CONRAIL THREAD FOR EVERYBODY!!!!!!

[cr6479]

Hello CSX-DAN!!!! That was me you showed rules book on signals. Your CSX-DAN who was in the van with the scanner with the conrail shirt????

matt

[cr6479]

Does conrail still have GE 80 Ton number 99????

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cr6479

Does conrail still have GE 80 Ton number 99????

No I belive thats CSX Now I saw it Saturday
Yes cr6479 that me alright I had the black
Chevy Van and the Scanner [:D]

[Anonymous]

Anyone care for CR's Electric Motors during the late 1970's? E44's, E33's, GG1's, EMD Demonstrators??

[cr6479]

CSX-DAN have you seen any conrail engines yet since we talked????

[cr6479]

msernak. Sure why not!!!!!

[Murphy Siding]

QUOTE: Originally posted by msernak

Anyone care for CR's Electric Motors during the late 1970's? E44's, E33's, GG1's, EMD Demonstrators??

What kind of EMD demonstrators did CR try out?

[Anonymous]

Conrail is still going and long live conrail. Hopefully i'll be working for them by mid to late summer.

[oltmannd]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding

QUOTE: Originally posted by msernak

Anyone care for CR's Electric Motors during the late 1970's? E44's, E33's, GG1's, EMD Demonstrators??

What kind of EMD demonstrators did CR try out?

Some EMD electrics. A GM6C and a GM10B.

At the time of Conrail's creation, there was still some thinking about electrifying to Pittsburgh which was the PRRs original goal. The electric fleet was old - and becoming obsolete (although the change from 25Hz, 11KVAC hasn't happened yet!) - and with the potential for big orders if the Pittsburgh electrification was built out, EMD built a couple prototypes with the help of ASEA for Conrail to demo.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cr6479

CSX-DAN have you seen any conrail engines yet since we talked????

No No Conrails But I did see a UP SD70 With the most annoying
K3 ever it sounds like a CSX SD70MAC K5

[Anonymous]

I'm going to Pixley Saturday to try and catch more good
CSX Mainline Trains...and Hopefully my 6th GEVO

[cr6479]

CSX-DAN GOOD LUCK!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Hey cr6479 why dont u go to Pixley Saturday [8D]

[cr6479]

CSX-DAN I have to work on saturday until 5:00PM

[Anonymous]

That Sucks...Well I might just drop by for some Coffee Then

[cr6479]

CSX-DAN. Oh by the way I am working CHILI-PAUL Wegman on saturday.

[dwil89]

The PC logo was just a patch job...whatever railroads were folded into Conrail just got renumbered early on, and kept original paint....just like the old un=repainted Conrail engines running around on NS and CSX with CSX and NS numbers 'patched on'...

[cr6479]

CSX-DAN. You are a GEVO ACE. You need 10 more GEVO'S to be double ace.

[cr6479]

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

[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]

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]

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

[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]

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 [;)]

[railfanespee4449]

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

[cr6479]

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

matt

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

[cr6479]

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

[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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!