If you are researching active or abandoned corridors you might want to check out the United States Geological Survey's (USGS) Historical Topographic Map Explorer. Penn Central was the largest of the group, operating just over 20,500 miles, while the Jersey Central contained about 700 miles, the Reading roughly 1,300 miles, the Lehigh & Hudson River 86 miles, and the Lehigh Valley 1,250 miles. Harmon shop. 1980 | 1988. at the Peducca Shops in the 1970s and had a head end power unit $5.99. BL06 (2000). of Chris called them "Seldom-Powered Vehicles." prohibited. Conrail Locomotive Roster. However, by 1980 there appeared no end to the losses. Engine 605 is Metro-North's only diesel that is not equipped with cab CR # Predecessor # Model "brand-new" equipment. Some had been repainted, others were waiting their turn in the paint booth. (4), Afternoon at Iona Island on 10/24/98. series, only two remain in standby service), four rebuilt AC units worked on the LIRR . GP35R #105 It also aided in restricting the ICC from meddling in the road's affairs. Back in those early days, most locomotives in service didn't get their new Conrail numbers until weeks, months, or years later. operate off of 600v third-rail, or off its own diesel generator. The idea had long been held that a solvent EL would provide Conrail with competition and avoid one large monopoly. have provided 60 years of reliability in high-speed passenger service. devised by the late Roch Gladulich, and are numbered in the 100 series. By 1998 it contained just10,826 route miles. As they began their fourth decade of service, word came down that the Diesel Roster. have been retired from service. =================================, PRSL - Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines. also given high marks by the leading industry magazine, Trains from modification at the rear of the unit that is plain to see. General Electric E10-B (1950) Dual mode FL9AC Their idea was to have the only two profitable systems in the Mid-Atlantic region acquire the aforementioned bankrupts which would provide the port with three railroads. service to Grand Central in 1991, they found themselves short of equipment. Bombardier Shoreliner coaches (1983) One last hurdle remained, trimming down Conrail's exorbitant work force and labor costs. classic traction motors upon closer inspection. It is an excellent resource with thousands of historic maps on file throughout the country. The cars are being used to replace the Comet I series, seen "Shoreliners" by Metro-North, since they would be serving on the Hudson and New In time, the lexan windows turned opaque The SPV's saw service on the Waterbury Branch, as well as I might look at putting one of these locomotives on my roster. began to chrun out the SPV as successor. RETIRED Conrail. Its one of the plant switchers at the Lange Stegmann Fertilizer plant in North St. Louis, Mo. with a 1,200 hp EMD prime mover. Information and photos from this website Conrail/MTA purchased a few of Following retirement from Conrail in the 1990s, the 7562 went to the GNRR where it was used in both freight and excursion service. ), The United States Railway Administration (operating under the auspices of the Department of Transportation). In addition to the marker lights, other clues that this is an ex-Conrail unit include the headlights above the windows and nose-mounted number boards. Reproduction or redistribution without permission is prohibited! The New Haven also had a substancial fleet of RDC's. Rated at 1,800 h.p., they can ICG later (GWWR). Ultimately, Conrail shed "only" a few thousands miles when it launched on April 1st. This is the personal Metro-North units differ from the Amtrak units Jim Semon photo. Please Note: fleet would be retired. heritage painted locomotives. In the late 1960's, the NJDOT was looking to improve the quality of service on the June 18, 2021. I love Conrail memorabilia. Group by model. Conrail Cabooses. How To Prototype Railroads Conrail diesel locomotive graduates, In this special installment of Trackside Finds, Cody Grivno introduces you to nine former Conrail units that found new homes. This meant governmental involvement. With a secondary crisis developing the idea ultimately worked as many leaders realized the great economic harm resulting from the stoppage in rail service. currently in use. Unit # Notes Model Serial # Pictures : CR 2168: Ex-RDG 5520: GP30 Then there were the wrecked units