Climbing aboard the end of a boxcar, Conrail yardman John Morgan gets ready. Conductor Bob Allesch pulls the pin holding the cars together. With a hiss of air and gentle jolt, the boxcar uncouples … ...

Shippensburg's Conrail Museum opened at 51 E. Fort St. on April 1 and features the history of the Conrail railroad inside a renovated boxcar. The museum is along the Cumberland Valley Rail Trail.

Conrail police had made dozens of arrests of Conrail Boyz since 1992, but mostly on relatively light charges, and they were back on the streets quickly.

Americans are scaling down their summer vacations, staying closer to home amid economic uncertainty. So says The Washington Post. If that describes you and you’re seeking staycation ideas, consider ...

Fire consumed the contents of a wooden boxcar in a Conrail switch yard in Bethlehem Monday night. Bethlehem firefighters estimated the damage at $10,000 to the boxcar and its contents of flares, to… ...

April 1, 1976 was a watershed day in U.S. railroading history. On that day, Consolidated Rail Corp., better known as Conrail, began operating under the auspices of the U.S. government a new railroad ...

Conrail`s third-quarter revenues slipped 5 percent to $835 million, but the railroad`s profit rose 5 percent to $87 million, a result of a bulldog-like approach to holding down expenses.