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Nostalgia & History > Signal Sunday Conrail at Easton, PADate: 01/26/25 08:30 Signal Sunday Conrail at Easton, PA Author: sig292 On September 1, 1988, Conrail GP40-2s 3333 & 3194 led an eastbound train, stopping momentarily at the site of the Lehigh valley's passenger station
at Easton, Pennsylvania. The vacant EASTON tower was demolished soon after. -Ken Gear   Date: 01/26/25 11:01 Re: Signal Sunday Conrail at Easton, PA Author: thebluecomet I miss the good old days when you could stop in and get a line up of trains from the operator. Sunday mornings one could usually find Charlie Bealer at the desk.
Date: 01/26/25 14:44 Re: Signal Sunday Conrail at Easton, PA Author: lvrrpassenger IN the top picturre look at the railing along the platform. At the far left nearest the tower is the original railing installed in 1927. Then you see a rplacement railing. This replacement railing was installed in the late 1970s when a Conrail train derailed at speed along the platform. One end of a box car came down into parking lot and demolished the (unoccupied) automobile belomging to the tower operator.
Date: 01/26/25 16:04 Re: Signal Sunday Conrail at Easton, PA Author: coach In the first photo, at the far end of the signal bridge, there appears to be a double-headed set of "circle trilight" signals turned sideways. Have they been put out of service by the searchlights, or are they going to be swung into service for a distant track at some point?
Date: 01/26/25 16:23 Re: Signal Sunday Conrail at Easton, PA Author: CPMorris Was Conrail still using the Lehigh Valley bridge across The Delaware
by this date or had they already switched over to the CNJ bridge? Date: 01/26/25 18:01 Re: Signal Sunday Conrail at Easton, PA Author: thebluecomet The cutover to the CNJ was around the first week of May 1989.
Date: 01/26/25 18:33 Re: Signal Sunday Conrail at Easton, PA Author: CPMorris Thank You!
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