Conrail's GP-40's came from Penn Central they were assigning the number series CR 3000-3274. Conrail retired and sold off all their GP-40's except one (CR 3264) by 1995.
B&M 320, ex CR 3227, in POPY at East Deerfield on March 3, 1984.
Ex Con 3229/BM321 in MERU at East Deerfield yard on April 7, 1984.
Ex CR 3229, BM 321, in SAED at East Deerfield, MA. on May 26, 1984.
A light engine move at East Deerfield yard on March 31, 1984 contains two consecutively numbered ex ConRail GP40's, the 3234/BM324 and 3235/BM325.
Ex CR GP40 3244 in MELA near Miller's Falls on March 3, 1984. The 3244 would become BM 335.
CR GP40 3235 still wears it's "white-line" after going to B&M/Guilford. It is in train MERU at Greenfield, MA. on Feb. 18, 1984. It will be renumbered BM 325.
"White-lined" ex CR 3235 in B&M train MERU at Greenfield, MA. on Feb. 18, 1984. The 3235 would become BM 325.
B&M 327, ex CR GP40 3139, second out in MERU rounding the big curve in Montague, MA. on Feb. 25, 1984.
BM 330, ex CR 3247, in SEPO at East Deerfield East on March 17, 1984.
B&M 332, ex CR 3253, in SEPO at Montague, MA. on March 3, 1984.
Ex ConRail GP40 3254/BM 333 leads a mixed bag of power for B&M train BASE at East Deerfield, MA. on Aug. 3, 1984.
Ex CR GP40 3249/BM 336 is second out on SEPO at Montague station in Montague, MA. on Sept. 1, 1984. Trailing is MEC 290, a former D&H U23-B which recieved a one-of-a-kind paint job of solid gray, earning it the nickname of "the gray ghost".
Ex CR GP40 3258 gets "shoved around" at East Deerfield West on Feb. 18, 1984 by the west end switcher, "class unit" SW-9 1220, still wearing it's "classic" maroon and gold B&M livery. The 3258 would be renumbered to B&M 337.
BBA-1 accelerates to track speed passing a still active Johns-Manville Corp., Manville, NJ
The extra 2289 west crosses the ca. 1840 double stone arch at mile 128.25 in Chester, MA. on Oct.17, 1980. Whistler's Western (RR) was built to last from the get-go.
U25B 2628 leads BAR GP38 87 and GP40 3053 on FM-4 as it approaches the "Dye Works" crossing, Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ
SYSE-1 approaches CP-136 Feura Bush, NY behind a U25B and GP40
U23B 2783 ex Lehigh Valley 507 leads eight other locomotives on WV-2 in emergency @ mp10 West Englewood, NJ
Three GP-40/-2's, including the 3002, aid the 2808 with PWSE in Middlefield, MA. on Dec. 30, 1982.
GP40 3253 in the trail on SPSE in Washington, MA. on July 23, 1983.
Conrail GP40 3001 is seen running light westbound at Grazierville, PA in 1993.
CR 2222 and CR 3001 are back on their way at Morrisville, PA in 1981.
This westbound manifest is stopped, awaiting orders at the W.Springfield, MA yard, 5 Apr 1982.
The Carson bridge just East of Canisteo makes a nice vantage point for CR stack train TV-302. It was nice to see that older GP40 on the point. Because of the ex EL right of way being engineered to accomodate larger loads, the Southern Tier initially was the route that all stack trains used in NY. Once CR finished its clearance improvement project on the old NYC main, these trains were moved to that routing.
CR SPCP-5 rolling west through Chester, MA on the Boston line with a train consisting largely of B&M/CV traffic brought down the Conn River line to Springfield, MA. Monday, 5 April 1982.
TV-201 passes the tall semaphore that was just West of the village of Addison.
CR 3004 leads a gaggle of GP-40's with TV6 near the "art colony" in Middlefield, MA. on April 27, 1983.
Conrail train ELBN (Elkhart, IN.-Cicero,IL.) has just passed Union Ave Tower on it's way to the Burlington Northern at Cicero, Illinois.
CR 3006, ex-PC 3006, nee-NYC 3006 is seen on the point of a coal drag at Lock Haven, PA in January 1990.
