Location
South Akron yardsAkron, OH
United States
41° 5' 5.4456" N, 81° 30' 56.1708" W
Photo By:
R.A. DurfeePhoto Date:
04/03/1976Conrail Road Number(s):
CR 2778Predecessor Paint Scheme(s):
LVCR 2778 U23B ex Lehigh Valley Akron 04-76
Posted June 4th, 2009 by Roger Durfee
Three Lehigh Valley U23B's would be the first non PC/EL power I would see after the ConRail merger. They had come up from Columbus on OM-8 on April 3rd, and I just had to get them in front of an Akron icon, the Firestone Tire and Rubber factory. Solid sets of heritage power like this would soon be a thing of the past.
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