Guys - Regarding using the SD70s rather than Crap9s on OCS specials has to do with the feed/regulating valve setting for the automatic brake valve in the...
Folks - This is the latest list since the last one I sent out on April 9, 2003. The following are new repaints to the list: MT4 974, GP15-1s 1429 & 1435, SD70s...
So these Super 7's that have been filtering through Harrisburg are 6 axle units and IBC is still home to the ex CR B23-7R Super 7's. Whew, glad that is cleared...
Here's the day by day rundown of trains exactly 24 years ago to the date. This list can be continous for the next 2 years and some odd months if you guys enjoy...
Anybody know when the 3423 got the new dip and where it was sighted at? This is, or at least was a Strawberry Ridge unit and had been wearing a nice coat of...
Jed - According to Kris on 4/10/03, he posted the following on this list (I'm quoting him here): "I also caught CR 6519 (PRR 3423) on 10-23-02 and CR 8245 (PRR...
Folks - I found a couple of things I missed when I sent out the report. Add the following: MT6 976 [ex-NS 1106, CR 1110] (confirmed) NPBL GP15-1 1451 [ex-CR...
Supposedly paralleled I-95 in Delaware and Southeastern PA. The train operated 5 days a week between Reybold, DE and Chester, PA carrying miscellaneous...
CR announced it purchased 33% of its common stock at $49 a share, what did this move mean to the railroad, employees and investors? When "CR" bought its own...
Kris - That was (and technically still is) CR's WPSC-09 or now NS's H72. When it was Conrail, the train originated at Stoney Creek and traveled to Edgemoor to...
After looking all morning through my October 2002 notes I finally found the goods. On October 23, 2002 I had a 646 coal train to Allentown with PRR 3423, 3350...
Below is a thread from another list that I thought tied in with something I wanted to mention to the freight car experts here. <I know this is off topic, but...
Joe & Jed I just saw the 3423 today in Loch Haven on 623 along with the 3349 and 3355 ALL BLUE! ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New...
Kris, 3350, 3423, and 3432 are both ridge units. Last time I remember seeing 3423 was on Thanksgiving day (11-28) 2002, IN BLUE leading an empty train out of...
Joe, you worded my point correctly. The GE's tend to "yank" a whole hell of alot more slack then the EMD's do under load. That was the point I was trying to...
Joe, is ICI now the "SPI PolyOils" plant? I get confused seeing all the name changes in business here over the years. My father used to point stuff out all ...
Kris: To add to what Joe said, going back to the late 80s/early 90s this was WPRY95 out of Reybold. Somewhere in my stack o' stuff I've got a set of CR...
Eric, yes the name has changed. Our 802 resides within the confines of the plant, where we must go every month or so to do maintanence on her... Scott H ... ...
BUEN-1 arrived with 8046 and 3348. WHNE-4 on duty with 8053. 11-24-89 ENG-202 arrived at 10:25am with 6359, 6635, 6307, 6300 and 6599. BUEN-3 arrived at...
Kris: <<<I'll also continue the other Newberry report which is a little more detailed and more my era of CR. Hell some of these trains I'm clueless, what tiny...
Kris: <<<I've noticed mainly on the 4 bay 100ton hoppers (49xxxx series) the appearance that the CR initials were repainted back onto the car. At some point...
... Yes and no. Conrail sold it as part of the Williamsport Cluster in August of 1996 to SEDA-COG (Lycoming Valley RR) While the Buffalo line through freights...
CR class G52L is an 11 panel steel gon(not hopper) while the G52X class is a 12 panel stainless(Cromweld)steel coal gon.Those stainless cars were back in the...
CR leaders- 8343 led an Enola bound train at 12:30pm unknown symbol 6773 led 12R 1pm 8413 led 11J 2pm 8438 led 21T 4:45pm 8365 led 22W 5:30pm 6784 led 19G...
I picked this up on the csx side, thought to pass it along Posted 5-1-03 Brian Gessel WM7436@... CR 6009 csx 7484 C39-8 is retired and being robbed of...
Its probably Niagara Falls.. If I can remember CR ran a run thru to TH&B/CP that went to NFalls from Enola in the early years.... [Non-text portions of this...
NS 4610 is in Enola as of 8am... Probably go out on 11R or 37Q but we'll keep watching.. Too bad its so crappy out... [Non-text portions of this message have...
Yard 8179, 6208, 366X, 6537 R64 2535, 3075, 2772 BUEN-1 6343, 36X6 W10 1918, 8019 The rest of the 2nd through the part of the 5th are beyond recognition. Next...
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