The Conrail Historical Society, Inc was established to encourage the writing, collection and preservation of historical and contemporary material associated with Conrail in particular, and the American Railroad Systems in general, and to preserve the heritage of Conrail and predecessor railroads by acquiring, restoring, and preserving materials associated with Conrail.
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Conrail almost ordered GP60M's before settling on the SD80MAC
In 1994, Conrail had an existing order for 30 SD60I's but was interested in the new AC technology. So they changed the order to 26 GP60M-I's and 4 SD70MAC test units to maintain the total unit
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The CRHS's Preservation Activities
The Conrail Historical Society is serious about the preservation of Conrail's memory. Our activities include the acquisition and preservation of Conrail equipment and documents. Our historical equipment collection currently consists of 21165, an N7E class Conrail caboose currently being restored at the Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad. The CRHS is also working on building an archive of Conrail artifacts, including photo and paper documentation.
