Many times on stored Conrail locomotives, "D/S" is crudely stencilled on the fuel tanks.
Locomotives
The Spirit of Conrail - GP38 Locomotive
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
Conrail Blue Color Information
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
Conrail almost ordered GP60M's before settling on the SD80MAC
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
Conrail took delivery of it's first SD80MAC, 4100, on December 6, 1995
Conrail began to take delivery of a 28 unit order rostered the first units in January 1996.
Conrail misrouted a GG1 funeral train all the way to Chicago
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 3 GP40X Diesels from Santa Fe in the Summer of 1979
Conrail leased these (3804, 3805 and 3806) units for evaluation purposes from the AT&SF from July-September of 1979.
