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Michael DeSoi was born and raised in Philadelphia. He spent his "formative" years watching the Reading RR running down American Street. He started active railfanning in the summer of 1976, just in time for Big Blue.

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86' Stock Cars heading to Cross Brothers at Frankford Jct

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos Conrail in and Around Philadelphia Conrail on the Northeast Corridor

Conrail snowplow, Reading, PA. 8/8/1978

08/08/78

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos Snow Removal Equipment

CR 1687 & 1686 accelerate with a cut of cars at Croxton yard in Secacus, N.J. September 17, 1979

09/19/79

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos EMD GP15-1 Conrail in North Jersey

CR 18571 on an eastbound on the "0" track at Water St & The NEC in Philadelphia, PA. March 9, 1980.

03/09/80

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos N9 Cabooses Conrail in and Around Philadelphia

CR 1887 brings up the rear of XM-6 eastbound into the yard at Port Reading, N.J. June 1978

04/08/18

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos N4B Cabooses

CR 18874 brings up the rear of an eastbound through Frankford Junction in Philadelphia, PA. 5/79

05/15/79

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos Conrail in and Around Philadelphia N4B Cabooses

CR 1957 pulls an eastbound local long hood forward through the passenger station at Frankford Junction, 5/79

05/15/79

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos GE B23-7 Conrail in and Around Philadelphia Conrail on the Northeast Corridor

CR 1966 leads an eastbound train on the Delair Bridge approach at Lewis St.

02/10/85

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos GE B23-7 Conrail in and Around Philadelphia

CR 1980 is NOT moving in Greenwich yard in Philadelphia, PA. 9/85

09/08/85

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos GE B23-7 Conrail Special and Oddball Paint Schemes Conrail in and Around Philadelphia

CR 1997 leads a westbound freight through the Campbell Hall, NY passenger station. 4/85

04/28/85

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos GE B23-7 Conrail's Southern Tier Line

CR 2178 leads a northbound through Olney station in Philadelphia, PA. May 15, 1980

05/15/80

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos EMD GP30 Conrail in and Around Philadelphia

CR 2180 on a westbound high & wide at Frankford Junction in Philadelphia, PA. June 11, 1985

06/11/85

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos EMD GP30 Conrail in and Around Philadelphia Conrail on the Northeast Corridor

CR 2198 at Frankford Jct Phildelphia, 4/84

04/08/88

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos EMD GP30 Conrail in and Around Philadelphia

CR 2227 leads three sisters east through Frankford Junction, 8/78

08/03/78

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos EMD GP30 Conrail in and Around Philadelphia Conrail on the Northeast Corridor

CR 2235 & 2195 on CARU at Frankford Jct, Philadelphia. 9/79

09/13/79

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos EMD GP30 Conrail in and Around Philadelphia Conrail on the Northeast Corridor

CR 2251 leads a southbound at Cheltenham Jct. in Philadelphia, PA. 3/13/1982

03/13/82

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos EMD GP35 Conrail in and Around Philadelphia

CR 2251 leads a southbound freight at Cheltenham Junction in Philadelphia. 3/1982

03/13/82

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos EMD GP35 Conrail in and Around Philadelphia

CR 23166, 18807 and 23238 on the High Line next to 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, PA. Sometime in 1977

04/06/18

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos N8 (ex Penn Central / ex-PRR) Cabooses Conrail in and Around Philadelphia N4B Cabooses

CR 2391 leads a train out of the Port Richmond yard at "A St." in Philadelphia, Pa. May 10, 1979

05/10/79

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos EMD GP35 Conrail in and Around Philadelphia

CR 2800 (with a GP-9B) leads an eastbound about to cross Wood Lane in Gladwyne, PA. March 25, 1979

03/25/79

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos EMD GP7 and GP9 GE B23-7 Conrail in and Around Philadelphia

CR 3 in Amtrak's Penn Coach Yards, 30th Street Station, Philadelphia PA, Late 1970s

06/13/16

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos OCS Passenger Equipment

CR 3181 on the ground near "A" St. & Lehigh Ave in Philadelphia, PA. 1978

08/30/17

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos EMD GP40 Wrecks and Accidents Conrail in and Around Philadelphia

CR 3354 is about to cross the Canal and head into the yard with this eastbound in Allentown, PA. May, 1984

05/20/83

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos EMD GP40-2 Conrail's Reading Line Allentown yard

CR 3361 leads a westbound at Temple, PA. July 18, 1987

07/18/87

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos EMD GP40-2 Conrail's Reading Line

CR 3368 leads an eastbound trailer train through Frankford Junction in Philadelphia, August 19, 1979

08/19/79

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos EMD GP40-2 Conrail in and Around Philadelphia Conrail on the Northeast Corridor

CR 3644 leads an eastbound through the station at Frankford Junction in Philadelphia, PA. 1978

09/05/17

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos EMD GP35 Conrail in and Around Philadelphia Conrail on the Northeast Corridor

CR 4022 shares the Race St. engine facility a couple of Amtrak locomotives. 11/1979

11/18/79

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos EMD E Units Conrail in and Around Philadelphia OCS Locomotives

CR 4407 & 4433 are on the "High Line" in front of the now gone powerhouse at 30th St. in Philadelphia, PA. April 4, 1977

04/04/77

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos E44 Electrics Conrail in and Around Philadelphia

CR 4414 Lite at Frankford Jct, Philadelphia, August 1978

07/31/78

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos E44 Electrics Conrail in and Around Philadelphia Conrail on the Northeast Corridor

