The Reading Line was Conrail's route between Reading and Allentown/Bethlehem, with CP-Wyomissing on the Harrisburg Line at the west end and CP-Bethlehem on the Lehigh Line on the east. It is mainly composed of the former East Penn Railroad, which came under control of the Reading Railroad and became known as the "Crossline".
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A trio of former PC units cross the Lehigh River in Bethlehem, Pa on the former Reading.
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Conrail GP40 3196, U23B 2795, and a GP40-2 team up to bring a loaded coal train east through CP-Blandon in the fall of 1989. The old "high grade" right of way is visible to the left.
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An eastbound trailer train heads through Emmaus in the early morning.
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MAIL3 passes the temporary block station at CP-Blandon with five GP40's and a B40-8.
CP-Blandon MP7.8 CR Reading Line
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A GP40-2 brings Conway-Oak Island manifest train PIOI through CP-BURN on November 15, 1992. PIOI is not working in Allentown, as evidenced by the fact that the train is using the "bypass" via East Penn Jct. to get to Bethlehem.
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CAAL1 is about to cross from Berks County into Lehigh County as it nears Alburtis on a very late afternoon March afternoon.
MP22.6 CR Reading Line
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C40-8Ws 6132 and 6102, UP SD40-2 4245, B36-7 5015, and SD50 6709 are on the head end of OIEN seen heading west through Topton in March of 1993.
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CR 6317 leads an eastbound manifest past the mushroom farms at Blandon.
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An eastbound coal train led by SD40-2 6446 heads through Blandon in the fall of 1992.
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A trio of SD40 series units bring the Enola-Saucon manifest through Longswamp in the afternoon.
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ALEN7 rolls through Blandon with an SD40-2 leading an NS C40-8 and three more CR engines.
CP-Blandon MP7.8 CR Reading Line
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Conrail 6611 is on the point of a coal train to Bethlehem Steel at CP BURN in Allentown, Pa 4/1995.
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A GP38-2 brings Allentown-Enola manifest ALEN westbound through CP-BURN on September 7, 1990. Notice that this was clearly before the Basin St. grade crossing elimination project took place. Today, the roadbed is on a fill several feet above ground level here.
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Two CSX C40-8's and the 6829 lead ALCS0 through Blandon. MP0.8 CR Reading Line
