A Conrail Allentown yard job works the west end of the yard as morning fog lingers in the Lehigh River Valley. With Penn Central roots, Conrail’s fleet of nineteen U23C’s seemed to keep their ... (more)

Helper Set

An eastbound freight rounds Scotch Run Curve approaching Altoona.

Westbound MAIL-9 passes MP 242 immediately west of the apex of Horseshoe Curve.

A pair of SD40-2's shove on the rear of westbound OIPI-2 as eastbound coal loads (UXC448) ease downgrade near Scotch Run.

A pair of SD's shove a westbound freight under the signal bridge at Kittanning Point.

An eastbound TV (trailer/van) train rolls through the Donohoe area approaching Latrobe, Pa.

An eastbound freight approaches the Wegley road crossing (just ahead to the left and now closed).

Conrail train SEPY (Selkirk - Potomac Yard) is operating on CSX trackage as it crosses the massive bridge over the Susquehanna river

A shiny trio of nearly-new GE C32-8s are in charge of a Boston-bound Conrail freight making a setoff at Nevins Yard in Framingham, MA, as the conductor watches. The former Boston & Albany was a re... (more)

Weekends often saw power balancing moves on Conrail's former Boston & Albany line, which is why this Sunday edition of intermodal train TV-9 had six six-axle units rather than the normal three. C3... (more)

I should have had an order hoop to hand on treats to Mail 3H as it climbed the mountain between Horseshoe Curve and MG on an overcast October afternoon. Fuji Sensia.

Conrail in its prime: symbol PIMO (Conway-Morrisville) comes rolling through Mifflin, PA on a July afternoon. Fuji Velvia.

Eastbound TV-2 curves around idled Pitcairn Yard (out of view to the left); homes in Pitcairn form the background. Pitcairn was named after Robert Pitcairn, superintendent of the PRR's Pittsburgh ... (more)

A westbound freight approaches Irwin, Pa.