that somehow appear, and so on. Conrail's Motive Power Fleet. The poorly planned and executed union resulted in bedlam right from the start. The second-largest system in the region, the Erie Lackawanna, filed bankruptcy as a result. It continues to do business as an asset management and network services provider in three Shared Assets Areas that were excluded from the division of its . losing money. . In 1998 a gentleman by the name ofAndre Kristopans put together a web page highlighting virtually every unit out-shopped by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division. Photo by Pierce Haviland, Metro-North Brookville Yard Switcher Unfortunately, the government, already queasy over the entire situation's heavy cost to taxpayers lost interest in MARC. Current Paint Scheme Code Descriptions: CR: Painted blue with white Conrail "can opener" logo and lettering. design to an order built for the Long Island Rail Road by Pullman-Standard. Since retirement, the four-axle locomotive has been on quite a journey. This required some body In 1998 the GP10 was reassigned to RailAmericas Esquimalt & Nanaimo in British Columbia. Why Sign In? How many Amtrak cars do you need for a prototypical train? twenty-year-old stainless steel coaches and club cars. (01), An autumnal day on the B&A10/8/93. Show All thumbs. Conrail's shop in Altoona (hence the R-designation). A popular pastime for many is studying and/or exploring abandoned rights-of-way. Great article Cody! CNJ leased units 20-29 from N&W. In turn, the FL9's received an the units broke down frequently and were maintenance Enjoy 283 full-length articles, each with large, detailed track plans. Amtrak General Electric operating in Grand Central Terminal). was devouring over $1 million a day and trains were lost The cars were designated in 1956, but did not buy into the concept (though they liked the idea of eliminating the It has been a regular workhorse at the American-Rails.com collection. This was the period of predecessor locomotives along with newly purchased SD40-2's, GP38-2's, GP40-2's, and GP15-1's. their first priority was to find improved equipment. Wade Massie photo. Number Model Quanity Year Built Notes 500-564 C30-7 57 CRL, ex ATSF 700-739 C40-8W 40 1994 Ex LMSX 1000-1023 MT-4 24 1957 Slugs 1100-1128 MT-6 29 1958 Slugs 1600-1699 GP15-1 100 1979 1900-2023 B23-7 124 they assumed control of the NJ. As Loving points out to get Washington's attention the trustees planned to shutdown Penn Central if the unions struck. The Similar in Numbered in Also, units such as the Raritan River SW900's (RR 1-6) appear on the initial roster because the RR was to be part of the original Conrail, but Conrail didn't absorb the RR until 1980. The situation was untenable. According to the railroad its route mileage at that time was slightly over 19,000 miles. At this time, Under PC, the four-axle road unit became the 7396, a number that it wore for the first two years of Conrail. As Loving points out nothing magical happened in the beginning. Understanding how real railroads use bridges is important to realistically modeling them. The New York Central did test the FL9 on some Harlem commuter trains Showing Locomotive model SD60I. Not surprisingly, Conrail had no use for EL, mothballing its main line west of Ohio in favor of former PRR and NYC routes. These were an These locomotives carry a paint scheme on 3/14/81. A window was added for an sold the units to MBTA, which later sold them to Metro-North. When Conrails assets were split between CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern, the 1654 joined the NS diesel fleet, becoming its 1427. Pennsylvania Railroad Employee Rosters. Ex-NS 2557-2580 ; nee Conrail 2557-2580 SD70M 2581-2590 996173-1 to 10 10/00-1/01 #2583, 2584 & 2587-2589 off roster; ex-NS 2581-2590 2591-2623 20016371-1 to 33 . He wasted no time in getting to work by listening to what officers and those on the ground had to say, always out on the road inspecting property, and not hesitating to implement solutions. Back Interestingly, in one of the few instances of federal common sense, derived partially from the unraveling situation, Amtrak launched on May 1, 1971. This Alco was modified years ago Conrail (reporting mark CR), formally the Consolidated Rail Corporation, was the primary Class I railroad in the Northeastern United States between 1976 and 1999. Alco RS-3M (1956) #605 RETIRED If there was any one person most credited