Appalachian Railroad Modeling

Conrail
Prototype Photos

Conrail 6331 Manor Summit
Conrail 6331 leads a loaded unit train at Manor Summit, PA -Dave Matheny photo

Far from home, Conrail SDP45 6689 (ex-EL 3658) leads two L&N GEs with a southbound freight on the L&N at Dossett, Tennessee, 25 Mar 1977 -Jay Thompson	Conrail patched SD45 6217 (ex-PC 6217, nee-PRR 6217) on the L&N at Edgemoor, Tennessee, 12 May 1977 -Jay Thompson	Conrail SD45-2 6659 (ex-EL 3674, to NS 1702) leadin g a northbound freight out of Etowah, Tennessee, Nov 1976 -Jay Thompson
	On March 21, 1977 Dad found CR C628 6726 (ex-LV 630) on a siding at Dossett, Tennessee, 21 Mar 1977 -Jay Thompson

Scenes

SD40-2s 6360 and 6366 shoving on a loaded coal train at Horseshoe Curve, PA in 1999 -Dale Hall photo	A pair of consecutively numbered SD40-2s (6387 & 6388) rounds Horseshoe Curve, PA in 1999 -Dale Hall photo	Diverse and hard-working motive power pool at Conway, 1999 -Chris Hall photo
SD45-2 6659 leads a train of empty hoppers at W. Brownsville, PA, 19 Apr 1999 -Dan Bourque collection	SD50 6702 leads an eastbound at Mt Union, PA, 19 Oct 1997 -Eric Miller photo	A pair of SD40-2s helps Amtrak's "Three Rivers" train at McFarland's Curve near Tipton, PA, 19 Oct 1997 -Eric Miller photo
Conrail units lead a train of Triple Crown RoadRailers near Conway, PA, May 1995 -Rich Picariello	SD40-2 6390 in Apr 1995 -Dan Bourque collection	Power awaits its next assignment at Diamond, WV, 22 Oct 1994 -J. E. Parker photo
LMS (Locomotive Management Systems) C40-8W 730 in Conrail's employ southbound at Rogersville, PA, date unk (mid-late '90s) -Dave Matheny	Former Monongahela Super-7 2309 repainted as Conrail 2039 southbound at CP BROW, PA 1 Aug 1994 -Dave Matheny	Empties move south as loads move north led by SD50 6704 at Clarksville, PA, Aug 1994 -Dave Matheny
Conductor using the company phone at BLS "BROW", PA, Aug 1994 -Dave Matheny	SD50 6700 leads a military train through Sharpsburg, PA, 30 May 1994 -Dan Bourque collection	Conrail SD40-2 6431 and Dash 8-40CW 6079 waiting for their next assignment at West Brownsville, PA, 27 Feb 1994 -Dave Matheny
Conrail C30-7A 6565 southbound at South Brownsville beside the Monongahela River with the Brownsville skyline in the background, 27 Feb 1994 -Dave Matheny	Wheeling & Lake Erie SD40 3067 leads Conrail coal empties sounthbound on the street trackage in West Brownsville, PA, Aug 1993 -Dave Matheny	SD45-2 6665 shoving a train at Horseshoe Curve, PA, 19 Sep 1992 -J. E. Parker photo
Helper power in Altoona, PA, 18 Sep 1992 -J. E. Parker photo	Conrail SD40 6331 northbound near Manor Summit on the Monongahela after loading at the Bailey Mine in southwest PA, Aug 1992 -Dave Matheny	Same train cresting the summit of the Manor Branch, Aug 1992 -Dave Matheny
Conrail GP10 7546, along with sister 7576 and two switchers, leads a train of hoppers through "hard coal" country at Monocacy, PA, 13 Jun 1992 -Paul Carpenito	C36-7 6628 leads train ALSR through Blandon, PA, 29 Apr 1992 -Tim Mader	Conrail SD40-2s 6507 and 6484 move a train of covered hoppers near Allentown, PA, 21 Mar 1992 -Paul Carpenito
Conrail SD50 6710 southbound on the Monongahela near Mather, PA, Mar 1991 -Dave Matheny	Conrail SD50 6710 southbound with empties near Blacksville, WV. The empties are bound for the Federal #2 loader on the Monongahela's Miracle Run Branch, Mar 1991 -Dave Matheny	Conrail SD40-2 6386 southbound at Millsboro, PA, on joint CR/Monongahela trackage Mar 1991 -Dave Matheny
Conrail SD50's 6706-6704 SB @ Pine Bank, PA on the Monongahela's Waynesburg & Southern line, Aug 1990 -Dave Matheny		Conrail SD50 6714 leads a train of loads northbound on the Monongahela at Clarksville, PA, 23 Aug 1990 -Dave Matheny
GP38-2 8091 leads a coal train through the early morning fog at Aquaduct, PA, 28 May 1990 -Dan Bourque collection	A strange lashup of Conrail units, including SD40-2s 6511, 6461, 6460 and 6490, GP15-1 1631 and SW-1001 9407 haul a train through Sheridan, PA, Feb 1990 -Paul Carpenito	A pair of 6-axles, led by Conrail SD40-2 6339 leads a hopper train through Blandon, PA, 14 Jan 1990 -Tim Mader
