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Viewing Album:  Conrail on the ex Pennsy
 
By:Tom Beckett
Dates:4/1/1976 - 6/1/1999
Album Info:Conrail trains on former PRR lines.
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Army train
Title:  Army train
Description:  A train of military equipment rolls onto Rockville Bridge as train MIL 201
Photo Date:  7/14/1991  Upload Date: 3/3/2015 2:06:00 AM
Location:  Rockville Bridge, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CR 1991(B23-7) CR 1968(B23-7)
Views:  310   Comments: 1
TV 12
Title:  TV 12
Description:  One of the other primary van trains was TV 12, here seen late in the afternoon apporaching Rockville Bridge at Marysville. The train would later go to an ex NYC routing via Syracuse.
Photo Date:  7/14/1991  Upload Date: 3/3/2015 3:23:55 AM
Location:  Marysville, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 3280(GP40-2) CR 3370(GP40-2) CR 3335(GP40-2)
Views:  445   Comments: 0
Wide load
Title:  Wide load
Description:  DIM 301, a dimensional load train, has a couple of box cars and what appears to be a turbine under a tarp, making up it train as it rolls off the bridge to head west.
Photo Date:  7/14/1991  Upload Date: 3/3/2015 2:09:56 AM
Location:  Rockville Bridge, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CR 3326(GP40-2)
Views:  183   Comments: 1
TV 2
Title:  TV 2
Description:  TV 2, one of the primary van trains on the ex PRR, starts across the bridge behind a trio of 4 motors.
Photo Date:  7/14/1991  Upload Date: 3/3/2015 2:12:38 AM
Location:  Rockville Bridge, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5042(B36-7) CR 5044(B36-7) CR 3310(GP40-2)
Views:  381   Comments: 0
Classic Pennsy
Title:  Classic Pennsy
Description:  An eastbound merchandise train passes a Pennsy trademark position light signal at the Marysville station as it makes its way to Enola.
Photo Date:  7/14/1991  Upload Date: 3/3/2015 3:26:39 AM
Location:  Marysville, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6104(C40-8W) CR 6113(C40-8W)
Views:  397   Comments: 0
NS connection
Title:  NS connection
Description:  Run though tran ENRO, headed to the NS at Hagerstown, rolls onto the bride with a pair of NS units giving away its destination.
Photo Date:  7/14/1991  Upload Date: 3/3/2015 2:21:28 AM
Location:  Rockville Bridge, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6418(SD40-2) NS 8036(C30-7) NS 6160(SD40-2)
Views:  397   Comments: 0
Under the positon lights
Title:  Under the positon lights
Description:  Westbound empty coal train XBS rolls under a classic sign of the Pennsy era at CP Banks.
Photo Date:  7/14/1991  Upload Date: 3/3/2015 3:31:34 AM
Location:  Duncannon, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6500(SD40-2) CR 6509(SD40-2)
Views:  290   Comments: 0
XBS west
Title:  XBS west
Description:  A 166 car XBS empty coal train works west along the PRR Middle Division at CP Banks.
Photo Date:  7/14/1991  Upload Date: 3/3/2015 3:37:37 AM
Location:  Duncannon, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6500(SD40-2) CR 6509(SD40-2)
Views:  338   Comments: 0
PIED
Title:  PIED
Description:  PIED rolls its 149 cars out onto the bridge in low afternoon light
Photo Date:  7/14/1991  Upload Date: 3/3/2015 3:16:16 AM
Location:  Rockville Bridge, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6856(SD60) CR 6121(C40-8W)
Views:  199   Comments: 1
Empties off the bridge
Title:  Empties off the bridge
Description:  A 117 car train of empty hoppers headed back to the mines rolls off the bridge and onto the Middle Division.
Photo Date:  7/14/1991  Upload Date: 3/3/2015 3:20:19 AM
Location:  Rockville Bridge, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6857(SD60) CR 6491(SD40-2) CR 6511(SD40-2) CR 6443(SD40-2)
Views:  490   Comments: 1
On the Raritan River bridge
Title:  On the Raritan River bridge
Description:  Local WPOI 30-this one had 58 cars-crosses the Raritan River on a Sunday afternoon. On weekdays, they would be dodging the commuter trains on this line, the forner NY&LB, now NJ Transits North Jersey Coast Line. The train originated in Oak Island yard, and is headed for Browns Yard.
Photo Date:  8/18/1991  Upload Date: 2/26/2012 4:54:06 AM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6523(SD40-2) CR 6496(SD40-2) CR 7886(GP38)
Views:  535   Comments: 0
Eastbound on the bridge
Title:  Eastbound on the bridge
Description:  An eastbound Conrail train starts over Rockville Bridge.
Photo Date:  8/30/1994  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 2:10:57 AM
Location:  Marysville, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5500(SD60M) CR 6255(C40-8W)
Views:  256   Comments: 0
Coal train
Title:  Coal train
Description:  An empty PEPCO train rolls across Rockville bridge en route back to the mine behind three CR Quality units.
