Conrail Facts

Conrail GP38 7899 was assigned to the Conrail Shared Asset Area after the split in 1999 as NS 2943. The locomotive was one of several SAA allocated units that were cycled through the locomotiv

The Ann Arbor railroad was to be included in the original USRA drawn Conrail plans, but the state of Michigan objected and until they could secure an operator, the Ann Arbor was run by Conrail as

Conrail began to take delivery of a 28 unit order rostered the first units in January 1996.

The "true" color of Conrail Blue is a subject of great debate, as any discussion based around photos can be biased based on lighting, fa

On May 1, 1984, train TV-11 was the first Conrail train to run without a caboose.  It was reported that at the time, certain TV trains will be the only trains to run this way.  Full crews will

In 1994, Conrail had an existing order for 30 SD60I's but was interested in the new AC technology.  So they changed the order to 26 GP60M-I's and 4 SD70MAC test units to maintain the total unit

The Raritan River, was a twelve-mile shortline railroad founded in 1888 and based in South Amboy, New Jersey, U.S., which ran as far as New Brunswick, New Jersey.

In 1980, Conrail sent a funeral train of 15 to 20 GG1's west on the Fort Wayne line(Pennsy main) all the way across Indiana before realizing their mistake and stopping it at Colehour yard in In

Conrail leased these (3804, 3805 and 3806) units for evaluation purposes from the AT&SF from July-September of 1979.

The caboose marker lamps were applied to all cabooses whether road or transfer. They were amber and were flashing.