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My last Conrail Sighting: December 27, 2011

May 15, 2020 Ed KapuscinskiPhotos

I last saw a Conrail unit “in the wild” not quite ten years ago in 2011. Fittingly enough, it was in the place I remember visiting when I was a kid and that was instrumental in instilling my love of Conrail in me: Pavonia Yard in Camden NJ.

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Reliving My Childhood: Honeywell Chemical In Philadelphia

April 25, 2015May 2, 2019 Ed KapuscinskiPhotos1 Comment

I often joke that I am the way I am because I grew up up the street from a Chemical plant. I’m not making it up though. Allied Chemical had a plant at the end of my street. Conrail served this plant via a spur with lots of character, and I’ve long wanted to catch a train there again.

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Conrail Shared Assets Power at Ann St

Summer 2012 Trip to Philly

September 15, 2012May 26, 2014 Ed KapuscinskiPhotosLeave a comment

Philadelphia contains a tangle of rail lines, and a ton of Railroad history. These photos come from a one day trip to show some of my Baltimore and Harrisburg friends some of the great stuff Philly has to offer. Ironically, we saw lots of things, but I don’t think we caught a single moving train all day.

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