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Viewing Album:  Last days for Alco RSD12's at Morrisville in March, 1977
 
By:Alan Page
Dates:3/5/1977 - 3/26/1977
Album Info:Nearing the end of their operating days, a number of former PC Alco RSD-12's and a T6 worked Morrisville yard in early March, 1977. The Alco RSD-12's and T6 would last for only a few more weeks at Morrisville with RS11's replacing them in April. The RS11's would remain working the yard until the winter of 1977. At that time, the sound of Alco 251B prime movers would be gone from Morrisville, with 16-cylinder EMD GP30 567D's taking their place.
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CR RSD12 6876
Title:  CR RSD12 6876
Description:  Former PC RSD-12 6876 at the Morrisville yard tower in March, 1977. The tired, workhorse RSD12's had but a few weeks left before retirement.
Photo Date:  3/5/1977  Upload Date: 5/21/2015 1:20:27 PM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  PC 6876(RSD12) CR 6876(RSD12)
Views:  420   Comments: 0
PC RSD12 6869
Title:  PC RSD12 6869
Description:  Near their last days, sister RSD-12's 6869 and 6866 work Morrisville yard in March, 1977.
Photo Date:  3/5/1977  Upload Date: 5/21/2015 1:30:02 PM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  PC 6869(RSD12) PC 6866(RSD12) CR 6869(RSD12) CR 6866(RSD12)
Views:  442   Comments: 0
PC SW-7 9067
Title:  PC SW-7 9067
Description:  PC SW-7 9067 works alongside one of only six Alco T-6s, 9847, at Morrisville yard in March, 1977.
Photo Date:  3/5/1977  Upload Date: 5/21/2015 1:57:54 PM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  PC 9067(SW7) CR 9847(T6)
Views:  541   Comments: 0
PC RSD12 6866
Title:  PC RSD12 6866
Description:  One of PCs old Morrisville workhorses, RSD-12 6866 works the yard just weeks before retirement in March, 1977.
Photo Date:  3/5/1977  Upload Date: 5/21/2015 2:02:12 PM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  PC 6866(RSD12) CR 6866(RSD12)
Views:  319   Comments: 0
PC RSD12 6869
Title:  PC RSD12 6869
Description:  Former PC RSD-12 6869 works with sister unit 6866 in Morrisville yard. The old Alcos were worn out in March, 1977, but the turbocharged 251B prime movers sounded great.
Photo Date:  3/5/1977  Upload Date: 5/21/2015 2:04:37 PM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  PC 6869(RSD12) CR 6869(RSD12)
Views:  494   Comments: 0
CR RSD12 6870 and former PC RSD12 6879
Title:  CR RSD12 6870 and former PC RSD12 6879
Description:  The worn Alco 251B prime movers still sounded great and smoked when pushed, but as evening closes in at Morrisville in March, 1977, these sister RSD-12s were in the twilight of their operating days.
Photo Date:  3/5/1977  Upload Date: 5/21/2015 2:11:56 PM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6870(RSD12) PC 6879(RSD12) CR 6879(RSD12)
Views:  558   Comments: 0
PC RSD12 6879 and CR RSD12 6870
Title:  PC RSD12 6879 and CR RSD12 6870
Description:  The worn Alco 251B prime movers still sounded great and smoked when pushed, but as evening closes in at Morrisville in March, 1977, these sister RSD-12s were in the twilight of their operating days.
Photo Date:  3/5/1977  Upload Date: 5/21/2015 2:16:39 PM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  PC 6879(RSD12) CR 6870(RSD12) CR 6879(RSD12)
Views:  316   Comments: 0
PC E44 4427
Title:  PC E44 4427
Description:  Its late in the day and time for a crew change for PC E-44 4427 at Morrisville yard in March, 1977. With PC lettering on the GE motor, and the double-door PRR boxcar behind, this scene could very well have been 1968 instead of almost a year into Conrail operations.
