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Viewing Album:  Conrail on the CNJ, LV and Reading
 
By:Tom Beckett
Dates:4/1/1976 - 6/1/1999
Album Info:Photos all over the Conrail system, mostly on the former CNJ, Reading and LV, but other places too if not covered in any of the other CR albums.
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ENSE past the hump
Title:  ENSE past the hump
Description:  ENSE rolls through the Allentown yard, where it will work before heading on to Oak Island and Selkirk.
Photo Date:  7/18/1987  Upload Date: 5/17/2015 2:12:45 AM
Location:  Allentown Hump Yard, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6008(C39-8) CR 6778(SD50) CR 1125(MT6) CR 6926(SD38)
Views:  503   Comments: 1
ENSE on the CNJ
Title:  ENSE on the CNJ
Description:  ENSE is in the interlocking at JU, and will take the switch to head over to the ex LV for its trip to Oak Island.
Photo Date:  7/18/1987  Upload Date: 5/17/2015 2:35:32 AM
Location:  Bethlehem, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6008(C39-8) CR 6778(SD50)
Views:  338   Comments: 1
Past the hump
Title:  Past the hump
Description:  This PYALis arriving at Allentown and passing the hump as the late afternoon shadows fall.
Photo Date:  7/18/1987  Upload Date: 5/17/2015 2:15:21 AM
Location:  Allentown Hump Yard, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6397(SD40-2) CR 6440(SD40-2) CR 6606(C30-7)
Views:  475   Comments: 1
Chemical coast train
Title:  Chemical coast train
Description:  The ex CNJ line that runs along the Jersey Turnpike near Port Newark was called the Chemical Coast Secondary by Conrail, because it served mostly oil refineries and chemical plants. There was a train that originated there, CCAL, that ran to Allentown. It was easy to spot, having mostly tank cars. Here it is with 118 cars on the ex LV bridge over the Delaware, shortly to arrive in Allentown.
Photo Date:  7/18/1987  Upload Date: 5/17/2015 2:40:09 AM
Location:  Easton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6475(SD40-2) CR 6357(SD40) CR 6445(SD40-2)
Views:  736   Comments: 3
Push em up
Title:  Push em up
Description:  An SD38/MT 6 hump set pushes the last cars of this cut over the top at the Allentown Yard. CGAL's power is sneaking up on the hump to roll past on its way to the engine facility.
Photo Date:  7/18/1987  Upload Date: 5/17/2015 2:53:08 AM
Location:  Allentown Hump Yard, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6926(SD38) CR 1125(MT6)
Views:  364   Comments: 1
Hump meet
Title:  Hump meet
Description:  ENSE rolls east through the yard as the power from CGAL approaches the hump on its way to the engine tracks.
Photo Date:  7/18/1987  Upload Date: 5/17/2015 2:32:07 AM
Location:  Allentown Hump Yard, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6008(C39-8) CR 6778(SD50) CR 7906(GP38) CR 6432(SD40-2) CR 6520(SD40-2) CR 6521(SD40-2)
Views:  769   Comments: 1
CGAL power
Title:  CGAL power
Description:  This must have been the only way to get CGALs power back from the east end of the yard. It has dropped its train and is now rolling over the hump to get to the other end.
Photo Date:  7/18/1987  Upload Date: 5/17/2015 2:33:38 AM
Location:  Allentown Hump Yard, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 7906(GP38) CR 6432(SD40-2) CR 6520(SD40-2) CR 6521(SD40-2)
Views:  552   Comments: 2
New Market Pond
Title:  New Market Pond
Description:  There was a park in Piscataway NJ where the brush had been cleared from along the tracks, allowing a good view of the action. We see ALOI and 66 cars passing behind a representative sample of GEs.
