Built for the Erie Lackawanna as their 3316 to 3328, these thirteen 3,600 6-axle locomotives became Conrail 6587 to 6599. In November of 1979 they were renumbered to 6884 to 6896 in order to make room for more new C30-7A's. All were retired in December 1987 and returned to the lessor and are presumed scrapped.
Conrail SD40-2 6508 is seen leading a westbound freight through Conway Yard in 1983. The train is passing a line of stored units, including CR U36C 6895 (ex-CR 6598, nee-EL 3327) and CR SW7 8863 (ex-EL 431).
CR had a small yard and engine facility in Binghamton. A set of 3 engines is parked along the engine house.
An ex EL U36-C is in the middle of a lahup at Goodman Street Yard.
With the helper unit on the front, an Eastbound lays down a blanket of smoke as it climbs the grade across Starrucca Viaduct.
A general freight is roaring around the curve as it assaults the grade at Horseshoe Curve. It looks like the sanders are getting a workout!
A Westbound train is climbing the East leg of the curve, as seen from the West leg of the curve.
Still in it's attractive EL scheme and number, this Conrail U36C leads an eastbound on the former EL in Akron, Ohio in November of 1976. The U25B behind is already in the new dress blue. The Conrail roster contained 13 U36C's, all from the EL. The train is TV-98, one of the few priority trains still routed over the ex EL.
U36C 6596 sails along Rt. 20 in Huntington, MA. with an eastbound in April, 1979.
Erie Lackawanna U36C #3326, by this date the property of Conrail, sits at the former EL Breir Hill facility near Youngstown, Ohio. Keeping these big GE's company are a pair of BN RS-3's still in SP&S colors, a colorful leased power addition to an already colorful Conrail. Conrail used these GE units for a few weeks on the Creston turn ore trains. The 3326 would become CR 6597 and wear a coat of blue.
A pair of GEs fill in for the common fleet of SDs as helper units approach the Horseshoe Curve. The first unit is an ex-EL unit, while the second was a built new for Conrail C30-7A.
U36C 6892 leads the charge up hill through Warren, MA. on June 4, 1980.
NE-2 approaches CP-7 to run the siding from 7 to 13 meeting three southbounds.
