A window was added for an
The second battle began in the mid-1990s when CSX announced its intentions to purchase the railroad outright. The GP38 kept that number when it was shipped north to the MNN. However, the simple truth of the matter was a saturation of rail lines; there was simply too much excess capacity to support so many railroads. All rights reserved by original owner of image. Unit Coal Train Symbols. He assigned four trustees to sort through the mess headed by Jervis Langdon Jr., a lifelong railroader who was once president of the Baltimore & Ohio. Jim Semon photo. Photos for personal use only. The Conrail Office Car Special (OCS) Miscellaneous Conrail Photos. It is difficult to truly articulate just how much material can be found at this website. The GP40PH-2 is used on West of Hudson Service. November 10, 2010. design to an order built for the Long Island Rail Road by Pullman-Standard. Modern Equipment
Active Units by Paint Scheme: Total
The number stayed with the locomotive through the PC era and into the early days of Conrail. Understanding how real railroads use bridges is important to realistically modeling them. for this roster, as well as with other locomotive rosters / summzries. unique, as the cab-end only has one window for the engineer. The SD40 was retired in September 1994. It continues to do business as an asset management and network services provider in three Shared Assets Areas that were excluded from the division of its . Photos for personal use only. (6), AMTK 142 at Frankford Jct, Philadelphia, PA, 8-2-81, Amtrak 909 GG-1, Train 40, Adams Station, NJ. The last active former
Loving notes when profits began to grow larger and larger some senior officers did not want to return the wage increases; "But Crane believed theworkershad saved Conrail by giving up the $200 million. In 1998 a gentleman by the name ofAndre Kristopans put together a web page highlighting virtually every unit out-shopped by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division. They were
Wade Massie photo. The situation had been severely compounded by Mother Nature when Hurricane Agnes dumped an ocean of rain on the Northeast during June of 1972. On some cars, the EL/NJDOT
Harmon shop. The GP38 was retired by Conrail on September 26, 1984. and on the Port Jervis Line in 1991. The book will also give you a bit of they assumed control of the NJ. The company's eventual turn around can be greatly attributed to the workforce cuts. There were many things Penn Central required, ranging from regulation relief to emergency loans. The roster below began as Conrail's initial locomotive roster dated April 9, 1976. P32AC-DM (1995), Please mail your comments to:
M-N units are equipped for extended
As MN moves towards a more efficient operation, much of the
Conrail Special Paint -- A listing of locomotives that carried special paint
schemes. The coaches sat on the dead line in Croton for a year until they were sold
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McClellan had argued that more than 15,575 route miles needed immediately cut, excluding EL's lines (3,000 miles). In 1999, we sadly said goodbye to the railroad we had known since 1976. Currently, these cars are residing on the Croton dead line awaiting
such at the former New Haven FL9's. colors. on 7/18/81. (3) Strangers in Hinsdale, MA. Other NW nbrs were 3689-90, 3697,3703,5, 3712,14,15,17,18. Museum and in Susquehanna's new Syracuse commuter service. Metro-North engine 750, a GP9, is one of the last engines in the
1957: 24: . on 12/27/80.
These units have been cut up for
engineer's control stand. All written content, photos, and videos copyright American-Rails.com (unless otherwise noted). Ironically, Langdon, himself, wound up at the helm in January of 1973. Back
I didn't know it at the time, but Minnesota Northern (MNN) GP38 3810 and HLCX 3605 were just a few numbers off from each other. Unfortunately, Chessie and EL's unions could not come to a contract agreement resulting in EL's inclusion into Conrail. The GECX reporting marks were applied in white paint over the road grime below the road number. (03). train on the Harlem Line as a toddler with a consist of such equipment. rooftop pantograph. Line as late as 1991. I love Conrail memorabilia. However, with millions in debt they later came back on January 9, 1975 asking for inclusion into Conrail. Morrison-Knudsen M-6 (1992). Conrail retired the GP38 on May 15, 1985. The Rail Services Planning Office (an agency which would oversee and evaluate USRA ideas). Then I noticed the recessed red marker lights above the number boards. cars. observer on the cab cars and the door was removed next to the
began to chrun out the SPV as successor. Norfolk Southern retired its ex-Conrail GP15-1s in February and March 2007. Lackawanna's commuter services in the late 1960s.
