Ex CR 6376
Interesting EMD power behind the GEVO
Over the Beaver and up the Youngstown it goes..
A quartet of CR locos 8 years after the merger. Except for the new numbers, it could be the late 1990s.
NS 6767 leads four other units on westbound manifest 34A seen crossing Harrison Street just outside of Allentown.
2 sets of helpers at rear
2 sets of helpers at rear
A view of the west end of Allentown Yard showing fourteen units lined up.
Ex-CR 6380 (blt 8/77) approaches her 35th birthday as lead unit on todays Allentown, Pa,based local H70, heading west on the NS Reading Line approaching CP BURN
H76 shoves the hopper cars back towards the 4148 and 5351 as 262 makes it's approach into River Yard
H76 brings two hopper cars west through River Yard, now with 3341 taking the lead temporarily
H76 with NS GP59 4616 and NS SD40-2 3371 run lite towards a cut of cars
H76 continues east through River Yard, passing their other two units
And finally, the fourth and final unit on H76 is NS SD40-2 3341, which was built for Conrail in 1977 as their 6376
H76 slowly moves east into River Yard.
H76 rolls east out of Allentown Yard and onto the Lehigh Line, where it will head into River Yard to do some work. H76 is powered by a four pack of EMD units, which include a GP38AC/GP38-2/GP59/SD40-2 lash-up. The lead unit is NS GP38AC, which was built in 1971 as N&W 4148. NS had 60 GP38ACs orginally...
1405 hours.
1405 hours.