Three-count 'em-three U23-C's lead BOSE through Hinsdale center on July 18, 1981. A number of these six-axle U-Boats took a break from their mundane duties of shoving strings over the humps at Selkirk and elsewhere for a few months of hauling tonnage over some slightly larger hills.
N5C cabin car 23007 tucked in behind the power is a sure indication this is SENH. Also a good look at that U23-C as the train tops the grade in Hinsdale center, MA. on July 18, 1981.
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.
GP40 3243, leading a pair of U23C's and a GP35, brings SEPW through Bancroft, MA. on July 3, 1981.
GP35 2314 and U23C 6718 in SEPW at Bancroft, MA. on July 3, 1981.
U23-C 6718 in SEBO-8C at Washington, MA. 0n April 18, 1981. Several U23C's worked as road power on the B&A in this time period.
Wrecked Conrail SD40 6253 was at Enola, PA in April 1982, along with U23C 6709. Photo by John Decker.
A U23C and GP-9B work the Frontier Yard hump drill, still in PC leterring.
Freshly painted former PC 6704 is seen at Jacks tower near Mt. Union, PA on 5/17/1983.
Conrail U23C 6706 (ex-PC 6706) is seen on the hump at Enola Yard in 1983.
Enola Yard - Enola, Pennsylvania, USA
September 23, 1990
U23C 6905
A pair of motors who have been ridden hard and put away wet are these two former Penn Central U23Cs, taking a break from yard duties to allow themselves to be forever captured on K64. The 6905 and 6903 have been off the roster and out of existence for many years.
U23-C's 6905 and 6907 working as hump engines at the west end of Enola on Aug. 18, 1985.
Conrail 6905 (U23C) at JLS in Altoona, PA on April 27th, 1994. Terry Nardella photo, collection of Steve Ondik.
TV10B's headend going away for a better look (?) at the trailing units, C30-7 6607 and U23C 6911. Hadn't seen a U23C up here since the early '80's.
