An industrial pump and Mother Nature have helped to clear water off the Conrail tracks near East Bangor Dam, permitting the first Conrail trains to reach customers north of that area since late March.

John G. Kneiling, by profession a consulting engineer, wrote Trains Magazine’s Professional Iconoclast column for many years. His column called out perceived problems with the rail industry and ...

A Conrail engineman lost his job as the result of an Aug. 28, 1977, train crash on the Rockville Bridge. According to reports in The Patriot, six cars and three engines of two Conrail freight trains ...