waiting to pick up cars at Hartsdale siding ....old Panhandle bridgZ
Conrail conductor Ken Taylor caught this shot of oncoming SD50 unit, #6733, from his own Conrail cab. #6733 would survive the CR era and become NS 5419 after the CR breakup.
Great head-on view of a fairly new SD50 unit, #6733. Built by EMD in December of 1983, this loco is now had 6 months of breaking in but still looks sharp in its CR blue. CR conductor Ken Taylor took this shot while they were stopped in the Conway yard.
Eastbound Conrail freight meets westbound Amtrak turbo
Conrail SD50 6733 at Franklin Park, Illinois on October 6, 1985, Kodachrome by Gib Allbach, Chuck Zeiler collection.
East bound on the westshore at Rochester ny
SENS at the north end of Iona island.
SENS on the trestle at the north end of Iona island. Bear Mountain bridge in the background. 13:45.
SENS on the trestle at the north end of Iona island. Bear Mountain bridge in the background.
Unit grain train GRM-24 passing Lewistown.
SEOI-6 crosses the Doodletown Blight on the old wood trestle at Iona Island the afternoon of 12/16/84. The "new" trestle is still sometime away. Note: The salt cars off the Genesee & Wyoming RR.