CONRAIL THREAD FOR EVERYBODY!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by 4884bigboy

QUOTE: Originally posted by cr6479

IF CSX & NS merged together then merged again into the CONRAIL SYSTEM. That would be very very interesting to see. Conrail would have alot engines and would have GEVO's & evolutions engines. Oh yea by the way i am not talking about CSX & NS taking over conrail, but i am talking about CSX & NS actaully merging into the conrail system.

GEVO's are Evolution series units. The whole GEVO series are ES44DCs, ES44ACs, and ES40DCs for NS.

I'm a huge Conrail fan. The SD80MACs were some of the coolest units ever built. Saw an ex Conrail yesterday on CSX here, an NS patched SD60M. The CSX line here is pretty cool because we get the SD70ACe's and ES44DCs, along with patched Conrail's. There's also a small NS yard and they frequently have Ex Conrail Geeps and the like.

Conrail 80MACs are the S*** if you have MSTS you can get a freeware model at Streamlines.ca in the forum but you have to be a member and Yea Matt it was awsome as with the LMS Trailing it [:D]

[cr6479]

CSX-DAN . You finaly seen an CONRAIL engine.

[Anonymous]

Not today but I have seen 6 but the Old Conrail Unit I saw the
Conducter was AWSOME!

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cr6479

IF CSX & NS merged together then merged again into the CONRAIL SYSTEM. That would be very very interesting to see. Conrail would have alot engines and would have GEVO's & evolutions engines. Oh yea by the way i am not talking about CSX & NS taking over conrail, but i am talking about CSX & NS actaully merging into the conrail system.

GEVO's are Evolution series units. The whole GEVO series are ES44DCs, ES44ACs, and ES40DCs for NS.

I'm a huge Conrail fan. The SD80MACs were some of the coolest units ever built. Saw an ex Conrail yesterday on CSX here, an NS patched SD60M. The CSX line here is pretty cool because we get the SD70ACe's and ES44DCs, along with patched Conrail's. There's also a small NS yard and they frequently have Ex Conrail Geeps and the like.

[cr6479]

CSX-DAN. Did you see any GEVO's yet????

[Anonymous]

Use the CSX Tracer number[;)]

[cr6479]

Does anybody know where is CR engine numbers 6340,4128,5610,5618 are????

[Anonymous]

CR GP40-2 3345 is now CSX 4428. It is currently "active," and is in CR Quality paint with yellow CSX numbers.

Photo can be viewed here.

[cr6479]

Does anybody know where is CR engine number 3345 it is a GP40-2????

[Anonymous]

Tons of cool Conrail Patch-Jobs from various roads on this site:

http://crcyc.railfan.net/home.html

[:)][:)]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by coborn35

Or combining and renaming themselves Conrail.

Which will never happen. [:)]

[coborn35]

Or combining and renaming themselves Conrail.

[cr6479]

IF CSX & NS merged together then merged again into the CONRAIL SYSTEM. That would be very very interesting to see. Conrail would have alot engines and would have GEVO's & evolutions engines. Oh yea by the way i am not talking about CSX & NS taking over conrail, but i am talking about CSX & NS actaully merging into the conrail system.

[railfanespee4449]

They did that to everything. Note the use of black paint.

EL
PC
LV
Reading
CNJ

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by TomDiehl

QUOTE: Originally posted by chinatown782411

I am not sure but did Conrail use the Penn Central's black with the white "PC" scheme for a little while.(using a CR instead of a PC of course)

I've got an old slide somewhere that shows the same thing on a Reading loco. They painted black over the lettering on the Reading diamond, then stencilled a "CR" over it.

IIRC, it was shot in Pottstown, PA.

I was internet surfing a little while ago and found a ex-Lehigh Valley unit with a CR as well.

[TomDiehl]

QUOTE: Originally posted by chinatown782411

I am not sure but did Conrail use the Penn Central's black with the white "PC" scheme for a little while.(using a CR instead of a PC of course)

I've got an old slide somewhere that shows the same thing on a Reading loco. They painted black over the lettering on the Reading diamond, then stencilled a "CR" over it.

