units. There were many problems to iron out, ranging from a decrepit network to the ongoing war between ex-PRR and NYC officers. 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. signals (a borrowed NYCTA switch engine also lacked this feature while This was to simulate to the commuters the idea of service to Grand Central in 1991, they found themselves short of equipment. At the time his words were mostly ignored by the ICC. serving family. modernization of the old FL9. How many Amtrak cars do you need for a prototypical train? unique, as the cab-end only has one window for the engineer. The last original New York Central equipment used in daily service, the When the company was formed in 1976 it initially shed thousands of miles of unprofitable lines. Sure, I would see Conrail freight cars now and then. Six units were rostered to Amtrak (in their 400 engineer's control stand. They will most likely be sold off as de-motorized coaches. They first hired William Moore from the highly respected Southern Railway where he had ascended to the position of senior vice president of operations. Become a fan of The E-10's From RailroadfanWiki. Genesis II Cody Grivno photo. This quasi-government entity largely relieved the industry of money-losing passenger trains. When Metro-North expanded service on the Danbury branch to include more direct survived to be handed over to NJ Transit Rail in 1983. through failed mergers and other attempts that were unsuccessful. The four-axle road unit was scrapped in October 2001. Here, a duo leads autoracks westbound at Emsworth, Pennsylvania July 29, 1997. series, only two remain in standby service), four rebuilt AC units worked on the LIRR Up for grabs were various rebuilt former Pennsy, Budd Metropolitan M-3 (1983) ultimate sale to Norfolk Southern and CSX I strongly recommend "The Men Who Loved Trains: The Story of Men Who Battled Greed to Save an Ailing Industry," Loving notes when profits began to grow larger and larger some senior officers did not want to return the wage increases; "But Crane believed theworkershad saved Conrail by giving up the $200 million. have an emergency escape door on the nose. However, Don Strack rescued the data and transferred it over to his, If you are researching anything EMD related please visit, If you are researching active or abandoned corridors you might want to check out the, Texas Short Line Railroads: Complete List (Active), Short Line Railroad Listings (USA): A Complete Guide, New York Short Line Railroads: Complete List (Active), 1000-1023 (Former PRR RS11s, converted as slugs. A car of similar design would find its way 1. The cab model cemented the builder as a leader in the industry as it sold nearly 2,000 examples. When Conrail was formed in 1976, Allen McClelland and His Virginian & Ohio. A cast plaque was mounted It lists many locomotives that never actually ran on Conrail or never were in service on April 1, 1976. Budd Self-Propelled Vehicle (SPV) (1981) According to the railroad its route mileage at that time was slightly over 19,000 miles. I love Conrail memorabilia. ALCo - RS and C Series Including Rebuilds and Slugs. if you are stuck in someone else's frame. Roger Beighley photo. Feature Story, Updated 01/13/98, Conrail Cadillacs - The SD80MAC With this legislation now law the difficult work began of creating a profitable railroad from the bankrupt shells. Conrail/MTA purchased a few of R. Toth. Roster Options: Main Roster. number of former Conrail locomotives acquired by The coaches sat on the dead line in Croton for a year until they were sold The locomotives were put into BNs 2155 through 2189 series and given a new classification, GP38X. Following retirement, the unit joined the Electro-Motive Division Leasing fleet as EMDX 419. A window was added for an With permission from Gary Stuebben. Conrail in trade for some former PRR GP35's. green color. Conrail Freight Cars. on 3/14/81. boring textbook filled with dull numbers and procedures (the book was The proposal of low-interest government loans and even a free $500 million to turn around each moribund property did not interest the N&W (wary that it was not enough) while the Chessie System, led by Hays Watkins, was more receptive. BL06 (2000). Conrail's Motive Power Fleet. The locomotive operated for a time in patched Conrail paint before it was repainted in the railroads black-and-yellow scheme. MN's cars are He came in after retiring from the Southern, officially taking the helm on January 1, 1981. (01) Both ways in Hinsdale, MA. As they began their fourth decade of service, word came down that the began to chrun out the SPV as successor. 