with turning around the company it would certainly be Stanley Crane. Pennsylvania Railroad: Pittsburgh Division Veterans Organization 1902 Directory showing railroaders and former railroaders who had at least 21 years of service on the Division and who belonged to the organization. Interestingly, this large reduction only cost the railroad a mere 1% of its traffic and 2% of its total profits. website door found only on M-N Genesis engines, Metro-North General Electric These GP35's were rebuilt from former Pennsylvania Railroad engines at The upholstery was in poor condition, and many of the car's bathrooms emptied Once again, however, the ICC declined the appeals. The Dash-7 and Dash-8 models from GE also arrived in large numbers. Wes Barris's SteamLocomotive.com is simply the best web resource on the study of steam locomotives. Carl Weber's ConRail Action in Black & White. CR FORMER NUMBER NUMBERS MODEL BUILDER OWNER(S) OF UNITS 1639-1650 F7A EMD PC (NYC) 3 . The locomotive was built in March 1956 as New York Central GP9 5996. Photo by Larry Johnson. Conrail MOW & Company Service Equipment. today's improvements are light years ahead in terms of reliability and cleanliness. Original Slide Jersey Central CNJ SD-40 #3067 Elizabethport, NJ 3-27-1976. contracted with NJT to operate the Port Jervis and Pascack Valley lines, some cars At the The RDC was seen by railroads as the cure-all for branch line passenger trains that were for this roster, as well as with other locomotive rosters / summzries. There was initially no thought of including Erie Lackawanna. for deceased CNJ employee's killed in WW II. The railroad Perhaps there was no greater example of this than outright abandonment. Conrail GP38 #7892 picks up a load from Shaw-Barton at the freight depot in downtown Coshocton, Ohio on April 13, 1983. roster was last variety has been leaving the rails. Allen McClelland and His Virginian & Ohio. received MTA/Metro-North markings. The locomotive was patch painted into the maroon scheme shown here in 1997. Conrail retired its GP10 fleet throughout the 1990s. Revenue Current Location: B&O Railroad Museum, Baltimore, MD. It seems that many railroads had a track inspection car, including the Union Pacific, Santa Fe, Chicago & North Western, Southern (later Norfolk Southern), and CSX. In the mid-1990s, the road was split between Norfolk Southern and CSX Transportation; the two officially acquired their respective halves on June 1, 1999. When Conrail was formed in 1976, They helped us. But as I was going through my photos, I realized that Ive encountered Conrail diesels more often than I initially thought. Further improvements included expansion of CTC (centralized traffic control) to more efficiently move trains, job cuts approved by the unions, and the ability to drop its money-draining commuter responsibilities taken over by state agencies through the Northeast Rail Services Act (NERSA). By then, every other major railroad from New Jersey to Buffalo had filed for reorganization including the Lehigh Valley, Reading, and Central Railroad of New Jersey. The observation car from Pittsburgh & Lake Erie acquired the GP38 and renumbered it 2038. Updated 12/14/97, Condensed Conrail Locomotive Roster Updated 02/14/98, Conrail Master Freight Schedule List However, with millions in debt they later came back on January 9, 1975 asking for inclusion into Conrail. A car of similar design would find its way It was another holdover from the days of steam locomotives. ACMU's (Air-Conditioned Multiple Unit) were built for the Central in 1956. Don't forget that.'". BL06 Some of the last new locomotives Conrail acquired included its fleet of SD80MAC's. Listed below are all the locomotives that Norfolk Southern acquired from Old, but reliable, GP 8 Railfans will note the The unit kept that road number through its Conrail career. Units marked CRL are lease fleet units. could be found. The storm caused upwards of $11 million in damages to its network. November 10, 2010. single units, from either end. A computer controlled traction and It continued to lose roughly $1 million a day, just like Penn Central. Currently, these cars are residing on the Croton dead line awaiting The GP40PH-2 is used on West of Hudson Service. These engines were on NS: Total The unit was painted by NS at the It operates three networks, the North Jersey, South Jersey/Philadelphia, and Detroit Shared Assets Areas, where it serves as a contract local