IIRC, it was shot in Pottstown, PA.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, did you read the story in the recent TRAINS magazine? Very interesting. The thing that got me most was the part about Snow wanting NS and UP to merge so that NS would be tied up in a merger so CSX would not have to worry about NS disrupting their merger plans with CR. [}:)]

[cr6479]

What IF csx or NS merged with conrail now that would be very very interesting to see that happen????

[paulstecyna21]

i like to watch conrail engines go by my house and lead ns frieghts to phildelphia and valley forge. Conrail is still the cream of the crop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cr6479]

CSX-DAN. I will talk to you on next saturday about BNSF railfan police topic.

[cr6479]

CSX-DAN. I am working next saurday until 12:30PM and go to volunteer at RGVRRM until 3-4PM then heading to pixely to CSX action.

[Anonymous]

In the Kilgore Yard in Kalamzoo, MI, while the GM Stamping Plant was in operation, I photographed a Conrail GP15 sitting in the yard with rows of Conrail Auto Parts Box Cars. Now the parts stamping operation has moved out of the big building, but thankfully the tracks are still in place. I just hope somebody turns the Kilgore Yard in Kalamazoo into an Intermodal Yard since it is so close to Interstate-94.

Andrew Falconer

[cr6479]

CSX-DAN that would really sick if that happened again. Saturday may be the day to see conrail engines.

matt

[railfanespee4449]

I saw my 3rd CR engine recently.(patched-NS)
It was one of those boxy Standard Cab GE's

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cr6479

CSX-DAN. Didn't worry you will see a hand fill of ACe, SD. WATCH OUT!!!! you may see UP,BNSF,CP,NS or OH YEA BABY!!!! You may even see CONRAIL engines. Good luck railfanning on saturday!!!!! I will try to go to Pixely on next saturday if i am not working at Tim Hortans or Chili-Paul Wegmans. I will see you guys next saturday depending IF i am not working.

matt

Thanks Matt I'd love to see some BNSF GEVO's They have some
sweet K5LA's and I hope to see u next Saturday and hopefully it
wont be like the last time I saw u there...Just Rails and Birds and
Pure Heat [;)]

[MP173]

In 1997 the Conrail Technical Society published a book called Conrail Freight Schedules, 2nd Edition. It is an 80 page book listing all of Conrail's symboled freights.

The book is a very good reference for the manifest, intermodal, mail, and slab trains that Conrail operated. A typical schedule would identify the symbol number, type of train, days of operations, origin and destination and certain cities or control points.

For example train PRPI was a Proviso (UP - Chicago) train running to Conway Yard. The train left at 1300ct with arrival at Conway 1400ET (the following day). Times were also listed for Chicago - Ogden Ave; Chicago - Ashland Ave; Burns Harbor, Elkhart; Toledo; Elyria; Berea; Alliance and Conway.

It is a great reference for Conrail fans and I would recommend it.

ed

[Anonymous]

There once was a complete Pennsylvania Railroad branch line from Elkhart, Indiana to Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Conrail operated that branch line as a complete division for only 3 years.

Conrail literally pulled up most of the tracks between Portage, Michigan and Sturgis, Michigan during 1979 and 1980. There was some track left in Vicksburg so that the Grand Trunk Western could access spurs to the Simpson Paper Mill. Then in 1996 the new owner Fox River phased out rail shipments and eventually closed the Mill. In 2004 Canadian National finshed up the run of trains by removing all the remaining branch and spur tracks.

Andrew Falconer

[cr6479]

CSX-DAN. Didn't worry you will see a hand fill of ACe, SD. WATCH OUT!!!! you may see UP,BNSF,CP,NS or OH YEA BABY!!!! You may even see CONRAIL engines. Good luck railfanning on saturday!!!!! I will try to go to Pixely on next saturday if i am not working at Tim Hortans or Chili-Paul Wegmans. I will see you guys next saturday depending IF i am not working.

matt

[Anonymous]

I'm worrking On the GEVO Thing and I Deffinatly Need To See an ACe
and I belive there were 3 Sybols For Conrail The GG1 Symbol and The
Original Symbol and The Quality Symbol [;)]

[cr6479]

Does any of you know how many symbols were their on the CONRAIL SYSTEM????