Numbered 6358-6524, Conrail's SD40-2s were found system wide heading up trains of all varieties as well as working on helpers over the famous Horseshoe Curve on the Pittsburgh Line.
Conrail acquired its SD40-2 fleet new from EMD in 1977, 78 and 79.
Conrail's SD40-2s had a feature unique to the road, the substitution of EMD's older Flexicoil trucks in place of the newly developed (and mistakenly believed to be flawed) HTC trucks that were delivered to all other SD40-2 owners.
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SD40-2 6432 shoves RESE past MP 129 in Becket, MA. on July 1, 1982
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Conrail B23-7 1937 and SD40-2 6506 are head out on a light engine move departing Enola Yard at Overview in 1991.
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Conrail GP40-2 3374 leads SD40-2 6380 on a westbound auto parts train approaching Horseshoe Curve in 1986.
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CR GP40-2 3393 is seen leading a mixed freight while SD40-2 6417 works with a ballast cleaner at CP-Conpit in New Florence, PA in 1981.
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Conrail triple hopper 485078 is on the tail end of an eastbound coal train at Bennington Curve in 1983, with SD40-2 6499 assisting on the rear.
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Conrail C40-8W 6130 barrels west through Cresson with a mixed freight while SD40-2s 6383 and 6370 idle between helper assignments in 1991.
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SENH through Berlin, CT. on July 10, 1987 with the 6456 in the trail.
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CR 6247 is shown here after it was repaired and put back into service following a wreck.
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CR 6247 is shown here after it was wrecked. The unit was later repaired and put back into service.
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Coupled together, both of the Washington hill pushers make a light engine move eastward past the summit in Hinsdale, on July, 1, 1982. ConRail had two independantly operating pushers assigned to Washington Hill until the time this photo was taken. SD40/40-2's were the most common units assigned, but SD45's and various 6 axle GE's also did duty shoving the tonnage over the hill. When not actually working, the units could be found "lounging around" in Chester or Pittsfield.
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Woodzell, MD-bound UMP146 heads past the abandoned yard at Bellwood with an unrebuilt SD40 leading.
MP230 CR Pittsburgh Line
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CR 6327, 3285, and 6569 lead a westbound TV train past the Indianapolis division post marker at Crestline, OH on August 15, 1992. Photographer unknown, Chris Howe collection
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Conrail SD40-2 6334 is seen trailing on a westbound helper move at Bennington Curve in 1986.
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Conrail SD40-2 6347 is seen heading east towards MP 246 on the Pittsburgh Line back in 1984.
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Conrail SD40-2 6348 is seen shoving on the rear of an eastbound freight at MO tower in 1984.
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SBSE digs itself a little further out of the cut as TV-6 continues downgrade.
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SD40-2 6362 leads a PIMO through some nasty sleet at CP Cannon in Duncannon, PA. on Dec. 28, 1992.
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Conrail SD40-2 6362 is seen shoving on the rear of a westbound TV train at Horseshoe Curve in 1993.
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Conrail SD40-2 6362 is seen running light eastbound down Horseshoe Curve in 1993.
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Conrail SD40-2 6364 is seen shoving on the rear of a westbound TV train at Horseshoe Curve in 1993.
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Conrail SD40-2 6364 is seen shoving on the rear of an eastbound coal train at Lilly, PA on 10/11/1998
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A Westbound passes under the old coaling tower at the site of the old Erie yard in Susquehanna.
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Conrail SD40-2 6365 is seen shoving on the rear of a westbound freight at Cresson, PA in 1993.
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Conrail SD40-2 6365 is seen heading west at CP-UN in Gallitzin, PA in 1981.
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Conrail SD40-2 6365 is seen assisting an eastbound freight down Horseshoe Curve in 1993.
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Conrail SD40-2 6365 is seen shoving on the rear of an eastbound freight at Summerhill, PA in 1993.
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Conrail SD40-2 6366 is seen making a trip onto the helper loop at CP-UN in Gallitzin, PA in 1993, so she can head back down the mountain to Altoona and help another westbound tackle the Alleghenies.