Photo Date:  3/5/1977  Upload Date: 5/21/2015 2:19:03 PM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  PC 4427(E44)
Views:  271   Comments: 0
PC RSD12 6876
Title:  PC RSD12 6876
Description:  PC RSD-12 6876 moves a trio of cabooses including PC 21669 (N7 class), CR 21138 (N7D class, ex-EL C338), and a third CR caboose at Morrisville yard in March, 1977. CR 21138 was preserved by West Shore Rail Excursions, Delta Place Station, Rt 15, 2 miles north in Lewisburg, PA.
Photo Date:  3/5/1977  Upload Date: 5/21/2015 5:47:22 PM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  PC 6876(RSD12) CR 6876(RSD12)
Views:  312   Comments: 0
Morrisville yard tower
Title:  Morrisville yard tower
Description:  Sunset looms over the Morrisville yard tower in March, 1977.
Photo Date:  3/5/1977  Upload Date: 5/21/2015 5:51:52 PM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Scenic,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  178   Comments: 0
RDG GP35 3645
Title:  RDG GP35 3645
Description:  Still in RDG livery, CR GP-35 3645 and GP40 3041 wait for orders to pull out of Morrisville yard in March, 1977.
Photo Date:  3/5/1977  Upload Date: 5/21/2015 5:39:26 PM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Signal
Locomotives:  RDG 3645(GP35)
Views:  280   Comments: 0
RDG GP7 632
Title:  RDG GP7 632
Description:  RDG GP-7 632 (CR 5834) waits for service outside the Morrisville shops in March, 1977.
Photo Date:  3/5/1977  Upload Date: 5/21/2015 5:55:21 PM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Scenic,Yard
Locomotives:  RDG 632(GP7)
Views:  335   Comments: 0
CR RSD12 6867
Title:  CR RSD12 6867
Description:  Late in the day, ex-PC RSD12 6867 works the Morrisville hump in March, 1977. The RSD12's were workhorses at Morrisville, but wouldnt last long.
Photo Date:  3/5/1977  Upload Date: 5/21/2015 5:59:14 PM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 6867(RSD12)
Views:  403   Comments: 0
PC RSD12 6876
Title:  PC RSD12 6876
Description:  PC RSD-12 6876 moves a trio of cabooses including PC 21669 (N7 class), and CR 21138 (N7D class, ex-EL C338) at Morrisville yard in March, 1977. CR 21138 was preserved by West Shore Rail Excursions, Delta Place Station, Rt 15, 2 miles north in Lewisburg, PA.
Photo Date:  3/5/1977  Upload Date: 5/21/2015 6:08:05 PM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  PC 6876(RSD12) CR 6876(RSD12)
Views:  398   Comments: 0
PC RS-1 9902
Title:  PC RS-1 9902
Description:  Former PC RS-1 9902 rests in a line of Alcos at Morrisville in March, 1977. Although the unit is not white-lined and has service doors open, the ancient Alco appears to have seen her last days.
Photo Date:  3/5/1977  Upload Date: 5/21/2015 6:19:23 PM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  PC 9902(RS1)
Views:  463   Comments: 0
Former PC RSD12's 6866 and 6869
Title:  Former PC RSD12's 6866 and 6869
Description:  Late in the day, and late in their lives, sister RSD-12's 6866 and 6869 work Morrisville yard in March, 1977. The Alco RSD-12s at Morrisville will last for only a few more weeks.
Photo Date:  3/5/1977  Upload Date: 5/21/2015 6:27:53 PM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  PC 6866(RSD12) PC 6869(RSD12) CR 6866(RSD12) CR 6869(RSD12)
Views:  394   Comments: 0
CR T6 9847 and PC SW-7 9067 work the yard
Title:  CR T6 9847 and PC SW-7 9067 work the yard
Description:  Alco T-6 CR 9847, one of six ex-PRR units, works Morrisville yard with PC SW-7 9067 in March, 1977. The CR paint crews barely covered "Penn Central" on the side of the T-6, and left the PC herald on the SW-7.
Photo Date:  3/5/1977  Upload Date: 5/21/2015 6:35:56 PM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 9847(T6) PC 9067(SW7)
Views:  454   Comments: 0
Former PC U30B 2880 still shows NYC stripe
Title:  Former PC U30B 2880 still shows NYC stripe
Description:  Less than a year into the new Conrail, former PC U30B 2880 rolls through Morrisville yard sandwiched between a sister U30B and a GP-40.