carrier and switching company for its owners, CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway. This was well over half the network. It was the brainchild of Jim McClellan and assistant Gerald Davies. In the late 1990s the GP38 was repainted in Helms maroon-and-blue scheme. Larrys Truck & Electric (LTEX) GP15-1 was built by EMD in December 1979 as Conrail 1654. When the company was formed in 1976 it initially shed thousands of miles of unprofitable lines. He came in after retiring from the Southern, officially taking the helm on January 1, 1981. engines were ordered by CDOT and Metro-North to Awesome write up Cody. Alas, in 2013 the site closed. Amtrak also purchased a few scrap. MN's cars are This high and wide, double-tracked pike was the other major trunk line to Chicago. being used in diesel territory as late-night shuttes through Cold Spring on the Hudson Typical of Congress, they largely ignored the situation, despite warnings from PC's Fullam and Langdon. The information includes original numbers, serials, and order numbers. After the PL&E, the unit went to the Kiamichi RR in Hugo, Okla., becoming the 3810. serving family. installed to replace the steam generator. Its road number was changed to 3028. Lackawanna's commuter services in the late 1960s. totally controlled with an IEE 1473 network trainline, although All written content, photos, and videos copyright American-Rails.com (unless otherwise noted). BL20-GH (2008). flop-over reversible seats upholstered in a rattan-textured material. M.U. the system performing various tasks from hauling the rail train to shuttling dead-head The FL9ACs could operate at maximum During the rebuild, it was renumbered 7553 and reclassified a GP10. With less-maintenance-intensive diesels, and wireless radios, trains could now safely operate with two or three-man crews (engineer, conductor, and brakeman). There were many things Penn Central required, ranging from regulation relief to emergency loans. Needless to say, In 1997 the unit arrived in Crookston, Minn., painted in RailAmericas red, silver, and blue scheme and lettered as Minnesota Northern RR (MNN) 1001. and number(3715). The last original New York Central equipment used in daily service, the In another words, liquidation was imminent. Alstom Comet V coaches (2002) After Penn Central failed, entering bankruptcy on June 21, 1970, the other major Northeastern railroads soon followed. 9300 ex Detroit Terminal 115 . A pair of Conrail GP7's, #5826 and #5823, and a GP9, layover at the former Michigan Central (New York Central) shops in St. Thomas, Ontario during August of 1977. M-N Shoreliner II cab car with In the mid-2010s, the locomotive was acquired by the Wheeling & Lake Erie, becoming the railroads 6985. All rights reserved. boring textbook filled with dull numbers and procedures (the book was The unit is once again classified as a GP38. were intended for use as three (3) unit sets, so they were numbered: 50A51 etc. Conrail Master Freight Schedule List Updated 10/09/99. LIMITED SERVICE moves to Grand Central. C E. Electro-Motive Division FL9 (1956) Wade Massie photo. Tokyu M-4 (1988) Heres another Conrail diesel locomotive graduate that joined the lease fleet ranks. Conrail's Initial Locomotive Roster. 4800-series coaches With permission from Gary Stuebben. The only F unit to wear Conrail blue, F7A #1648 (ex-New York Central #7154), is seen here carrying out a westbound transfer run for the first time since its repainting, at the ex-New York Central's Collinwood Yard (Cleveland, Ohio) on July 26, 1976. These cars more or less Every once in a while, a blue locomotive with a can opener on the side would pass through town. Alas, the issues proved far more complex than any of them realized. Reproduction or redistribution in any form without express written permission is Metro-North Brookville Passenger/Road Switcher Following Penn Central's demise John P. Fullam took the reigns as the bankruptcy judge presiding over the tattered company's fate. Pullman ACMU Some More old rosters will be added periodically to this section, so please check back. Tough workhorses numbered in the 800-series, Conrail unit still in blue, modernization of the old FL9. After picking up the failed Penn Central, bankrupt Erie Lackawanna, and numerous other smaller systems it was able to finally turn a profit at the end of 1981, more than five years after its creation. The next issue was one of time; Penn Central was falling apart and Judge Fullam realized if something did not happen quickly there would be few usable assets left for creditors. 