Photo Date:  4/10/1988  Upload Date: 7/8/2015 4:22:09 AM
Location:  Piscataway, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5016(B36-7) CR 1962(B23-7) CR 2724(U23B)
Views:  345   Comments: 2
Reading bridge
Title:  Reading bridge
Description:  Rockville was the best known, but not the only bridge over the Susquehanna at Harrisburg. The line to Hagerstown MD was part Reading Lurgan Branch, and part PRR Hagerstown Branch. This 146 car ENRO, a run through to NS and Roanoke, originated at Enola, did the grand tour of the capital, then went south on this ex Reading line, crossing the ex PRR Rockville Bridge, then back on this ex Reading bridge, reaching it via a connection at CP Capital, where the ex PRR connected with the Reading from Rutherford yard, then out of service.
Photo Date:  6/16/1990  Upload Date: 1/13/2016 4:04:15 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CR 8096(GP38-2) CR 6490(SD40-2) CR 6489(SD40-2)
Views:  305   Comments: 2
Different
Title:  Different
Description:  The D&H, as a condition of the Conrail merger, got access to a number of points in the northeast to foster some level of competition. One of them was Potomac Yard in Alexandria VA, which served to make connections with Southern, now NS, and Chessie, as well as the RF&P. All those would eventually go into CSX. Power from the connections ran through, so it was not unusual to see CSX and NS component diesels on RPPY and PYRP. We see RPPY heading for Virginia on the ex Reading, with the usual CSX and NS power, among them an ex SCL GP 40. It was a daily event, but decidedly different from the steady diet of blue provided by Conrail.
Photo Date:  7/8/1990  Upload Date: 1/16/2016 2:50:00 AM
Location:  Alburtis, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 6149(GP40-2) CSX 6784(GP40) CSX 6045(GP40-2) NS 7058(GP50) CSX 6536(GP40)
Views:  688   Comments: 2
Visitors rolling by
Title:  Visitors rolling by
Description:  Train 555 rolls through Belt Line Jct behind a trio of SDs with 63 cars.
Photo Date:  6/1/1991  Upload Date: 3/10/2015 5:32:32 AM
Location:  Reading, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CP 5682(SD40-2) NS 3258(SD40-2) CP 5697(SD40-2)
Views:  459   Comments: 1
555 at Belt Line Jct
Title:  555 at Belt Line Jct
Description:  A second view of 555 rolling north on the Reading Line at Belt Line Jct, this view showing the Reading signal there.
Photo Date:  6/1/1991  Upload Date: 3/11/2015 1:05:56 PM
Location:  Reading, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CP 5682(SD40-2) NS 3258(SD40-2) CP 5697(SD40-2)
Views:  479   Comments: 1
Mail 3
Title:  Mail 3
Description:  Mail 3 rolls 45 cars of TOFC through Belt Line Jct in a view from the engineer's side. Note the fans, all waiting for RDG 2102 to pass.
Photo Date:  6/1/1991  Upload Date: 3/10/2015 5:31:00 AM
Location:  Reading, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5007(B36-7) CR 5018(B36-7) CR 3391(GP40-2)
Views:  361   Comments: 1
Round the curve
Title:  Round the curve
Description:  Mail 3 comes around the curve at Belt Line Jct. Note the Mopac trailer back in the train.
Photo Date:  6/1/1991  Upload Date: 3/11/2015 1:27:24 PM
Location:  Reading, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5007(B36-7) CR 5018(B36-7) CR 3391(GP40-2)
Views:  323   Comments: 1
Meet at Potter
Title:  Meet at Potter
Description:  MAIL 44 rolls down the controlled siding at left, while MAIL 3 waits for it to clear the interlocking so it can head west. There are nine units on these two trains-MAIL 44 has three, MAIL 3 has six-all four axle, which was typical for van trains at the time.
Photo Date:  8/18/1991  Upload Date: 2/27/2015 2:55:08 AM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 3307(GP40-2) CR 5073(B40-8)
Views:  288   Comments: 3
MAIL 3
Title:  MAIL 3
Description:  Mail 3 rolls west at CP Potter after waiting for Mail 44 to clear. It has a lot of power for its 40 cars.
