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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 PhotosConrail in and Around PhiladelphiaConrail on the Northeast Corridor

Conrail snowplow resting for the summer at Reading, PA. 8/8/1978

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosSnow Removal Equipment

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

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosSnow Removal Equipment

CR 10 former EL Safety & training car, Elizabethport, NJ 10/14/1980

Training CarsMichael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail Photos

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

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

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

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosN9 CaboosesConrail in and Around Philadelphia

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

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosN4B Cabooses

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

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosConrail in and Around PhiladelphiaN4B Cabooses

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

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

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

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

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

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosGE B23-7Conrail Special and Oddball Paint SchemesConrail in and Around Philadelphia

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

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

CR 2074 in the yard at Allentown, Pa

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosAllentown yardALCO C420

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

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosEMD GP30Conrail in and Around Philadelphia

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

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosEMD GP30Conrail in and Around PhiladelphiaConrail on the Northeast Corridor

CR 2198 at Frankford Jct Phildelphia, 4/84

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosEMD GP30Conrail in and Around Philadelphia

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

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosEMD GP30Conrail in and Around PhiladelphiaConrail on the Northeast Corridor

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

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosEMD GP30Conrail in and Around PhiladelphiaConrail on the Northeast Corridor

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

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosEMD GP35Conrail in and Around Philadelphia

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

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosEMD GP35Conrail in and Around Philadelphia

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

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosN8 (ex Penn Central / ex-PRR) CaboosesConrail in and Around PhiladelphiaN4B Cabooses

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

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosEMD GP35Conrail in and Around Philadelphia

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

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosEMD GP7 and GP9GE B23-7Conrail in and Around Philadelphia

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

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosOCS Passenger Equipment

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

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosEMD GP40Wrecks and AccidentsConrail 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

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosEMD GP40-2Conrail's Reading LineAllentown yard

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

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

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

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

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

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosEMD GP35Conrail in and Around PhiladelphiaConrail on the Northeast Corridor

CR 3684 at Port Richmond (Lehigh Ave.) in Philadelphia, PA. May 17, 1981

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosEMD GP35

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

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosEMD E UnitsConrail in and Around PhiladelphiaOCS 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

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosE44 ElectricsConrail in and Around Philadelphia

CR 4414 Lite at Frankford Jct, Philadelphia, August 1978

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosE44 ElectricsConrail in and Around PhiladelphiaConrail on the Northeast Corridor

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

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosE33 ElectricsConrail in and Around PhiladelphiaConrail on the Northeast Corridor

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

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosConrail in and Around PhiladelphiaConrail on the Northeast CorridorE33 Electrics

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

E33 ElectricsMichael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosConrail on the Northeast CorridorConrail in and Around Philadelphia

CR 4800 rolls a westbound through the station at Frankford Junction.: 3/13/1979

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosGG1 ElectricsConrail in and Around PhiladelphiaConrail on the Northeast Corridor

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

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosGG1 ElectricsConrail in and Around PhiladelphiaConrail on the Northeast Corridor

CR 4886 at Frankford Junction in Philadelphia, 8/78

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosGG1 ElectricsConrail in and Around PhiladelphiaConrail on the Northeast Corridor

CR 5462 Bethlehem, PA. February 24, 1985

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

CR 6016 at Greenwich Yard in Philadelphia, PA. September 6, 1986

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosConrail in and Around PhiladelphiaGE C39-8

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

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosEMD SD35Conrail's Pittsburgh Line

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

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosEMD SD35Conrail in and Around Philadelphia

CR 6091 leads a westbound up the Belmont branch, Philadelphia, PA. 6/8/1980

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosEMD SD45Conrail in and Around Philadelphia

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

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosEMD SD45Conrail in and Around Philadelphia

CR 6240 Northbound at CP Ham, Allentown PA. 5/4/1986

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosEMD SD40Conrail's Lehigh Line

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

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosEMD SD40Allentown yard

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

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

CR 6288 at Port Richmond Yard in Philadelphia. 3/79

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosConrail in and Around PhiladelphiaEMD SD40

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

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosEMD SD40Conrail's Reading LineAllentown yard

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosGE C30-7AConrail in North Jersey

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

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosGE U36CConrail Special and Oddball Paint SchemesConrail in and Around Philadelphia

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

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

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

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

CR 6612 sits wrecked off Byberry Rd. in Philadelphia. 5/11/1988

Michael DeSoi's Primarily Philadelphia Area Conrail PhotosGE C32-8Conrail in and Around PhiladelphiaWrecks and Accidents

CR 6623 at Hayes Street in Bethlehem PA, March 1985

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