Rush hour is over and trains less important to the commuting public stand by SEPTA’s station in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. On the right is an MU train that has arrived from Philadelphia, and now is... (more)

Running on the Northeast Corridor, a Harrisburg-bound train of coal empties pass through Greenbelt, Maryland.

A westbound trailer train rolls through Trafford approaching Pitcairn, Pa. The buildings on the hill in the background are the Haymaker Plaza shops.

A southbound run-through train works its way through the passenger platforms at Alexandria, Virginia. It won’t be long before all of this traffic is routed through Front Royal.

Conrail’s local WJAL-12 switches the Lone Star Cement mill just west of Nazareth, Pennsylvania.

Conrail’s Cement Secondary local passes the site of the former Lehigh & New England Dexter tower. To the left, some cars to be picked up are waiting at the Lone Star Cement mill.

Conrail’s Cement Secondary local passes through the area known as Dexter, where the Lehigh and New England’s Martins Creek branch crossed the Lackawanna’s Bangor & Portland Secondary. From w... (more)

Conrail’s Cement Secondary local passes through the area known as Dexter, where the Lehigh and New England’s Martins Creek branch crossed the Lackawanna’s Bangor & Portland Secondary. An L&N... (more)

Conrail train WJAL-12, the Cement Secondary local, gets ready to work the remains of the former Lehigh & New England yard ay Tadmor, Pennsylvania. When the yard, located on the Martin’s Creek br... (more)

A mixed freight heads west to Conway Yard, while a pair of sister SD60M's is tied down on the running track waiting for a crew to arrive. Conrail's 74 unit SD60M fleet was built by EMD between Dec... (more)

A pair of SD40-2 helpers pushes an eastbound, running wrong main toward Altoona, while a pair of SD60M's is tied down on the running track waiting for a crew to arrive.

One of the finest displays of raw power was the movement of iron ore trains over the Alleghenies. Upon the arrival of a ship at an eastern pier such as Greenwich in South Philadelphia (or Baltimor... (more)

A set of five helpers lean into the 102 car payload of iron ore on CR 6847 West passing MG interlocking.

Conrail SD60I 5599 is westbound waiting to get across the Calumet River draw bridge on the far southeast side of Chicago Mar 1997.

E-44 No. 4405, in Conrail's initial "minimalist" paint scheme with no markings except cab numerals, leads the 4445, which has somehow survived with its yellow Pennsy cab numerals intact ... (more)