Photo Date:  8/18/1991  Upload Date: 2/26/2015 3:30:09 PM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 3307(GP40-2) CR 5039(B36-7) CR 5056(B36-7) CR 5068(B40-8) CR 3289(GP40-2) CR 5070(B40-8)
Views:  652   Comments: 2
Throttling up
Title:  Throttling up
Description:  Mail 3 pours on the juice as it accelerates toward Allentown.
Photo Date:  8/18/1991  Upload Date: 2/26/2015 3:32:09 PM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 3307(GP40-2) CR 5039(B36-7) CR 5056(B36-7) CR 5068(B40-8) CR 3289(GP40-2) CR 5070(B40-8)
Views:  584   Comments: 1
Pulling out
Title:  Pulling out
Description:  OIEN gets underway from Allentown yard, passing over the Lehigh Canal.
Photo Date:  8/18/1991  Upload Date: 2/27/2015 3:12:37 PM
Location:  Allentown, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5027(B36-7) CR 5074(B40-8) CR 1956(B23-7)
Views:  310   Comments: 2
MAIL 44
Title:  MAIL 44
Description:  One of the hot van trains on this part of the railroad was Mail 44. Here we see it taking the siding at CP Potter where it will meet Mail 3 in an almost moving meet. Todays train is filled out with 91 cars.
Photo Date:  8/18/1991  Upload Date: 2/26/2015 3:33:46 PM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5073(B40-8) CR 5024(B36-7) CR 3339(GP40-2)
Views:  427   Comments: 3
Westbound and down
Title:  Westbound and down
Description:  An unidentified westbound with a lot of power starts out of the yard toward Enola with 127 cars.
Photo Date:  8/18/1991  Upload Date: 2/27/2015 3:14:09 PM
Location:  Allentown, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6082(C40-8W) CR 6144(C40-8W)
Views:  228   Comments: 1
ALSE
Title:  ALSE
Description:  Conrails ALSE, from Allentown to Selkirk, rolls 93 cars past a cement plant in Plainfield.
Photo Date:  8/18/1991  Upload Date: 2/26/2015 3:39:39 PM
Location:  Plainfield, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6334(SD40) CR 6783(SD50) CR 6503(SD40-2)
Views:  433   Comments: 2
Rolling to the Reading
Title:  Rolling to the Reading
Description:  ALEN is ready to depart Allentown, sitting on the Lehigh Canal bridge as it prepares to roll out of the ex CNJ yard and head down the ex Reading to Enola with its 102 cars.
Photo Date:  8/18/1991  Upload Date: 2/26/2015 3:42:08 PM
Location:  Allentown, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6429(SD40-2) CR 6737(SD50)
Views:  214   Comments: 2
Big local
Title:  Big local
Description:  Conrail local WPOI 30(Way freight, Philadelphia division, based at Oak Island) rolls 58 cars across the Raritan River bridge into South Amboy, where it will diverge onto the ex Rariran River to get to Browns Yard, where it will work breaking up its train for local industry. Picture this behind a pair of GG 1s!!
Photo Date:  8/18/1991  Upload Date: 2/26/2015 3:51:59 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6523(SD40-2) CR 6496(SD40-2) CR 7886(GP38)
Views:  330   Comments: 1
CAAL
Title:  CAAL
Description:  Camden NJ to Allentown train CAAL approaches the yard, crossing the Lehigh River with 85 cars behind a pair of SD 50s.
Photo Date:  8/18/1991  Upload Date: 2/27/2015 3:15:50 PM
Location:  Allentown, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6741(SD50) CR 6797(SD50)
Views:  246   Comments: 2
Going to steel city
Title:  Going to steel city
Description:  ENBE to Bethlehem rolls into Allentown, its 71 cars behind an SD60 and C40-8.