SD40 6354 and three other units, including an NS unit in a sign of things to come, pull hoppers with the sun low at Sheridan, PA, 6 Jan 1990 -Tim Mader	SD40-2 6518 leads a short freight, WHRE-42, through Wernersville, PA on 20 Aug 1989 -Tim Mader	A pair of F40PHs leads Amtrak's Broadway Limited past a Conrail coal train at Bellwood, PA, Jul 1989 -Tim Mader
Light power at Enola, PA, running next to what looks like a piece of prototype flextrack, 3 Jun 1989 -Dan Bourque collection	Amtrak on Conrail tracks at Newport, PA, 12 Nov 1988 -Tim Mader	SD45-2s 6656 and 6660 push a freight through Cresson, PA, Oct 1988 -Tim Mader
The same set of helpers wait at Altoona, PA on the east side of Horseshoe Curve on 28 May 1988 -Tim Mader	A similar helper set a couple years later is led by 6657 as it moves through the crossover in Altoona, PA, 28 May 1988 -Tim Mader	Six mighty SD45-2s (nearly half of Conrail's fleet) at home in Cresson, PA on 29 May 1988. Most of these SD45-2s spent their Conrail careers in helper service between Cresson and Altoona -Tim Mader
Conrail SD40-2 6372 leads a stack train near Summi, PA, May 1987 -Dan Bourque collection	A pair of ex-Erie Lackwanna SD45-2s led by 6663 is the helper set in Altoona, PA on 25 May 1986 -Tim Mader	Conrail GP40 3218 and GP40-2 3329 wait for their next train at Allentown, PA, 23 Mar 1986 -Tim Mader
Conrail SD50 6762 leads a coal train on a sunny day in 1986 -Dan Bourque collection	SD45-2 6664 awaits its next helper assignment at Cresson, PA, 9 Sep 1985 -Jim Olmstead	SD45-2s were popular in helper service around Altoona, PA in the 80s. Here, 6664 and a sister unit shove on the rear of train TV-3M, 22 Jun 1985 -Tim Mader
A dirty Conrail GP40-2 3396 and sister 3369 lead a mixed freight mid '80s, location unknown -Dan Bourque collection	Conrail mixed freight at an unknown location led by C30-7 6587 in the mid '80s -Dan Bourque collection	A pair of SD45-2s help a loaded coal drag through Pitcairn, PA on the 60-mile helper grade to Johnstown, date unknown -Keith Clouse photo
Burly Conrail (ex-Erie Lackwanna) SDP45 6681 waits at Bethlehem, PA with two 6-axle EMD cousins, 24 Mar 1984 -Tim Mader	A helper set made up of SD45 6075 and SD45-2 6666 waits at Cresson, PA, 8 Nov 1983 -Jim Olmstead	A pair of Conrail SD40-2s, 6518 and 6488, move a mixed freight near Wernersville, PA, Sep 1983 -Paul Carpenito
Conrail SD35 6041 and SD40-2 6402 await their next assignment at Cresson, PA, 21 Aug 1983 -Jim Olmstead	SD45-2 6663 and an SD45 shove a freight upgrade near Horseshoe Curve, 16 Mar 1983 -Jim Olmstead	Two SD45s, including one wearing the remnants of its Penn Central livery, haul an intermodal through Bound Brook, NJ, 6 Sep 1981 -Tim Mader
Only on Conrail would you see 2 burly SD45s (6166 and 6141) muscling a pig train. This is TV-4 through Bound Brook, NJ, 29 Aug 1981 -Tim Mader	Ex-EL SD45-2s, such as 6659 and 6656 here, served much of their life as helpers on the grades around Cresson, PA. Here they run light through Lilly, PA, west of Cresson, 28 May 1981 -Tim Mader	CR SD45 6229 and SD35 6012 lead a manifest freight through Bound Brook, PA, 12 Oct 1980 -Tim Mader
EMD 6-axles including SD45 6122 and SD40-2 6306 wait in Altoona, PA, 7 Aug 1980 -Jim Olmstead	Conrail bay window cab brings up the end of a coal train. Note the Reading hopper second from the rear, 1980 -Dan Bourque collection	Six units trailed by U23B 2755 moves a pig train over the mountains near Altoona, PA, 30 Jun 1979 -Dan Bourque collection
Ex-PC C430 2050, ex-Reading C430 2049 and an unidentified C430 are preparing to lead a string of hoppers from Mingo Jct, OH (shown) to Weirton, WV, 24 Apr 1978 -Dan Bourque collection	The Conrail yard adjacent the huge Georgetown Prep Plant near Cadiz, OH, is teeming with loaded coal hoppers on 17 Oct 1977 -Everett Young	C430 2055 still wearing PC black and a sister alco sandwich an F-unit at Weirton, WV, 26 Aug 1977 -Dan Bourque collection
Still in PC paint, C430 2051 looks almost as intimidating as its 6-axle cousins, Mingo Jct., OH, Jul 1976 -Donald Haskel	Shortly after its formation, Conrail began moving all the big Alcos to Mingo Jct. to work in the eastern Ohio coal fields including these ex-Lehigh Valley and Reading Centuries, Jul 1976 -Donald Haskel	Derailment near Enola Yard, PA, 10 Jul 1976 -Dan Bourque collection

