Occasionally, power from other roads would venture on CR's rails. Run-through power from western roads could be seen on interchange trains at Yards like Elkhart and Avon, while power from CSX and NS could be found on interchange trains to and from Selkirk and Allentown.
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ATSF GP30 2750 leads Conrail SD50s 6746 and 6716 through Syracuse, NY on a beautiful, sunny day.
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Santa Fe GP40X 3805 leads two sisters, the 3805 and 3806, on a westbound through Chester, MA. in late June, 1979. The prototypes for what would eventually become the GP50 tested on the B&A for several weeks in June and July of 1979. CR sent a like number of SD40's to the AT&SF as "collateral" during the test period.
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Crew catches some air on Santa Fe GP40X 3806 passing the summit with a westbound ballast train in Hinsdale, MA. on July 20, 1979.
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The three Santa Fe GP40-X's with a westbound ballast train at the summit in Hinsdale, MA. on July 20, 1979.
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ATSF 922 and BN 7124 powers ELBR-8 at Porter, IN on November 8, 1997
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There is quite the eclectic mix of power at the former Erie E55th St facility in Cleveland,Ohio this August 1976 day. The EL C-424 is on home rails, but the Penn Central FP7 (note lift rings), the Lehigh Valley GP-18, and the far from home BAR geep are new visitors to this Conrail yard. The base of the old steam era water tank still stands in this shot, but today all tracks seen here are gone. EL 2414 would become CR 2488 and spend a lot of time down in Youngstown.
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A holdover from the PRR days, the lease of BAR power during the winter lasted into Conrail's first years. Here BAR 79, two ex EL C424's, and a former PC GP38 work the former EL yard in Kent, Ohio. The one EL 424 has already received it's CR number.
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BN 5114, ATSF 2917 - a GP35(!), and CR 3366 powers SFEL-8 off the Porter Branch and onto the Chicago line at Porter, IN on November 8, 1997.
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BN 5514 and fellow BN GE's leads empty coal train UDM-6wc east of Butler, IN on January 21, 1997.
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BN 7176 and 7052 power train ML490 at Bryan, OH on April 2, 1999. Chris Howe photo
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BN 7837 is on the point of TV-204 at Ridgefield Park, NJ 5/1998
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BNSF 562, 568, LMX GE, and ATSF EMD run engine lite westbound as ENS-501 east of Stryker, OH near MP 332 on January 7, 1999. Chris Howe photo
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BNSF 6493, 8023, and BN EMD powers train SFSE thru Bryan, OH back in April 1999. Chris Howe photo
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Conrail ELIN-8A with brand new BNSF 9842, 9692, and CR 6134 heads south at MP 81 on the Marion Branch bound for Indianapolis on May 28, 1998. This was a very rare occurence as the Marion Branch in its later years did not see very much foreign power on the point of its trains. Kevin Nelson photo with permission
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Conrail's JBS assembled a series of BNSF SD70macs in late 98/early 99. Here is one of the first ones, #9979, at 398 waiting to be picked up and moved west to Conway on Nov 24th, 1998.
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Brand new BNSF SD70MAC 9993 being delivered on OIEL at Bryan, OH during December 1998. Chris Howe photo
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A pair of GATX leaser SD40's take CP/D&H train BUME across the new Portage Viaduct near Portageville, NY. on May 7, 1993.
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CN 5336 is seen leading Conrail C30-7A 6575 and a pair of other blue units past the west end of DeWitt Yard at Minoa, NY
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A leased CN GP-38 leads an Eastbound into Hornell. Those widecabs were a novelty back then!
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CN lease power works an Eastbound by Goodman Street yard. Those wide cabs were a novelty at the time.
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In the early days of Conrail, CN power was leased to cover for rebuilding of there own power and waiting on new power to arrive. Here is an example of that as CN 9506 and another CN unit leads a Conrail freight on the Marion Branch on October 21, 1976. Kevin Nelson photo with permission.
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C&NW GP-30 807 and a CR patched SD45 works at Avon yard in light snow flurries on Feb. 19, 1977. Kevin Nelson photo with permission.
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Another one of the goodies Conrail used during those first years was this Chicago and North Western GP-30. CNW 810 was delivered in April 1963 and has a former PRR FP7 and some switchers to keep it company at the P1A shop at Collinwood in this May 1977 view.
