CONRAIL THREAD FOR EVERYBODY!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

I went into PA The Other day I saw a GP38-2 NS and 2 UP SD70M a
white and black NS Dash 9 and an NS M-2

[cr6479]

CSX & NS both own conrail shares, but conrail is still around.

[cr6479]

What railroad has the best horn CSX,NS,UP,BNSF,CP,CPR,Amtrak or conrail????

[Anonymous]

CSX!!! Has awsome K5's

[Anonymous]

Espically the CSX AC6000's have some awsome K5's and SD50's have awsome
K5LAR24's

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cr6479

What railroad has the best horn CSX,NS,UP,BNSF,CP,CPR,Amtrak or conrail????

I like the horns on Norfolk Southern's GP50's (ex-SOU) and the horns on the GEVO's.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cr6479

CSX-DAN. Class 1 railroads like csx know there is alot of conrail fans out there.

No they don't. Power just gets placed on trains because it's available, not for railfans. And not to be mean, but there aren't any unpatched Conrails anymore.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by chinatown782411

QUOTE: Originally posted by cr6479

What railroad has the best horn CSX,NS,UP,BNSF,CP,CPR,Amtrak or conrail????

I like the horns on Norfolk Southern's GP50's (ex-SOU)

Ah, those would be Nathan P5s. Very nice horns indeed.

As for me, I'll take an Amtrak K5LA with a 2 stage automatic valve or a CSX K5LAR24. Also have to throw my hat in for the old Conrail manual valve Leslie S3LRs.

[Anonymous]

Just though I would share these sites that explain the Conrail Shared Assets (they helped me understand).

http://knorek.com/RR/SAA/SAAIndex.htm

http://www.conrail.com/freight.htm

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by 4884bigboy

QUOTE: Originally posted by chinatown782411

QUOTE: Originally posted by cr6479

What railroad has the best horn CSX,NS,UP,BNSF,CP,CPR,Amtrak or conrail????

I like the horns on Norfolk Southern's GP50's (ex-SOU)

Ah, those would be Nathan P5s. Very nice horns indeed.

As for me, I'll take an Amtrak K5LA with a 2 stage automatic valve or a CSX K5LAR24. Also have to throw my hat in for the old Conrail manual valve Leslie S3LRs.

That's right, the P5's[banghead]

[cr6479]

NOW which railroad has the best looking engine????

[Anonymous]

Ummm...I have to say CSX.

[Anonymous]

A Conrail train rolled north through Portage, Michigan between 4 P.M. and 6 P.M. almost every day in the 1990's. Of the trains that I saw, There were rarely ever the same tank cars and ACF Center Flow Hoppers repeated. There was always a different roadname or paint scheme on the variety of tank cars. The Auto Parts Boxcars were always the same group of Conrail Auto Parts Boxcars making the same trip to and from Grand Rapids.

The motive power heading to the Grand Rapids, MI Yard was mostly Conrail. Occasionally a Union Pacific or Burlington Northern set of units would move north.

There were rare but large groups of maintenance of way cars painted mostly in light gray heading north to Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids. In Kalamazoo there were a few MOW Gondolas painted in Bright Yellow.

Inside the Kalamazoo Yard during the 1990's was one constant sight: The PC ACF 2-Bay Sand Hopper.

Andrew Falconer

[trainfan1221]

Well I just noticed this thread, wish I had seen this earlier. Living in North Jersey and still missing Conrail.

[cr6479]

trainfan1221. Here in rochester New York we all miss big blue. CSX & NS should of left big blue alone!!!!

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by trainfan1221

Well I just noticed this thread, wish I had seen this earlier. Living in North Jersey and still missing Conrail.

Where in North Jersey? I grew up in Harrington Park, on the West Shore line and not far from the Northern Branch and Pascack Valley Line. I miss big blue too.....

[cr6479]

bwilcox. trainfan1221 may live near or around NJ airport because their is a yard near the airport.

[Anonymous]

Here's a couple of goodies for ya:

TV9 at Harrington Park, NJ, on the West Shore (River Line)


...and a pair of FL9's southbound on the Hudson Line shot from Fort Montgomery, NY.

[cr6479]

bwiilcox. The west shore line is where i live near in rochester NY.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by bwilcox

...and a pair of FL9's southbound on the Hudson Line shot from Fort Montgomery, NY.

Never seen that paint scheme before, guess it was another experiment for increased visibility.

[Anonymous]

Ah....you live at the west end of the West Shore. I grew up on the east end of the line, at Milepost 16 in far northeast New Jersey. NYC and PC referred to the line as the West Shore, Conrail called it the River Line.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by chinatown782411

QUOTE: Originally posted by bwilcox

...and a pair of FL9's southbound on the Hudson Line shot from Fort Montgomery, NY.

Never seen that paint scheme before, guess it was another experiment for increased visibility.

The yellow nose was added to FL9's owned by the MTA for commuter service to Poughkeepsie NY on the Hudson Line.

[cr6479]

bwilcox. Up here it is called the rochester secondary & yes river line also is called here to.

[cr6479]

Now which railroad has the worst looking engine????

[Anonymous]

BNSF Nike Swoosh.

[Anonymous]

The worst...BNSF H1

[cr6479]

chinatown782411. I agree on that one.

[cr6479]

bwilcox. Does the defect detecor say conrail on them still????

[cr6479]

Which railroad has the wost RR crossings????

[cr6479]

Which railroad had the most high density line????