Prior to the formation of Conrail, intermodal traffic on the Allentown area was predominated by the Lehigh Valley’s Apollo and Mercury trains between Oak Island and Buffalo, which bypassed Allen... (more)

Early Conrail repaints displayed a multitude of variants, with the only constant being that they were blue with white lettering. Lettering font, full spelling of “Conrail”, can opener herald, ... (more)

After Conrail took delivery of fifty C30-7A’s in 1984, Allentown became the home for about a half-dozen of them. Here one of them switches the west end of the yard.

RJ Corman's branchline in Allentown, PA has seen its fair share of ups and downs over the years, and now it seems that the line is only being held on by a thread with only one customer remaining a... (more)

NKP #765 highballs through Allentown, PA captured at dusk in a zoom pan at 1/8th!

This ex-N&W SD40-2 and the slug behind are being used as yard power in Allentown. This unit is one of only a handful to receive zebra stripes on the plow.

CP 258 train tied down at "WK" north of Allentown, PA. My last "real" D&H train photo.

Harbinger of things to come: Over nine years before the Conrail breakup, a solid set of Norfolk Southern power brings a train into Allentown yard. All legacy Penn Central black is finally gone, an... (more)

Prior to the formation of Conrail on April 1, 1976, a visit to Allentown almost always yielded at least one set of Lehigh Valley C628's. When I visited Allentown the first weekend after that, they... (more)

The consist matches the dull day as a westbound train crosses over the Lehigh Valley and approaches East Penn Junction. This helps to illustrate why early Conrail was so difficult to swallow for t... (more)

In the spring of 1977, Conrail instututed a run-through service between Allentown, PA, and Richmond, VA with the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad. A segment of the short-lived servic... (more)

LV RS Allentown engine facility

The Upper Merion and Plymouth is a switching road built to serve industries around Conshohocken, PA, primarily the Alan Wood Steel Company. Here S6 101 is away from its home road, presumaably out ... (more)

In 1986, Conrail repurposed the site of the former Lehigh Valley Calypso Yard and built a new intermodal site, the Allentown Trailvan Facility. Here an Oak Island-bound train sets off a single TOF... (more)

The Reading's East Penn Local crosses the Lehigh River after leaving the yard in Allentown.