Photo Date:  3/5/1977  Upload Date: 5/21/2015 6:44:11 PM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  PC 2880(U30B)
Views:  203   Comments: 0
CR U25B 2543
Title:  CR U25B 2543
Description:  Following RDG GP35 3645, a trio of former PC units, including U25B 2543, roll through Morrisville yard in March, 1977.
Photo Date:  3/5/1977  Upload Date: 5/21/2015 6:49:09 PM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 2543(U25B)
Views:  137   Comments: 0
PC SD9 6913
Title:  PC SD9 6913
Description:  CR SD9 6913 rests with Alco T-6 9844 on one end, and U33B 2943 on the other, as they wait for service or retirement outside the Morrisville shops in March, 1977.
Photo Date:  3/5/1977  Upload Date: 5/21/2015 6:52:36 PM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  PC 6913(SD9)
Views:  139   Comments: 0
CR U33B 2943
Title:  CR U33B 2943
Description:  CR U33B 2943 rests along with SD9 6913 in a line of units waiting for service or retirement at Morrisville yard in March, 1977.
Photo Date:  3/5/1977  Upload Date: 5/21/2015 8:10:19 PM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 2943(U33B)
Views:  299   Comments: 0
PC RSD12 6866
Title:  PC RSD12 6866
Description:  Near sunset, PC RSD-12 6866 works Morrisville yard in March, 1977. This workhorse would not receive a CR stencil as all the Morrisville RSD12's would be retired or stored within weeks.
Photo Date:  3/5/1977  Upload Date: 5/21/2015 8:04:31 PM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  PC 6866(RSD12)
Views:  235   Comments: 0
CR T6 9844
Title:  CR T6 9844
Description:  CR T-6 9844 rests along with RS-1 9902 in a line of retired units at Morrisville yard in March, 1977. Alco T-6 9844, one of six PC class AS10as, was the first in PC series 9844-9849.
Photo Date:  3/5/1977  Upload Date: 5/21/2015 8:12:24 PM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 9844(T6)
Views:  462   Comments: 0
CR GG1 4825
Title:  CR GG1 4825
Description:  CR GG-1s 4825 and 4856 pull freight through Morrisville in March, 1977.
Photo Date:  3/5/1977  Upload Date: 5/23/2015 11:02:17 AM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster,Scenic
Locomotives:  CR 4825(GG1) CR 4856(GG1)
Views:  286   Comments: 0
PC E44 4427
Title:  PC E44 4427
Description:  Almost a year into Conrail operations, this scene of E44 4427 pausing for a crew change at Morrisville could very well have been 1968 instead of March 5, 1977.
Photo Date:  3/5/1977  Upload Date: 8/19/2017 6:27:04 AM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PC 4427(E44)
Views:  104   Comments: 0
CR GP9 7185
Title:  CR GP9 7185
Description:  CR GP-9 7185 waits for work at Morrisville in March, 1977.
Photo Date:  3/5/1977  Upload Date: 7/16/2015 11:28:58 AM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 7185(GP9)
Views:  130   Comments: 0
CR SW900 8711 (ex-RDG 1511)
Title:  CR SW900 8711 (ex-RDG 1511)
Description:  CR 8711 waits in the service line at Morrisville on March 5, 1977.
Photo Date:  3/5/1977  Upload Date: 8/19/2017 6:30:53 AM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 8711(SW900)
Views:  94   Comments: 0
Late in the day view of the service line
Title:  Late in the day view of the service line
Description:  A late in the day view of the Morrisville service line shows PC RS1 9902 mixed in with some PC and RDG switchers on March 5, 1977.
Photo Date:  3/5/1977  Upload Date: 8/19/2017 6:38:07 AM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PC 9902(RS1)
Views:  179   Comments: 0
CR RSD12 6870
Title:  CR RSD12 6870
Description:  'A pair of RSD12s work Morrisville yard for the last of their operating days in late March, 1977.
Photo Date:  3/26/1977  Upload Date: 5/22/2015 2:49:51 PM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6870(RSD12) CR 6863(RSD12)
Views:  878   Comments: 0

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