CR 6617

WAIT 2 rolls south past the Food King parking lot, adhering to the 10 MPH speed limit through downtown, pulling a line of salt cars from the Cargill mine up on Cayuga Lake. Of note is the trailing unit, one of CR's ten C32-8's. These were a Conrail only model, and spent most of their time on the Boston and River Lines, and rarely strayed. Finding this one in Ithaca was a real catch.

PWSEs power crosses the CV at Palmer as it works the Palmer yard east of the crossing.

Conrails empty coal train meets BFOA on the Chenango River bridges. The CR train is on the former Erie, while BFOA is rolling toward E Binghamton yard on the ex DLW.

An XCL train get together and ready to head west behind a pair of GEs on one of Binghamtons typically gloomy days. The power is notable for the trailing unit, one of the ten CR only C32-8's. They normally stuck to the River and Boston Lines out of Selkirk, and rarely strayed to the Tier.

The late day sun glints off this SEPW as it makes its way into Warren with 63 cars in tow.

Conrails ten C32-8s most commonly ran on the Boston Line and River Line. Sometimes theyd go astray, such as on this days OIBU rolling 54 cars through Shohola.

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CR 6617 C32-8 at State Line Tunnel

CR 6617 C32-8 at State Line Tunnel

BAL45M SB at Carson Hill

I think it was TV 6, approaches the top of the hill east of Pittsfield Mass en route to Beacon Park with three of the only ten C32-8's ever built. .

Eastbound Afternoon Freight Led By Conrail 6576

West end of Rockville bridge

CR 6617 passes by Alert Bert who reminds crews coming into Selkirk to "THIMK!! WATCH YOUR STEP!!"

The flakes are really starting to fly as TV-6 skirts Muddy Pond.

SYBU-6 power departs the DeWitt Shop area bound for its train

FRSE rolls along the Quaboag River in West Warren.

FRSE rolls along the Quaboag River in West Warren.

NHSE in Hinsdale center.

BOSE climbing through the cut at the "new location".

Another trio of "Camels" leads SBSE into Pittsfield.

SBSE crossing the Housatonic River as he enters Pittsfield.

NHSE exits the origional Sate Line bore on track 1.

SENH hammers the diamond with the old New Haven "Canal Line" at CP 107 in Westfield.

Trio of C32-8's leads SENH by MP 120 in Huntington at 19:04.

Solid set of "camels" handles BOEL through Bancroft.

PWSE follows the setting sun at Bancroft.

SENH-5 is pulling out of the North Departure Yard and down to CP-SK with an all GE lash-up. The two b23-7's are being taken to Cedar Hill for the locals.

CR Ballast Express 6617 on train BUOI at Saddle Brook, NJ

CR train BUOI on NJT rails in Saddle Brook, NJ

CR Ballast Express 6617 & SP 7828 at Passaic Jct.

Going away view of PWSE's trio of "camels" crossing the town line into Becket.

PWSE rounds the curve approaching MP 129.

BOEL continues his uphill battle past MP 129.

Appears PWSE is moving right along, with that motion blur. I've done a lot of "going away" shots, threw this one in for the h*** of it.

Conrail 6617 is on the point of a coal train at Thompsontown, Pa in the spring of 1984.

BOEL on the horseshoe at mile 128.7.

NHSE crossing the town line from Chester into Middlefield at the "Art Colony".

Two brand spankin' new C32-8's lead an eastbound coal train at Bailey, PA