CR 4602 and 4608 E33s Lead at Frankford Jct, Philadelphia, 1978

07/31/78

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos E33 Electrics Conrail in and Around Philadelphia Conrail on the Northeast Corridor

CR 4603 & 4609 lead an eastbound through Frankford Junction in Philadelphia, PA

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos Conrail in and Around Philadelphia Conrail on the Northeast Corridor E33 Electrics

CR 4606 running light westbound through Frankford Junction station in Philadelphia, PA

E33 Electrics Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos Conrail on the Northeast Corridor Conrail in and Around Philadelphia

CR 4800, Dead in Tow at Frankford Junction, Philadelphia, 7/78

07/31/78

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos GG1 Electrics Conrail in and Around Philadelphia Conrail on the Northeast Corridor

CR 4886 at Frankford Junction in Philadelphia, 8/78

06/13/16

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos GG1 Electrics Conrail in and Around Philadelphia Conrail on the Northeast Corridor

CR 5462 Bethlehem, PA. February 24, 1985

02/24/85

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos EMD GP8 and GP10 Rebuilds

CR 6041 (ex CNJ) heads east 'round the curve at Horseshoe Curve in Altoona, PA. July 10, 1983

07/10/83

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos EMD SD35 Conrail's Pittsburgh Line

CR 6046 (ex CNJ) is ready to leave Port Richmond yard and head west. May 19, 1979.

05/19/79

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos EMD SD35 Conrail in and Around Philadelphia

CR 6210 leads a train at Belmont in Philadelphia, PA. May 14, 1980

05/14/80

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos EMD SD45 Conrail in and Around Philadelphia

CR 6240 pulls some cars out of the yard in Allentown, PA. May 4, 1985

05/04/85

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos EMD SD40 Allentown yard

CR 6244 leads a westbound, passing the steam excursion at CP Burn in Allentown, PA. October 1987

09/05/17

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos EMD SD40-2 Conrail's Reading Line

CR 6327 leads a westbound over the Lehigh Canal on a dreary March day in Allentown, PA. March 31, 1985

03/31/85

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos EMD SD40 Conrail's Reading Line Allentown yard

CR 6393 shoving an eastbound trailer train at the Front Street OHB in Philadelphia, PA. Winter 1978

04/08/18

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos EMD SD40-2 Conrail in and Around Philadelphia Conrail on the Northeast Corridor

CR 6459 leads a westbound on the Delair bridge approach, next to Lewis St. in Philadelphia, PA. February 15, 1986.

02/15/86

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos EMD SD40-2 Conrail in and Around Philadelphia

CR 6512 on the Belmont connector in Philadelphia, PA. April 6, 1985

04/06/85

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos EMD SD40-2 Conrail in and Around Philadelphia Conrail's Harrisburg Line

CR 6514 leads PYOI north next to the Delaware River in Wilmington, DE. February 6, 1983

02/06/83

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos EMD SD40-2 Conrail on the Northeast Corridor

CR 6570 leads a westbound past the "high rise" Newark, NJ 3/10/1985

03/10/85

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos GE C30-7A Conrail in North Jersey

CR 6591 in the yard at Port Richmond, Phila., PA. 6/5/1978

06/05/87

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos GE U36C Conrail Special and Oddball Paint Schemes Conrail in and Around Philadelphia

CR 6601 leads a westbound CAAL at Frankford Junction Philadelphia, 2/86

02/27/86

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos GE C30-7 Conrail in and Around Philadelphia Conrail on the Northeast Corridor

CR 6606 leads a Camden bound train at the Frankford Junction SEPTA Station in Philadelphia, 4/84

04/08/84

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos GE C30-7 Conrail in and Around Philadelphia Conrail on the Northeast Corridor

CR 6623 at Hayes Street in Bethlehem PA, March 1985

03/10/85

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos GE C36-7 Conrail's Reading Line

CR 6626 At CP BURN in Allentown, 12/88

12/12/88

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos GE C36-7 Conrail's Reading Line

CR 6639 leads a westbound at CP Burn in Allentown, PA. November 10, 1985

11/10/85

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos GE C36-7 Conrail's Reading Line

CR 6733 leads a westbound at Susquehanna, PA. August 5, 1985

08/05/85

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos EMD SD50

CR 6769 At Frankford Junction, Philadelphia, 5/30/79

05/30/79

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos ALCO C630 Conrail in and Around Philadelphia Conrail on the Northeast Corridor

CR 6783 At Port Richmond Philadelphia, PA, 5/20/1979

05/20/79

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos Conrail in and Around Philadelphia ALCO C636

CR 6791 leads an eastbound at Temple, PA. November 19, 1986

11/19/86

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos EMD SD50 Conrail's Reading Line

CR 6836 getting ready for a crew change at Belmont in Philadelphia, PA. May 7, 1980

05/07/80

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos GE U30C Conrail in and Around Philadelphia

CR 6853 leads a train at Bridgeport, PA. August 11, 1991

08/11/91

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos EMD SD60 Conrail in and Around Philadelphia Conrail's Harrisburg Line

CR 6999 & 7652 are ready to do some work at Bethlehem, PA. 11/13/1979

11/13/79

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos ALCO RS11 EMD SD7

CR 7185 Leads a westbound freight at River Road in Gladwyne PA. 3/79

03/03/79

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos EMD GP7 and GP9 Conrail in and Around Philadelphia Conrail's Harrisburg Line