Roster Shots

Conrail 2052 is an ex-PC C430 awaiting its next train at Mingo Jct., OH. This is only months after the Conrail merger, and the paint shops have only managed a patch job, 10 Jul 76 -Dan Bourque collection	Former Penn Central and Pennsy GP35 2286 in "black out" Conrail colors -Dan Bourque collection	Conrail SD70 2565 built to NS specs, date unknown -Keith Clouse photo
Ex-PRR GP30 2229 near the catenary at Morrisville, PA, 11 Jan 1981 -Dan Bourque collection	Conrail U-25B 2622, ex-PRR 2522 on 19 Jul 1979 -Dan Bourque collection	Coal-hauling power in the form of C39-8 6017 and an SD50 wait for their next assignment in Morrisville, PA, 30 May 87 -Dan Bourque collection
Conrail SD45 6073 on 9 Nov 1980 -Tim Mader	SD45 6083 waits for its next assignment at Cresson, PA, 15 Apr 1982 -Tim Mader	Not exactly in the coal fields, but certainly representative of coal field power, C40-8W 6175 leads train PIOI-X (Pittsburgh-Oak Island Extra) at Bound Brook, NJ, 19 Dec 1998 -John Terry photo
SD45 6180 on the point of train TV-4 at Bound Brook, NJ, 2 Aug 1981 -Tim Mader	Grungy and well ventilated SD45 6238 is still in PC black at Bound Brook, NJ on 12 Jul 1981 -Tim Mader	SD40 6302, ex-PC 6049, sits in Detroit, MI, 12 Oct 1977 -Dan Bourque collection
Looking like an engine fit for Darth Vader, C636 6340, still in PC livery, idles at Mingo Jct., OH, Jul 76 -Donald Haskel	Great roof shot of C36-7 6621 moving empty coal hoppers at Conway in 1999 -Chris Hall photo	SDP45 6678 looking exceptionally blue on an overcast day at Bound Brook, NJ, 31 Aug 1980 -Tim Mader
Burly ex-Erie Lackwanna SDP45 6681 and an equally burly SD50 wait at Bethlehem, PA, 24 Mar 1984 -Tim Mader	GP38 7785 is still wearing PC black at Bound Brook, NJ, 31 Aug 1980 -Tim Mader	U23Cs were designed for yard work. Conrail 6903 sits in Allentown, PA, 20 Feb 1995 -Tim Mader
A pair of GP10s including Conrail 7545 move a cab at Enola, PA, 25 May 1987 -Tim Mader	Conrail GP10 7577 and an EMD switcher work Enola Yard, PA, 28 May 1990 -Tim Mader	The presence of NS 8830 reveals that the NS has taken over operations, but since this is less than three weeks after the take over, C40-8 6236 hasn't received any new numbering yet. Leading train ALPI-X (Allentown-Pittsburgh Extra) on its way to the Appalachians at Allentown, PA, 20 Jun 1999 -John Terry photo