An early autumn morning has symbol freight ENPI-5X (Enola-Conway) starting 'round Horseshoe Curve with a pair of SD40-2 snappers coupled ahead of the road power - an SD40-2 and SD50.

Helper set.

Conrail Quality: CR 5616 is an SD60I assembled at CR's Juniata Shops in Altoona - the "I" designating an isolated cab to minimize noise and vibration. By this time Conrail had really hit... (more)

The crew of Conrail NB-31 has stopped their train at Teterboro station on NJT's Pascack Valley Line. Note that the consist includes mostly empty 86' auto parts box cars from the Ford Lead. There... (more)

The conductor walks ahead toward 69th Street while Conrail SEAL pauses at North Bergen to make a set-off in the yard. The consist includes a nice mix of Conrail power, but I suspect the two trail... (more)

Conrail SEAL-6 has gotten the signal off the controlled siding at CP7 after holding for a meet with OISE. A C30-7A and SD50 have 117 cars in tow as the head end passes the dwarf signal. The pain... (more)

The former Pennsylvania Railroad crossing of the Appalachians west of Altoona has always been an impressive stretch of railroad. Moreso, perhaps, when the environment bore the distinctive stamp of... (more)

Back in the early days of Conrail only a few bursts of color are beginning to show through the uniform black overcast that pervaded Penn Central territory. Westbound hoppers are accelerating throu... (more)

Allentown to Conway manifest ALPI is passing beneath the 2416/2417 signal bridge that stood at the eastern approach to Horseshoe Curve. CR 6199 was just built a few months previous to this October... (more)

Former Erie-Lackawanna GP35 No. 2577 now bearing Conrail blue as No. 3683 leads a westbound freight on No.2 track at signal bridge 1525/1526 - the westward distant signals to Mifflin interlocking.... (more)

Trackside park.