Photo Date:  8/18/1991  Upload Date: 2/27/2015 3:18:00 PM
Location:  Allentown, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6852(SD60) CR 6085(C40-8W)
Views:  278   Comments: 2
Lehigh River
Title:  Lehigh River
Description:  Train ALSR pulls out over the Lehigh River as it doubles its train to get all 84 cars together and ready to go west, eventually onto the NS at Hagerstown MD.
Photo Date:  4/20/1992  Upload Date: 2/13/2015 4:16:54 AM
Location:  Allentown, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6466(SD40-2) CR 6449(SD40-2) NS 8550(C39-8)
Views:  732   Comments: 1
Over the canal
Title:  Over the canal
Description:  The power for ALSR sits on the bridge over the Lehigh Canal as it waits to get underway toward Hagerstown.
Photo Date:  4/20/1992  Upload Date: 2/13/2015 4:18:20 AM
Location:  Allentown, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6466(SD40-2) CR 6449(SD40-2) NS 8550(C39-8)
Views:  520   Comments: 3
Big train, lots of power
Title:  Big train, lots of power
Description:  ALEN1 sits on the Lehigh Canal bridge waiting to head west with six units to roll its 148 cars and 10328 tons to Enola. CR 3276 is in fresh CR Quality paint.
Photo Date:  7/31/1993  Upload Date: 1/19/2015 3:26:25 AM
Location:  Allentown, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 3276(GP40-2) CR 5548(SD60M) CR 3376(GP40-2) CR 3333(GP40-2) CR 6597(C30-7A) CR 1963(B23-7)
Views:  894   Comments: 2
Lite power on the bridge
Title:  Lite power on the bridge
Description:  A set of GEs roll across the Lehigh River into Allentown Yard.
Photo Date:  7/31/1993  Upload Date: 1/19/2015 3:27:49 AM
Location:  Allentown, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6136(C40-8W) CR 6090(C40-8W)
Views:  198   Comments: 2
ENSE rolling in
Title:  ENSE rolling in
Description:  ENSE1 rolls 125 cars across the Lehigh River and will shortly be working the Allentown Yard before heading across Jersey and up the Hudson.
Photo Date:  7/31/1993  Upload Date: 1/19/2015 3:30:26 AM
Location:  Allentown, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6632(C36-7) CR 1927(B23-7) CR 8152(GP38-2)
Views:  268   Comments: 2
Heavy eastbound
Title:  Heavy eastbound
Description:  I didnt get the symbol of this train rolling into Allentown, but it had 140 cars behind its two units.
Photo Date:  7/31/1993  Upload Date: 1/19/2015 3:32:38 AM
Location:  Allentown, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6852(SD60) CR 5562(SD60M)
Views:  296   Comments: 2
Hump day!!
Title:  Hump day!!
Description:  They were working hard this Saturday afternoon, pushing a cut over the hump, then going back for more. Power is the typical SD38/MT 6 set.
Photo Date:  7/31/1993  Upload Date: 1/19/2015 3:35:23 AM
Location:  Allentown Hump Yard, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6935(SD38) CR 1124(MT6)
Views:  379   Comments: 4
CR 6587 and a cloud
Title:  CR 6587 and a cloud
Description:  CR 6587 waits to go east with ENSE 1X from Allentown yard under a building thunderstorm
Photo Date:  7/31/1994  Upload Date: 11/13/2011 3:52:11 AM
Location:  Allentown Hump Yard, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 6587(C30-7A) CR 6570(C30-7A) CR 2812(B23-7) CR 7891(GP38)
Views:  550   Comments: 1
CR 6255
Title:  CR 6255
Description:  CR 6255 leads an intermodal train at E Rail
Photo Date:  10/15/1998  Upload Date: 6/29/2011 12:10:43 AM
Location:  Elizabeth, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6255(C40-8W) CR 6848(SD60)
Views:  433   Comments: 1

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