Going away shot of SPSE's headend for a better look at the rare birds in trail position. U23C's saw several months of duty on the Boston Line in road service. The 7430 is a GP9, but spotting features are inconsistent.
CNJ 1531 is seen working at S. Hackensack in June of 1977.
CR 3827, a rare GP9B, at Walbridge, OH on Sept. 26, 1981. Kevin Nelson photo with permission
Conrail GP9B 3839 sits at Morrisville Yard in 1981, keeping company with EMD brethren that will certainly last longer than she will.
Conrail GP9B 3839 is seen at Morrisville, PA in 1981.
Conrail GP7 No. 5600 is seen in July 1976 at Colehour Yard in Hammond, IN. It was among the first of former PC locomotives lettered for Conrail. Doug Davidson photo with permission
GP7 idles next to cab car 1526 at the end of commuter operations. During the winter of 1968/69 I found out just why they named the place Suffern...
By 1983 finding units still in pre merger paint was a treat, so finding an older GP7 still sporting PC black was pretty cool. Most of the paint over has washed away reveling an almost complete PC "worm" logo. It's matched up with former Alco RS11 MT4 slug 1014 in this view at the Motor yard engine house.
An eastbound Conrail transfer behind a pair of GP7s, including 5644, is bound for Colehour Yard on the former PRR, just east of the Calumet River lift bridge at South Chicago, in April 1980. Doug Davidson photo with permission
CR GP7 5663 at Livonia, MI on December 23, 1978. Photographer unknown, Chris Howe collection
An eastbound Conrail local freight is clearing Clarke Junction Tower on the former PRR, as it approaches the EJ&E overpass behind GP7 No. 5668, in April 1980. Doug Davidson photo with permission
Conrail GP7 No. 5674(note the N5K caboose 18443 behind the engine) has the traffic on Indianapolis Boulevard stopped as it pulls a cut of tank cars from the American Maize plant in November 1979. Doug Davidson photo with permission
Conrail GP7 5676 (ex-CNJ 1520) is seen at Enola Yard, along with SW9 9011 (ex-EL 435) in 1983.
PO-87 west at "WJ" Ridgewood Jct., NJ @ 0730hrs. GP9M 5678 exCNJ 1522 and SD9 6922 provide the power
CR 5680 & 5676, both ex CNJ GP-7s, lead El-1 at S. Amboy NJ in 10-76.
A roster view of CR 5680 is seen at Oak Island NJ in March of 1977.
Conrail "Bottle Train" behind GP7 No. 5710 is on the wye at Calumet Park, Il around April 1979. The train is heading for the IHB from the SC&S (former PRR Bernice Cutoff). Once on the IHB, the GP7 will run around its train and take it west to Acme Steel at Riverdale, via the IHB and the former PRR Panhandle. Doug Davidson photo with permission
Former PC 5792/NYC 5792 in storage at Altoona, PA on 8/5/1984. The ALCO to the left is RS3M CR 9966.
Former PC 5807/NYC 5807 in storage at Altoona, PA on 7/13/1985. Check out the RS3m in blue with the "CR" on the nose.
Former RDG 627 is seen at Reily St., Harrisburg, PA, on 8/11/1984.
One of the more interesting early geeps I'd seen on Conrail, the former EL 1201 sports a large single beam headlight, a holdover from the days it was delivered as an Erie unit, and has different style numbers applied.
Former RDG 635 is seen in storage at Rutherford, PA on 10/3/1982 with fairly new paint.
CR 5839 at Hollidaysburg, PA on July 16, 1976. Photographer unknown, Chris Howe collection
A 1982 shot of the Lewistown yard shows GP7 5872 (ex-PC 5872, exx-PRR 5872, nee-PRR 8572) and SW9 9137 (ex-PC 9137) sitting by the sand tower.
Conrail GP7 5872 (ex-PC 5872, exx-PRR 5872, nee-PRR 8572) is seen sitting alongside sand car PC 32306, a former PRR class H30 covered hopper in 1982.
A classic ex NYC GP7, high bell, no dynamics, clean lines. I found this patched Penn Central unit on the west side of the P1A at Collinwood in 1979.
Former PC 5903/NYC 5765 in storage at Altoona, PA on 7/13/1985.
After the N&W suburban train to Orland Park was equipped with RTA bi-level cars in the summer of 1979, Conrail leased the former N&W coaches for use on its Valparaiso trains. Train No. 454 is seen behind two Conrail Geeps(GP7 5909 and GP38-2 8187) running long hood forward above the ICG at Grand Crossing, in October 1979. The use of the ex-N&W coaches in this sevice lasted just a few months, as Conrail turned the service over to Amtrak in 1980. Doug Davidson photo with permission
GP7 5922 exEL passenger Geep 1402
5935 lays over in front of the ex Erie Avon station on a quiet spring afternoon.
