U30B 2871 and U30C 6839 in the extra 6370 west in Middlefield, MA. on Oct. 17, 1980.
One of just 5 U30Cs that came from the RDG.
In a few short months Reading Lines U30C 6302 will become Conrail 6581, but for now it's still hauling tonnage for it's original owner through it's namesake city.
One of the ex RDG U30-Cs leads a Westbound up the hill out of Hornell on the line to Meadville.
Another "rare bird", on ConRail anyway, U30C 6843 heads up westbound tonnage past the signals at mile 126.3 in Chester, MA. on May 10, 1980. The 6843 was one of only 10 U30C's rostered by Big Blue.
Westbound coal for Detroit Edison in Monroe, Michigan passes through Brady Lake, Ohio on Conrail's Cleveland Line on a nice fall afternoon. The path above the train is the former NYC line that was part of a flyover junction to get over the PRR at this location. Near the rear of the train the ex EL main is above this line also.
Another one of the unit coal trains Conrail ran using utility purchased power was the Detroit Edison trains for the Monroe, Michigan plant. Interesting trains, they used a fleet of U30C's and SD40's pulling large capacity aluminum rotary dump gons and mid train radio units on the loaded moves. Numbered DE 001 to 022, there were 12 EMD's and 10 U30C's with SD40's 001,002,and GE's 007,008,018,019,and 020 equipped as radio control leaders. In this photo a set of four elephant style U30C's are sitting at Hudson,Ohio on the law waiting for a new crew on a nice August 1979 evening. These Detroit Edison U-boats were nice to catch, as Conrail only had 10 U30C's of their own, 5 ex PC and 5 ex Reading.
