This is a preview of The Conrail Reading Line Volume 1. This DVD is available for purchase from our website shown at the end of this preview.

DVD Summary:

The Conrail Reading Line consists of the former Reading & Lehigh Valley Railroad trackage between the Allentown/Bethlehem area and Reading.

The trackage was inherited by Conrail on April 1st, 1976 when Conrail took over the bankrupt Anthracite railroads in the northeast.

Under Conrail, the Delaware & Hudson was granted trackage rights on the Reading Line to access Philadelphia via Allentown.

In volume 1, we’ll look at Conrail and D&H operations on the Reading Line including the Temple Hill Track between 1980 and 1984 through the films of Jonathan Reck.

Narrated, original sound approximately 74 minutes run time

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