Photo Date:  8/30/1994  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 2:12:19 AM
Location:  Marysville, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6167(C40-8W) CR 6147(C40-8W) CR 6177(C40-8W)
Views:  278   Comments: 0
Transfer move
Title:  Transfer move
Description:  A set of local power rolls over Rockville Bridge.
Photo Date:  8/30/1994  Upload Date: 8/31/2014 2:37:29 AM
Location:  Marysville, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CR 7710(GP38) CR 3323(GP40-2)
Views:  236   Comments: 0
Transfer run
Title:  Transfer run
Description:  A transfer from Harrisburg to Enola yard crosses the Rockville bridge.
Photo Date:  8/30/1994  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 2:13:28 AM
Location:  Marysville, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CR 8185(GP38-2) CR 7571(GP10) CR 7562(GP10)
Views:  422   Comments: 0
TV train west
Title:  TV train west
Description:  In September of 1996, while driving for JB Hunt, I made a delivery to a customer in Cleveland. Their dock was adjacent to the former PRR Cleveland Line, which afforded me a pretty good view of the action. Here we see a westbound TV train approaching Cleveland on the ex PRR.
Photo Date:  6/21/1996  Upload Date: 2/27/2012 12:19:41 AM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 5046(B36-7) CR 3368(GP40-2)
Views:  382   Comments: 0
Westbound mixed freight
Title:  Westbound mixed freight
Description:  A westbound mixed freight with 108 cars approaches Cleveland on the ex PRR
Photo Date:  6/21/1996  Upload Date: 2/27/2012 12:25:39 AM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 5502(SD60M) CR 3327(GP40-2)
Views:  342   Comments: 0
Westbound stacks
Title:  Westbound stacks
Description:  A westbound stack train rolls into Cleveland with a typical mix of Conrail power and a healthy number of JB Hunt boxes.
Photo Date:  6/21/1996  Upload Date: 2/27/2012 12:29:47 AM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 5621(SD60I) CR 5034(B36-7) CR 6142(C40-8W)
Views:  456   Comments: 0
Westbound on the east side
Title:  Westbound on the east side
Description:  I was amking a pick up on the east side of Cleveland one day. The shipper was on the Cleveland Line, so I got a pretty good show. Heres one of the performers
Photo Date:  6/21/1996  Upload Date: 5/8/2014 3:31:51 AM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 5654(SD60I) CR 6008(C39-8)
Views:  390   Comments: 1
Eastbound headed for Pittsburgh
Title:  Eastbound headed for Pittsburgh
Description:  An eastbound train heads for Pittsburgh on the former Pennsy. I was making a delivery to the building at far left. Once in a while I get lucky!!
Photo Date:  6/21/1996  Upload Date: 2/27/2012 12:27:21 AM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6192(C40-8W) CR 5074(B40-8)
Views:  1114   Comments: 0
SD 50s
Title:  SD 50s
Description:  Conrail was one of the biggest buyers of SD 50. Here we see two of them on a stack train on the ex PRR
Photo Date:  6/21/1996  Upload Date: 2/27/2012 12:31:15 AM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6736(SD50) CR 6759(SD50)
Views:  370   Comments: 0
Eastbound
Title:  Eastbound
Description:  I made a pick up at Valvoline in Rochester PA. As luck would have it, the loading dock faced out onto Conrail just east of the junction of the Cleveland and Youngstown Lines. Good action, here what appears to be TV 12 rolls past.
Photo Date:  6/19/1997  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 4:59:45 AM
Location:  Rochester, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6075(C40-8W) CR 5550(SD60M)
Views:  300   Comments: 0
Yard power
Title:  Yard power
Description:  A yard set pulled out from Conway and was working back toward the yard in one of those "close but no cigar" shots, where I cut off the nose of the lead unit.
Photo Date:  6/19/1997  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 5:06:10 AM
Location:  Conway, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6943(SD38) CR 1123(MT6)
Views:  321   Comments: 0
One unit westbound
Title:  One unit westbound
Description:  A single SD40 rebuild leads a westbound past my perch at Valvoline
Photo Date:  6/19/1997  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 5:07:33 AM
Location:  Rochester, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6987(SD40-2R)
Views:  236   Comments: 1
Park Manor from the Skyway
Title:  Park Manor from the Skyway
Description:  A grab shot of a pair of CR units at 63rd St on the south side of Chicago, seen from the Chicago Skyway.
Photo Date:  10/4/1997  Upload Date: 3/24/2014 1:49:39 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 5531(SD60M) CR 6067(C40-8W)
Views:  447   Comments: 1
Pigs west
Title:  Pigs west
Description:  A westbound Conrail van train readies to leave Harrisburg ramp on the ex Pennsy. It will soon be on the Rockville bridge and headed over the Middle Division
Photo Date:  9/2/1998  Upload Date: 3/15/2014 1:46:30 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5637(SD60I) CR 5575(SD60I)
Views:  411   Comments: 0

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