1980 | 1988. General Electric E10-B (1950) The decade began with the SD50's and SD60's arriving. In Conrail Motive Power Review: 1986-1991, author Paul K. Withers notes that this unit and other GP38-2s were withdrawn from Conrail by lessor (EMD) on date shown as retirement date and leased to others. EMDX 807 later became GATX Rail Locomotive Group (GMTX) 2233. "keep-it-moving" days of 1983. train service. Metro-North continues to roster "historic" equipment, The locomotive was built by EMD in November 1956 as PRR GP9 7098. This meant governmental involvement. It was originally owned by the Peoria & Eastern Railway (P&E) as their #8905, and operated for this New York . All rights reserved by original owner of image. In time, the lexan windows turned opaque The Dash-7 and Dash-8 models from GE also arrived in large numbers. The 1980's saw many changes to Conrail's roster. Conrail GP40-2 #3281 and other power working local service; May, 1983. By the mid-1980's, Conrail had become its own railroad instead the previous pastiche. American Locomotive Company. These engines roam The E-10's were used as Terminal Tough workhorses numbered in the 800-series, Rosters from the early years of Conrail, from the initial roster of April 1, 1976 through to 1979. Location not recorded but likely somewhere in Ohio on the former PRR. such at the former New Haven FL9's. Alas, in 2013 the site closed. The information includes original numbers, serials, and order numbers. MT-4 Slug 1021 . for deceased CNJ employee's killed in WW II. Displaying 1 - 60 of 10003 images in this gallery CR 1986 west in Middlefield, MA. time of original purchase the sets were not configured for It was rebuilt I didnt know it at the time, but Minnesota Northern (MNN) GP38 3810 and HLCX 3605 were just a few numbers off from each other. throughout the system as classification clerks struggled to properly dispatch cars amid a disorganized routing system. All rights reserved. colors. (2), Afternoon at Iona Island on 10/24/98. They resemble 44-tom switchers is size and shape, but look more like right to the tracks. North East Rails Clint Chamberlin. 9300 ex Detroit Terminal 115 . Diesel Roster. The SD40 was retired in September 1994. CR # Predecessor # Model number of former Conrail locomotives on the NS active roster that However, Don Strack rescued the data and transferred it over to his UtahRails.net site (another fine resource). the 1100 series, they are true MU cars, as they could be operated in commuter services operated by the Erie Lackawanna out of Hoboken, New Jersey. have been retired from service. (AC traction motors) It is not affiliated with, sponsored 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. Total After the PL&E, the unit went to the Kiamichi RR in Hugo, Okla., becoming the 3810. but could not shunt the signals properly with only depths of GCT. Trying to bank on the success of the RDC from thirty years earlier, Budd's Red Lion plant All SD60Is. today's improvements are light years ahead in terms of reliability and cleanliness. and number(3715). The book is one of my personal favorites and Loving provides a detailed look at management and operations (and their fundamental problems Condensed Conrail Locomotive Roster As of February 14, 1998. . SD40-2 6468 . F-10s. I N S E R V I C E. Budd Rail Diesel Car (RDC-1) (1950-) (4) Strangers in Hinsdale, MA. The CSX lettering on the long hood and nose was hastily crossed out with some black paint and a roller. The New Haven also had a substancial fleet of RDC's. In the wake of EL's request, Congress passed the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act, or 4-R Act, on January 28, 1976 that included approval of theFinal System Plan, creating Conrail and extending USRA's existence to oversee the railroad. these beasts in 1981, as did the State of Connecticut. cars were disposed of or sold off through the 1980's as new equipment came on line. Morrison-Knudsen GP40PH-2 (1988) years. A bill was introduced during the summer of 1973 to remedy the catastrophe. push-pull cars. I love Conrail memorabilia. Copyright (c) 1998-new Date().getFullYear()>2010&&document.write(new Date().getFullYear()); Robert S. Waller. The locomotive became part of the First Union Rail (FURX) fleet in the early 2000s, trading in its blue paint for green and silver. Mind-blowing Conrail facts. IN ITS 25-PLUS YEAR HISTORY, Metro-North has operated an In 1999, we sadly said goodbye to the railroad we had known since 1976. at the Peducca Shops in the 1970s and had a head end power unit LIMITED SERVICE Old, but reliable, GP 8 they assumed control of the NJ. Photos. In 1999, New Jerset If there was any one person most credited with turning around the company it would certainly be Stanley Crane. They were Even more impressive is that planners at the USRA expected Conrail to carry "a negative cash flow until at least 1990" (from the article "Kneiling vs. USRA," by John Kneiling, featured in the September, 1975 issue of Trains Magazine). final delivery of 14 additional Genesis engines that replaced all FL9s The locomotive was built in August 1993 by GE as Conrail 6224. (1), Carl Weber's ConRail Action Sequence Photography. Inevitably, these units saw service as passenger units in the early Helm Financial Corp. GP38 3605 was built by EMD in September 1969 as Penn Central 7779. the Lackawanna's Phoebe Snow has survived (as MN-3), as have a couple of former NYC moves to Grand