Conrail power based in Bangor, Pennsylvania, in the form of two ex-Erie Lackawanna GP7’s, waits in the small yard at Portland, Pennsylvania. Until the previous day, their cars arrived via the fr... (more)

Conrail train APB-1 is Allentown bound at Mount Bethel, Pennsylvania. This is one of the few locations that I photographed that appears to be more open today than it was then.

A New Dawn

When Conrail was formed, the former EL Bangor & Portland subdivision received its cars at Portland, Pennsylvania. Local crews out of Bangor would serve the various custo... (more)

The very first Conrail train APB-1 returns from Portland to Allentown at East Bangor, Pennsylvania. The three locomotives from Allentown have picked up the four that delivered the last Bangor & Po... (more)

The locomotives outnumber the cars on the return of local APB-1, the Bangor & Portland local from Allentown, seen here passing Alpha yard in Martin’s Creek, PA. Established when the Lackawanna C... (more)