This meant governmental involvement. single units, from either end. The EL was plagued by mismanagement and the collapsing situation of Penn Central. modification at the rear of the unit that is plain to see. switching moves. According to H. Roger Grant's authoritative title, "Erie Lackawanna: Death Of An American Railroad, 1938-1992," the railroad's trustees at first stated they could reorganize the struggling system. of Chris
The E10-B was built by General Electric in 1950 for use on the Niagara Junction Railroad,
units. However, by 1980 there appeared no end to the losses. horsepower, but can pull a lot for a small engine. Conrail Initial 1976 Locomotive Diesel Roster: Home Site Map Search Contact Diesel Steam Electric Industrial Motorcars Revenue MOW Wrecks: Courtesy of Joe Reckner Conrail Locomotive Roster - April 1976 Source : Conrail Volume 1: 1976 - 1982 by Scott Hartley . While a complete photo directory, no biographical information is included. Photos for personal use only. for its Connecticut services. After Penn Central failed, entering bankruptcy on June 21, 1970, the other major Northeastern railroads soon followed. Following retirement, the unit joined the Electro-Motive Division Leasing fleet as EMDX 419. Conrail CR RS-3 #5491 ROSTER 1977 Original Kodachrome. Conrail Photographic Roster, Locomotive Model: GP30. A car of similar design would find its way
The only F unit to wear Conrail blue, F7A #1648 (ex-New York Central #7154), is seen here carrying out a westbound transfer run for the first time since its repainting, at the ex-New York Central's Collinwood Yard (Cleveland, Ohio) on July 26, 1976. green color. Further improvements included expansion of CTC (centralized traffic control) to more efficiently move trains, job cuts approved by the unions, and the ability to drop its money-draining commuter responsibilities taken over by state agencies through the Northeast Rail Services Act (NERSA). All SD60Is. With this legislation now law the difficult work began of creating a profitable railroad from the bankrupt shells. F-10s. fleet would be retired. These cars ran in SEMTA
Because
In another words, liquidation was imminent. The E-10's were used as Terminal
in Canada. (1) Strangers in Hinsdale, MA. Including EL, the figure totaled more than 26,800 miles. if you are stuck in someone else's frame. 9607 SOLD. These cars now survive at the Danbury Railway
The unit served on Conrail until July 15, 1987. their first priority was to find improved equipment. The 1980's saw many changes to Conrail's roster.
Copyright (c) 1998-new Date().getFullYear()>2010&&document.write(new Date().getFullYear()); Robert S. Waller. Conrail GP40-2 #3341 hustles train TV-3m along the Panhandle near Port Washington, Ohio on September 28, 1980. This
Conrail Freight Cars. When Conrails assets were split between Norfolk Southern and CSX Transportation in 1999, the six-axle road locomotive went to the latter. Some of the last new locomotives Conrail acquired included its fleet of SD80MAC's. Here, a duo leads autoracks westbound at Emsworth, Pennsylvania July 29, 1997. Copyright (c) 1998-new Date().getFullYear()>2010&&document.write(new Date().getFullYear()); Robert S. Waller. Georgia Northeastern (GNRR) 7562 is another graduate of the GP10 rebuild program, coming out of the ICG shops in 1976. Information and photos from this website
A cast plaque was mounted
They first hired William Moore from the highly respected Southern Railway where he had ascended to the position of senior vice president of operations. on 7/18/81. Rated at 1,800 h.p., they can
These locomotives carry a paint scheme
For General Electric - B, C and U series. at the Peducca Shops in the 1970s and had a head end power unit
the "Dover Plains Shuttle" between Brewster and Dover Plains. updated on
Typical of Congress, they largely ignored the situation, despite warnings from PC's Fullam and Langdon. Other reference sources include: The Bullsheet (CSX newsletter),
CRTS newsletter (Conrail Technical Society), and Eastern Rail News. losing money. Interestingly, this large reduction only cost the railroad a mere 1% of its traffic and 2% of its total profits. This RailAmerica unit has a colorful paint scheme and history. Reporting Marks: CR. these beasts in 1981, as did the State of Connecticut. UtahRails.Net" website is a valuable resource in confirming Union Pacific data submitted by contributors. At this time,
In the late 1990s the GP38 was repainted in Helms maroon-and-blue scheme. should not be used without permission and/or proper credit. Needless to say,
contracted with NJT to operate the Port Jervis and Pascack Valley lines, some cars
One last hurdle remained, trimming down Conrail's exorbitant work force and labor costs. operate off of 600v third-rail, or off its own diesel generator. It operates three networks, the North Jersey, South Jersey/Philadelphia, and Detroit Shared Assets Areas, where it serves as a contract local carrier and switching company for its owners, CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway. Their retention was the result of unions, Congressional backing, and the industry's conservative nature. The second-largest system in the region, the Erie Lackawanna, filed bankruptcy as a result. Peddled mostly to commuter agencies, it relied on
Ex-OHCR 3185 : CSX 3185 Conrail 2030 MGA 2300 ; nee WP 2254 (4092) . Budd Self-Propelled Vehicle (SPV) (1981)
They can be reviewed in either a PDF or JPEG format. Penn Central was the largest of the group, operating just over 20,500 miles, while the Jersey Central contained about 700 miles, the Reading roughly 1,300 miles, the Lehigh & Hudson River 86 miles, and the Lehigh Valley 1,250 miles.
This required some body
As the strain of cash shortfalls tightened deferred maintenance became the norm with large sections of its network reduced to the 1100 series, they are true MU cars, as they could be operated in
were cutting back on their long-distance passenger trains. After only 23 years of existence, Conrail was divided and sold to CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern for $10.2 billion. Information I found online indicated the 3810 was involved in a wreck on January 27, 2001. The F-10s
operating in Grand Central Terminal). (2), Afternoon at Iona Island on 10/24/98. Conrail (reporting mark CR), formally the Consolidated Rail Corporation, was the primary Class I railroad in the Northeastern United States between 1976 and 1999. Conrail/MTA purchased a few of
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