Conrail’s Cement Secondary local, WJAL-12 passes the former Lehigh & New England depot in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. The buildings to the left were originally part of Nazareth Steel Fabricators, bu... (more)

The area of Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley centered about Nazareth is dotted with cement quarries and mills. The largest remaining portion of the Lehigh & New England, along with a little bit of t... (more)

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)

Fallen Flags

Evident in this photo of Conrail’s Cement Secondary local are assets that have belonged to five different post-1960 railroad companies that have disappeared since th... (more)

Conrail’s Cement Secondary local passes a local farm as it approaches Steuben. This job usually had two or three locomotives, but a light weekend as-needed call only warranted a single GP38.

Running on a Saturday, which was an “as-needed” day, Conrail’s Cement Secondary local makes a run for Bethlehem at Steuben.