Led by nose-to-nose SW1500’s, Conrail local WHRE-99 crosses the rain-swollen Schuylkill River in the shadow of Metropolitan Edison’s Titus Generating Plant. WHRE-99 originated in Reading, and ... (more)

Conrail Local WHRE-99 shoves a long string of empty hoppers for the anthracite regions toward Tuckerton, Pennsylvania. In two more years, this move would be an interchange to the Reading & Norther... (more)

A visit to Conrail’s Conway Yard in August, 1978 began with hopes of seeing some of the sis-axle Alco Centuries that frequented the area. While we found our quarry, the real prize was this forme... (more)

Conrail local WHRE-99, a job that worked east from Reading along the Reading Belt Line and the former Reading main line, is seen here returning west at Stowe, Pennsylvania.

Former Lehigh Valley U23B 512 leads a pair of switchers on local train WHRE-99 in Reading, Pennsylvania. The 12 LV U23B’s were arguably the first new Conrail power, having been financed by USRA ... (more)