Nice video! How did you get permission to do this?

Thank you for this! I am a Buffalonian, and my grandfather retired with Conrail after 40 years in 1993! This brings back childhood memories of going to Frontier yard with him, and train watching out in Alden.

Give me Conrail or give me death,,,,,,,awesome video thanks for sharring

Thank you for posting this video Andy! 👍👍👍

Conrail knew how to run the ex PRR mainline over the Alleghenies, far more so than NS does.

Conrail was a class act, much more so than Norfolk Southern.

all them HI hoods wow

This video is amazing

The sounds of those big blue locomotives are something I miss dearly

back when I lived in cape may, would come and stand here and video tape the hump working, that was back when this was take in the 90s. now live in bethlehem

Love the older footage thanks for sharing

The Buffalo Line certainly gives off a vibe I cannot describe, it’s almost, eerie…

Thank you for this video on my 4th favorite train the Conrail before it went through discounting and unfortunately out of service. Plus you got it on the famous horse shoe curve to great and awesome job 👍😄

Thanx for the voyage back in time .

so nice to see the Conrail blue running the rails, along with some fallen flag cars.

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I remember seeing the huge yard at the North end of the Quakertown branch line 50 tracks There were double tracks coming out of Philadelphia all the way through Telford and Sellersville and in Quakertown there were 4 tracks and then back to 2 through Coopersburg and Center Valley and up to the yard in Hellertown just south of Bethlehem Steel I watched as they built I-78 over the top of the yard. I remember driving over I-78 year after year seeing the yard become less and less and then it was gone completely I used to watch D&H trains in that yard and one of the last things I saw pulled out of the yard was a D&H caboose. So much history So many trains went on those tracks every day And now it is overgrown

Great memories.After 9-11 not so good.

Used to go there fairly often. Nice way to spend a day rail fanning. Thanks for sharing.

Cheesie's and Con-Rail's, (not Con-Rail Quality), have one of the best looking paint designs. Fortunately in Maryland in the "80"s I saw a lot of them.

great content had to shut it off get a tripod slow your movement

Wow this brought back some fantastic memories. My dad used to be bring me down to the hump almost every Sunday. Loved seeing the good old 6935 hard at work again, thanks for sharing

I came here to listen to some EMDs... I was not disappointed. Excellent video.

Good old Conrail the kings of deferred maintenance. They had trains that wouldn't stop, track falling apart and bridges falling down

Early 90's this is from as the Roundhouse and table are still standing, in 92 the Coal Unloader was removed and then in 94 the Roundhouse was the Table stayed for many years just filled in as the bridge was aligned a certain track until early 2000 when it was all officially removed. 96 Laser sensors were added to the track just passed the Hump Weight which was located just before the Master Brake Retarder. Nice S-1 Switcher #104 wonder who's it was as Bethlehem Steel only used SW1200 series. Great Timeless video, really enjoyed that

I use to ride on the hump power lash up many times at Stanley yards in Toledo ohio back in day

Great video. I love CR. Brings back memories

I knew of a gentleman named Alen Lenker through an email group. I believe he was a carman, started in '75 with the Penn Central. Retired out of the Norry yard sometime after NS took over. I wonder if he is the cameraman you mentioned.

The rhythm of Conrail was very frenetic.

The Conrail painting scheme resembled terminal operator's locomotive painting schemes. It looked so modern and well standardized for the time being. 💙🤍

Andy love the video do you have any videos of Conrail Frontier Yard in Buffalo New York or books available

Wonder why the whole town was on that bridge 😊

Fantastic video Brings back memories. I use to ride in cr csx and ns . Got to operate them sometimes in the northern ohio territory. Went to Chicago and numerous times Was in many towers ware I helped out and operate draw bridges if they had em.

Great videos!! Please keep them coming.

Nice man thanks for sharing God bless

1:41:24 Did Wikes PA (MP 241.0/240.7) not have a Defect Detector at this time?

Around the 4:50 mark one of the cars has a flat spot on a wheel, you can hear it. It sounds like something hitting the rails repeatedly. If you talk to any of the crew still working in Altoona what NS stands for they Will probably say Non-Sense and that is correct.

I had the opportunity to ride a coal shove out of Brunswick Maryland to Mt Airy,we had 4 GP units on the rear,where I was riding.As we approached the tunnel through Mt ,Airy two head end units failed.The helper crew ran out of time and we had to take a cab back to Brunswick.

No longer serving Hanover Pa. That's for sure. Tracks are gone and all the road crossing are rubble.

Back when ConRail finally got things fixed up and running good. Now Norfolk Southern happened. Penn Central 2.0.

Looks like a scene out of Runaway Train.

I don't know if York Rail is still in business.

All the guys in Altoona who were around for the Conrail days prefer Conrail over NS. NS does a lot of head-scratching moves that makes people not want to work there. Working on the RR is not for everyone.

Beginning shows the Gallitzin tunnel still open as it was closed when the Allegheny was widened to accommodate the double stacks.

Amazing video. All those engines coming in and out of the busy yard. All the activity, and the almighty struggle to get that train up the terrain.

This is what I call EPIC!! The 90's was just the best time for railroading and being a huge fan!! The fact that you have this is absolutely priceless. A memory you will cherish forever!! What is even more astounding is that you have a brand new Juniata built and painted SD60I 5648 in your consist which that locomotive was completed there on 08-11-1995 the day before you filmed this. That is what I call spectacular!! You visited the best locomotive facility in the country at the time ran by the greatest class one railroad to exist. The days of CONRAIL are sadly missed and this depicts what a class act they were. The people of CONRAIL made CONRAIL and railfanning great!! Depressing to see what it is today.

Fantastic! This is the CR i knew and loved (and modeled!) I was a teen in the mid-90s and spent countless hours along this line, mostly in westmoreland county. In my opinion, one of the greatest eras in railroading.

Great video, love the pittsburgh line in rhe Conrail era

Awesome!! Thanks for sharing!

Wow! This is very unique footage. Thanks for sharing.