2. INTERCHANGE POINT & RAILROAD: Lockport with Conrail. Locomotives were arranged alphabetically by model type. While a complete photo directory, no biographical information is included. Photos for personal use only. originally built for use in Grand Central Terminal As Conrail grew evermore profitable, not surprisingly CSX and NS once again came calling. The BL20-GH is a combination road switcher and These engines roam It eventually passed both chambers of Congress; known as the Regional Rail Reorganization Act, or 3-R Act, it was signed by President Richard Nixon on January 2, 1974. The locomotive was built by EMD in November 1956 as PRR GP9 7098. GTW, and Union Pacific coaches in reasonable condition. More than a dozen locomotive rosters have been assembled here for review; these rosters were produced by several Class 1 railroads and one shortline railroad; a few were published nearly four decades ago. Built 1956-1960 for the New Haven Railroad. switching moves. RailAmericas red, silver, and blue scheme. Early models had a small The roster below began as Conrail's initial locomotive roster dated April 9, 1976. Conrail GP40-2 #3341 hustles train TV-3m along the Panhandle near Port Washington, Ohio on September 28, 1980. Conrail Special Paint -- A listing of locomotives that carried special paint schemes. From RailroadfanWiki. The Central Railroad of New Jersey was a classic fallen flag that served its home state and eastern Pennsylvania. Minnesota Northern GP38 3810 was one of three ex-Conrail GP38s on the railroad's roster at the time of startup on December 27, 1996. Conrail's initial roster, which has been reprinted in countless books and magazine articles, has some flaws and weaknesses. of Justice & Environment Protection Agency for alleged non-compliance. The reductions continued through the 1990s. Model modern Amtrak passenger train consists. This had to be an ex-Conrail unit. The four-axle road locomotive retained that road number when it became part of the Conrail fleet in 1976. (02) Both ways in Hinsdale, MA. When time of original purchase the sets were not configured for Electro-Motive Division GP9 (1957) #750 11/16/78, Amtrak 928 GG-1, Eastbound Florida train, Jersey Ave, New Brunswick, NJ. The Conrail Office Car Special (OCS) Miscellaneous Conrail Photos. Reproduction or redistribution in any form without express written permission is prohibited. The F-10s the lease CNJ was required to restore CNJ # 27 to its original N&W livery General Electric - B, C and U series. I didn't know it at the time, but Minnesota Northern (MNN) GP38 3810 and HLCX 3605 were just a few numbers off from each other. After RailAmerica sold the MNN in August 2000, the 3810 was reassigned to the Mackenzie Northern Ry. Wiregrass Archives "ACL Dixie Depot Collection" Troy University - Dothan, Alabama Campus File ID: 145-04-0424-006-23 Reference source: The Dixie Depot Collection, Atlanta & West Point, Clinchfield, Georgia RR, Louisville & Nashville, Seaboard Coast Line & Western Railway of Alabama locomotive summary (12-page pdf), SOO Line & MNS locomotive summary (two-page pdf), SOO Line locomotive summary (nine-page pdf), Southern Pacific & SSW locomotive summary (nine-page pdf). Only CNJ # 27 was renumbered and repainted. Including EL, the figure totaled more than 26,800 miles. Crane quickly reduced its size by another 4,400 miles over the next two years! nightmares. units. On the CM&W, the GP38 was numbered 2030. Free shipping. Today, the 3605 can be found today on the Georgia & Florida Railnet. Location not recorded but likely somewhere in Ohio on the former PRR. The four-axle road unit was scrapped in October 2001. The rest toiled for MN and CDOT, before Republic Locomotive FL9AC (1992) The 1980's saw many changes to Conrail's roster. above. Its first stop was the short-lived Chicago, Missouri & Western Ry., which was in operation from 1987 to 1989. Peddled mostly to commuter agencies, it relied on With the retirement of many switchers and shedding of secondary lines, the 1990's became the decade of the lean, mean, and highly profitable Conrail, dominated by massive road units like the C40-8W and SD80MAC. The E-10's were used as Terminal cars were disposed of or sold off through the 1980's as new equipment came on line. 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