Back in the CR days, trains used to stop in Reading to pick up flatcar loads of truck frames from Dana that would be forwarded to GM/Ford/Dodge in Detroit...
Steve, The auto frames I used for my Dana flatcars were made by J.J.M. Railroad Enterprises of Elgin, IL. I got mine from one of the train shows in Allentown...
If anyone cares, while the one meteorologist was talking about hurricanes tonight, he mentioned that Hurricane Agnes in 1972 (later downgraded to Tropical...
That's what I thought, which is why I mentioned it! Now if they'd only mention the Conrail Historical Society........... Steve Thanks for the heads-up! Cool...
I tried posting here earlier but it wouldn't let me. My grand daughter & was watching a show the other night & don't remember what it was but Here comes a...
That's very cool, thanks for sharing it with us. Steve I tried posting here earlier but it wouldn't let me. My grand daughter & was watching a show the other...
Caught an empty B&P hopper train on the NS Conemaugh line last night. Shot from the bridge in Etna. 2 SD50's leading. 1 NS 1 CR blue. ...
There is a company still making these.... if you get this tonight, give me a call tomorrow night between 4pm and 9:30pm sometime steve **************Gas...
Reported by Dave Abeles: Waiting at CP NK [North Jersey} at 7:55 a.m. for traffic ahead; I noticed bright blue PRR 2780 (SD70) and PRR 6801 (SD60I)...not sure...
I will be in PA next month and I was hoping to photograph the SD38s working the yard. Is the yard accessible? Or do I have to wait for them to back out with a...
Neil, River Drive goes right past the yard, and allows one to view the hump operations, as well as yields ground-level shots of the eastern part of the yard....
However, this time of year the sun swings to the north side after 5pm - as the yard itself sits SW to NE. If you camp out for an hour or two, you should be...
Well, SD38's 3805(CR paint), 3806,3807,3808 all work out of there right now.. All slugs are paired with SD40-2 mothers so don't expect to see them paired up...
Sorry about that, lets try this again.. CP Ham is just west of CP Allen(really just north of Allen, but railroad says west) along the Lehigh Line.. S. Albert...
West end. Bob Snyder ... From: neil stutzman To: ConrailCorp@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 7:45 AM Subject: [ConrailCorp] Re: Allentown yard ...
Ex LMS (Conrail) unit still in blue paint cruises westbound in charge of Norfolk Southern general freight 38G here approaching CP Belt near Reading, PA en...
I know there weren't many F-units, operable anyway, that made it to Conrail, but I wanted to know if any were still in PC patch jobs at day one? Example an F...
Neil, there were close to 200 F units that made it to the CR roster.. Actually 192 of them.. 111 F7A's, 21 FP7's, 56 FL9's, and 4 F3A's.. While none that I...
yes it was.. have a shot @ Collinwood of it when it was retired:) **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars....
In the early and mid 1990's, a number of X58's were used for newsprint service to the new Philadelphia Inquirer printing plant in West Conshohocken, serviced...
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