Conrail’s Bangor & Portland Subdivision Bangor Local switches a few cars in the small yard just south of Portland, Pennsylvania. Two former Erie GP7’s are based in Bangor at this time.

Four Conrail four-axle EMD’s lead westbound empty hoppers past the steel mill in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The Lehigh Valley’s four GP38AC’s became the only examples of that model on Conrail... (more)

A pair of Conrail GP38-2’s brings a westbound train through Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

In 1953, the Pennsylvania Rail Road, bought two SD7’s for use in Indiana’s 5.89% Madison Hill grade. The EMD’s were ballasted with added weight, and had extra added features including specia... (more)

With the caboose leading, Conrail SD7 6998 brings a cut of gondolas under the Hill-to-Hill bridge in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. This is most likely the Florence Local, headed to serve Bethlehem Stee... (more)

Early Conrail action finds a set of power headed to Bethlehem Engine Terminal after dropping its train next to the steel mill in South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Here a clean Penn Central U25C leads... (more)

The Reading Company sesquicentennial Reading – Philadelphia excursion trip crosses the 1856 Schuylkill River Viaduct in the West Falls section of Philadelphia. The viaduct is one leg of a wye, a... (more)

While out shooting the Reading Company sesquicentennial Reading – Philadelphia excursion trip, a friend and I tried to time our arrival at Flat Rock tunnel just ahead of the train. We arrived to... (more)

The Reading Company sesquicentennial Reading – Philadelphia excursion trip rolls east at Port Kennedy, Pennsylvania.

When the Delaware & Hudson celebrated its sesquicentennial in 1973, there were no D&H steam survivors, so Reading 4-8-4 2102 was fitted with “elephant ears” smoke deflectors and renumbered 302... (more)

Central Railroad of New Jersey SD35 2507 idles on one of the turntable tracks in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. This is possibly the first and only return to Bethlehem Engine Terminal for the 1965 EMD s... (more)

Forty-Four Years

A little over forty-four years ago, the Lehigh Valley Railroad ceased to exist, and I took my last photo of a real, unpatched road unit leading a train. Much of my... (more)

Blue Mountain & Reading Railfan NW2 413 has a small maintenance of way train with a single flat car rolling south from South Hamburg, Pennsylvania.

During the 1986 Blue Mountain & Reading Railfan Weekend, BM&R’s ex-PRR E8’s ease through Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania.

Reading 4-8-4 2102 and Blue Mountain & Reading 4-6-2 425 double head a southbound train at Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania during the 1986 BM&R Railfan Weekend.