Central. This issue was another problem draining the company of cash; by the 1970s there was no need for five-man crews (engineer, conductor, fireman, brakeman, and flagman). The process was fraught with difficulties and on more than one occasion the question of selling Conrail's assets piecemeal to healthier companies was a very real possibility. Various stainless-steel coaches and club cars GP15 1675 . Similar in Units marked CRL are lease fleet units. When officials stated they needed more power to set freight rates and freedom in abandoning unprofitable routes, Congress listened. Model modern Amtrak passenger train consists. Initially, trustees believed Penn Central could be reorganized in the traditional sense once a good president and efficient management team was found. understanding about how the current eastern roads fate came about Information and photos from this website The Rail Services Planning Office (an agency which would oversee and evaluate USRA ideas). All rights It also aided in restricting the ICC from meddling in the road's affairs. 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. These cars now survive at the Danbury Railway M-N Shoreliner II cab car with (GWWR). The EL was plagued by mismanagement and the collapsing situation of Penn Central. The number stayed with the locomotive through the PC era and into the early days of Conrail. Numbered in Conrail GP38 #7892 picks up a load from Shaw-Barton at the freight depot in downtown Coshocton, Ohio on April 13, 1983. However, the simple truth of the matter was a saturation of rail lines; there was simply too much excess capacity to support so many railroads. nightmares. Last production "covered DieselSteamElectric In the late 1990s, the SD40 was renumbered 6419. Alas, the issues proved far more complex than any of them realized. In the late 1960's, the NJDOT was looking to improve the quality of service on the The locomotive was built in March 1956 as New York Central GP9 5996. Wade Massie photo. Ironically, Langdon, himself, wound up at the helm in January of 1973. The situation had been severely compounded by Mother Nature when Hurricane Agnes dumped an ocean of rain on the Northeast during June of 1972. Unfortunately, it did nothing to fix the drain of commuter trains, which railroads were still required to maintain. Other reference sources include: The Bullsheet (CSX newsletter), CRTS newsletter (Conrail Technical Society), and Eastern Rail News. Conrail Master Freight Schedule List Updated 10/09/99. 4800-series coaches June 18, 2021. engines were ordered by CDOT and Metro-North to Diesel Locomotive Rosters, The Railroad Magazine, Wayner Publications: Locomotive Rosters of NA, 3rd Edition, DPA-LTA Enterprises, James W. Kerr 1974: Conrail 1978 Timetable from George Elwood; Corrections from Charles L. Anderson: 1. totally controlled with an IEE 1473 network trainline, although Photo by Larry Johnson. About this time, the last former 1910 vintage NYC S-motor was working as the The GP38 kept that number when it was shipped north to the MNN. Last updated 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. More than 80 GP38-2 diesel locomotives were part of the Electro-Motive Division Leasing fleet. Note that not all units were allocated to CSX/NS, transferred to the joint NS/CSX switching/local service roads, or sold for scrap. Electro-Motive Division F-10 (F-3) (1946) Built 1956-1960 for the New Haven Railroad. Unit # Notes Model Serial # Pictures : CR 2168: Ex-RDG 5520: GP30 modification at the rear of the unit that is plain to see. As the strain of cash shortfalls tightened deferred maintenance became the norm with large sections of its network reduced to This created a surplus of then switchers until about 1991, when Amtrak vacated for Penn Station. After Langdon became president he immediately sent a report to Fullam stating Penn Central could not be reorganized without federal assistance. for its Connecticut services. Reproduction or redistribution without permission is prohibited! Not surprisingly, Conrail had no use for EL, mothballing its main line west of Ohio in favor of former PRR and NYC routes. Another proposal was to have EL acquired by Norfolk & Western while Chessie System would takeover much of the Reading and Jersey Central to reach the Port of New York. Alco RS-3M (1956) #605 RETIRED retained the same numbers as they passed hands from Penn Central to Conrail, On the CM&W, the GP38 was numbered 2030. Rosters, historical information, maps and photographs are available here for those interested in the nation's largest terminal railroad (nearly 400 track miles). CR CONRAIL Railroad Train Locomotive 8408 ELIZABETHPORT NJ 1977 Photo Slide. On February 7, 1973 the unions actually did walk out, but only briefly. The F-10s The 1427 was sold to LTEX. 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. Modern Equipment One of Conrail's lasting legacies was deregulation. I might look at putting one of these locomotives on my roster. 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