Conrail’s Only Baldwin
Although the Penn Central and the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines both rostered Baldwin locomotives, It is not generally thought that any of them were active after those lines were succeeded by Conrail. The Ironton Railroad, a short line based in Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania, was jointly owned by the Reading and the Lehigh Valley, and rostered a single locomotive, a DS-4-4-1000.
The Baldwin was assigned to local service in the Allentown/Bethlehem area, and was to be run until it failed. Here, almost a year later, Ironton 751 is near JU tower in Bethlehem, waiting for a signal to go to either Allentown Yard or Bethlehem Engine Terminal. In another year, it would be in the Altoona scrap line.
Conrail’s Only Baldwin
Although the Penn Central and the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines both rostered Baldwin locomotives, It is not generally thought that any of them were active after those lines were succeeded by Conrail. The Ironton Railroad, a short line based in Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania, was jointly owned by the Reading and the Lehigh Valley, and rostered a single locomotive, a DS-4-4-1000.
The Baldwin was assigned to local service in the Allentown/Bethlehem area, and was to be run until it failed. Here, almost a year later, Ironton 751 is near JU tower in Bethlehem, waiting for a signal to go to either Allentown Yard or Bethlehem Engine Terminal. In another year, it would be in the Altoona scrap line.