For many decades, the Borough of Lehighton, PA had long considered itself a railroad town. Founded in 1746 by the Moravian Brethren, the town saw significant growth with the arrival of the Lehigh ... (more)
A pair of Canadian Pacific GEVOs lead a combined stack/freight train eastbound on the Portal Sub, approaching the Route 52 overpass just west of Donnybrook.
THE END OF AN ERA: Today, September 18, 2015, marks the final full day that the Canadian Pacific Railway has control of the former Delaware & Hudson south end between Sunbury, PA and Albany, NY. E... (more)
Just after sunrise, westbound 39T crosses the Portageville Trestle over the Genesee River in Letchworth State Park. A rainbow is created by the spray from the waterfall beneath the bridge.
The recent news of Norfolk Southern's purchase of the former D&H property between Sunbury, PA and Schenectady, NY from Canadian Pacific confirmed rumors that had been buzzing for years in Northeas... (more)
After holding at CP 53 in Chambersburg for a pair of westbound stack trains, the latest NAFTA consist leading 37Q passes the intermodal yard in Greencastle. The train will stop in Vardo Yard in Ha... (more)
A late running NS 201 passes a farmers Co-op silo just south of Shippensburg on a beautiful Sunday morning. The CP/NS/CSX power set continued to cycle back and forth between Harrisburg and points ... (more)
The latest NAFTA consist to strike Pennsylvania was one for the record books! Enola to Knoxville manifest 37Q sports an extremely eclectic consist. We'll start with the leader, a 25 year old SD60 ... (more)
A trio of rebuilt CP SD60s lead an empty ethanol train north across the causeway at the north end of Iona Island on a beautiful morning. This train surprised us, for if we had known it was coming,... (more)
With the sun just minutes away from setting, we find K495 tied down at the west end of Willard Yard with a trio of CP units, the leader being a newly rebuilt ECO SD40-2.
As a young lady looks on from the observation deck, trackage right CP train 38T delicately crosses the Portageville Trestle on the NS Southern Tier Line on a rather cold morning. This massive Erie... (more)
A rather late running CP train heads eastbound about to cross Race Street in Catasauqua on a beautiful fall morning. The trailing unit is a former SOO SD60M, one of only four in operation during t... (more)
Even in 2013, old school power dominates Canadian Pacific road trains in eastern Pennsylvania. On a rather warm early summer morning, the westbound (compass north) train from Allentown heads back ... (more)
Canadian Pacific trackage right train 258 enters the Bethlehem river yard to set out NS interchange on a beautiful Thanksgiving Day morning. A pair of CP SD40-2s lead a rather interesting surprise... (more)
As the sun begins to fall toward the horizon on this warm summer evening, Canadian Pacific operations into Allentown and Bethlehem may be setting as well. Just a few weeks ago, CP operations in to... (more)