumn colors are already beginning to wane high on the slope of the Alleghenies as one among the daily procession of manifests ascends the mountain at MG. A set of helpers fore and aft assist the... (more)

Bethlehem Kaleidoscope 5 - During Conrail's early years, many foreign visitors spent time in Bethlehem mingling with the local power. Usually they were leased or run-through units. Here a leased C... (more)

Bethlehem Kaleidoscope 3 - During Conrail's early years, many foreign visitors spent time in Bethlehem mingling with the local power. Usually they were leased or run-through units. For a short tim... (more)

An eastbound Conrail TV train crosses the Delaware river on a cold February morning.

A set of power lays over at the edge of the Conrail world.

Checking in with the tower. These locomotives were serviced at Clyde Diesel Shop and are likely ready to take some cars back south down the IHB.

Waiting to receive fuel and sand .

Sparkill Wye
Power for Conrail NB-51 runs around the Sparkill Wye with their N8B caboose in tow. The track immediately behind the GP38 was the single Sparkill Yard track. The two track... (more)

You can see the old faded NYC stripe showing through on 1847. This train is passing by a abandon PRR yard called Kinsman I believe.

Conrail came into being on April 1 1976. Here we are in May and it sure looks like nothing has changed for the Penn Central.

Conrail Almost forty years ago on April 1st 1976 the Consolidated Railroad Corporation (Conrail) commenced operations and began returning reliable rail service back to the Northeast. Th... (more)