Conrail inherited 77 units from Penn Central, 12 from Lehigh Valley, and 10 new, assigning them to series CR 2700-2798.
U23B's 2787 and 2728 in the trail position on BOR723 at State Line.
Conrail GP30 2168 (ex-RDG 3600) and U23B 2720 (ex-PC 2720) are seen at the Juniata Shops in 1982.
CR GP30 (ex-PC 2192) and U23B 2707 (ex-PC 2707) are seen on an eastbound train on Horseshoe Curve in 1982.
U23B "class unit" 2700 in Manchester, CT. with local WNHA-21 on Aug. 23, 1988.
An Eastbound train is running right along the Canisteo River, just West of the Cameron grade crossing.
4 axle power idles thru the night at the Cresson service area.
Former PC 2706 is seen at Rutherford, PA on 8/20/1984.
Former PC 2706 is seen with CR 2749 and a cut of Chessie hoppers at Rutherford, PA on 8/20/1984.
DIM-402 has 1 load as it comes down the hill thru Beaver Falls.
Former PC 2711 is seen at Reily St., Harrisburg, PA on 12/3/1988.
Conrail 2716, a U23B, heads ELIN 2a toward Indianapolis on the Marion Branch just about to pass under the C&O trestle at Marion, IN on April 22, 1985. Kevin Nelson photo with permission
CR 2716 is seen leading OIAL long-hood forward at Bethlehem PA on 1/6/84.
Taken on 10 February 1978 as eastern Massachusetts began to dig out from the Great New England Blizzard of 1978. On this date Conrail managed to move some freight west out of the snow-bound region.
ELOI is making a pick-up at Campbell Hall, NY. on a foggy Aug. 20, 1988. U23B 2724 is the power for a local working out of Campbell Hall.
U23B 2724 resting at Campbell Hall, NY. with other assorted CR equipment on Aug. 20, 1988.
Conrail U23B 2730 and B23-7 1955 pull ENBU-2T northbound on the Buffalo Line thru Montgomery, PA on 3/2/89. The head end trailer was picked up at KW Yard in Rockville, PA and the frames behind that came out of the Dana Corp. in Reading, PA and were destined for Oshawa, Ontario. With the 82 cars behind them, no doubt they'll be getting a helper at Emporium.
Former PC 2730 is seen at Altoona, PA on 4/17/1988.
Former PC 2734 with CR 8114 at Steelton, PA on 7/11/1983.
By this 1989 date GE U23-B's were hard to come by, let alone a pair of them. This day's BUPI had 2740 and 2708 for power as it passed through Lowellville, Ohio on their way to Conway via the Youngstown Line. Both units were former Penn Central.
Extra 2264 west going away with U30B 2865 and U23B 2747 in trail.
Former PC 2748 in storage at Rutherford, PA on 12/26/1982.
Long hood running U23B 2751 leads a leased CN GP38W on a westbound grain mty as a eastbound gets a shove to the summit.
A late day photo of a westbound on the ex PRR Ft Wayne Line hitting the Big 4 diamond in Crestline, Ohio. In this April 1979 shot the old passenger depot was still standing, and was that a CR blue phone booth? Today, phone booths are about as rare as U23B's!
Former PC 2769 is seen at Cresson, PA on 8/12/1990. Note the lack of "CONRAIL" on the long hood.
Former PC 2769 is seen at Cresson, PA on 4/17/1988.
PC 2769 is seen running long-hood foward on PO-87A at Ridgewood NJ sometime in 1977. The 2769 was delivered with dual controls.
Not very good quality, but worth posting since it was an LV unit.
Wish I had a better camera those first 2 years of CR.
CR 2778 is seen on JN-5 making a pickup at S. Plainfield NJ in 9-77.
A set of 3 Lehigh Valley U23B's work the former PRR/PC South Akron yard with OM-8. This was the first non-PC or EL power to show up on the new ConRail in Akron- only 3 days into April 1976. LV 502 would become CR 2778.
