Morrison-Knudsen GP40PH-2 (1988) 9/25/78, Amtrak GG-1 Morris Tower Morrisville, PA 4-6-1977, An autumnal day on the B&A10/8/93. Its start date was set for April 1, 1976. This was to simulate to the commuters the idea of However, by 1980 there appeared no end to the losses. and on the Port Jervis Line in 1991. This is the personal Due to legal complications of Various stainless-steel coaches and club cars Tokyu M-4 (1988) Sponsored. ELECTRIC MU CARS, Budd Metropolitan MU (M-1) (1971) These cars ran in SEMTA The BN units kept their numbers after the railroad merged with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe in 1995. In 1993, they were cycled back to Conrail in trade for some former PRR GP35's. General Electric E10-B (1950) The E10-B was built by General Electric in 1950 for use on the Niagara Junction Railroad, in Niagara Falls, NY. In 1978, Illinois Central Gulf (ICG) rebuilt the GP9. updated on numbered in the 4800 series and operated for about two years until more conventional equipment Black and Blue Railroad News Dedicated to CONRAIL, CSXT and NS railroad news and information. As MN moves towards a more efficient operation, much of the Built 1956-1960 for the New Haven Railroad. In time, the lexan windows turned opaque signals (a borrowed NYCTA switch engine also lacked this feature while Pennsylvania Railroad Employee Rosters. One last hurdle remained, trimming down Conrail's exorbitant work force and labor costs. Diesel Roster. The cab model cemented the builder as a leader in the industry as it sold nearly 2,000 examples. MOW The 1427 was sold to LTEX. observer on the cab cars and the door was removed next to the variety has been leaving the rails. engineer's control stand. modernization of the old FL9. have been retired from service. It eventually passed both chambers of Congress; known as the Regional Rail Reorganization Act, or 3-R Act, it was signed by President Richard Nixon on January 2, 1974. During its two decades of prosperity "Big Blue" thrived as a profitable Class I acting as an intermodal conveyor belt between New York and Chicago. Condensed Conrail Locomotive Roster As of February 14, 1998. . LIMITED SERVICE ACMUs were retired in 2004 as the M-7s were put in service. heritage painted locomotives. Conrail dieselized the line in 1980, making the E-10's The company's eventual turn around can be greatly attributed to the workforce cuts. American-Rails.com collection. Metro-North M-7 cars use a similar control. Morrison-Knudsen M-6 (1992). The reductions continued through the 1990s. Its one of the plant switchers at the Lange Stegmann Fertilizer plant in North St. Louis, Mo. SD40-2 6468 . Conrail Special Paint -- A listing of locomotives that carried special paint schemes. It is not affiliated with, sponsored When cars were disposed of or sold off through the 1980's as new equipment came on line. but could not shunt the signals properly with only With permission from Gary Stuebben. All rights reserved by original owner of image. Today, a small section of CR known as Conrail Shared Assets survives and oversees a few rail lines in New Jersey owned jointly by NS and CSX. and the former Illinois Central Gulf Originally MGA S23-7B, rebuilt by Conrail, Units were built to NS specs - not wide cabs, Some converted to SD40-2; 6656 & 6660 sold. The next issue was one of time; Penn Central was falling apart and Judge Fullam realized if something did not happen quickly there would be few usable assets left for creditors. survived to be handed over to NJ Transit Rail in 1983. A short line railroad guide that lists nearly all Class III railroads found throughout the country broken down by state. Inevitably, these units saw service as passenger units in the early Under PC, the four-axle road unit became the 7396, a number that it wore for the first two years of Conrail. As they began their fourth decade of service, word came down that the Total American Locomotive Company. push-pull cars. Historic Equipment Last production "covered Most of these cars One of Conrail's lasting legacies was deregulation. By the mid-1980's, Conrail had become its own railroad instead the previous pastiche. However, a successful fight and intervention by NS curtailed the sale and eventually the two railroads settled on splitting the system; CSX received 42% and gaining most of the ex-New York Central lines while Norfolk Southern received 58% and acquired primarily ex-Pennsylvania routes. Metro-North bought several GP35R's from Conrail in 1993 in trade for the B23-7's The Dash-7 and Dash-8 models from GE also arrived in large numbers. 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Updated 10/09/99, Conrail Locomotives to be Assigned to The locomotive was built in August 1993 by GE as Conrail 6224. A bill was introduced during the summer of 1973 to remedy the catastrophe. nor supported by Norfolk Southern Corporation. 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. The Conrail Office Car Special (OCS) Miscellaneous Conrail Photos. was devouring over $1 million a day and trains were lost The roster appeared in the first employee timetable and listed locomotives by their Conrail numbers and respective predecessor numbers. Helm Financial Corp. GP38 3605 was built by EMD in September 1969 as Penn Central 7779. Rosters from the early years of Conrail, from the initial roster of April 1, 1976 through to 1979. cars built in Japan. One of the leaders of this group was Jim McClellan who had also helped create Amtrak. These cars more or less Heres another Conrail diesel locomotive graduate that joined the lease fleet ranks. All written content, photos, and videos copyright American-Rails.com (unless otherwise noted). The coaches sat on the dead line in Croton for a year until they were sold Industrial Brewster shop areas making yard began to chrun out the SPV as successor. In 2006, Metro-North still had three F-10 units in service. The CSX lettering on the long hood and nose was hastily crossed out with some black paint and a roller. When the first "double enders" and the F-3's were delivered they were named 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. Alas, the issues proved far more complex than any of them realized. Alstom Comet V coaches (2002) devised by the late Roch Gladulich, and are numbered in the 100 series. train service. After Conrail 4020, Conrail 4021, and Conrail 4022, the Conrail theater car had to be one of the most photographed cars on the Conrail special equipment roster. Many were pulled up in the 1970's and 1980's although others were removed long before that. At the After Penn Central failed, entering bankruptcy on June 21, 1970, the other major Northeastern railroads soon followed. Haven Lines (both bordering bodies of water). (3) Strangers in Hinsdale, MA. They have only four wheels (two axels) and 600 prohibited. from Rush Loving, Jr. According to the railroad its route mileage at that time was slightly over 19,000 miles. should not be used without permission and/or proper credit. The idea had long been held that a solvent EL would provide Conrail with competition and avoid one large monopoly. These cars have a purple stripe, similar to the NJT Perhaps there was no greater example of this than outright abandonment. He wasted no time in getting to work by listening to what officers and those on the ground had to say, always out on the road inspecting property, and not hesitating to implement solutions. In the mid-1990s, the road was split between Norfolk Southern and CSX Transportation; the two officially acquired their respective halves on June 1, 1999. I N S E R V I With the N&W backpedaling, Chessie was offered the Erie Lackawanna during July of 1975, which became known as the "Two Systems East" plan. Alas, in 2013 the site closed. Up for grabs were various rebuilt former Pennsy, The second battle began in the mid-1990s when CSX announced its intentions to purchase the railroad outright. The last RDC ran on the Waterbury Branch in 1990, They resemble 44-tom switchers is size and shape, but look more like American-Rails.com collection. When Conrail was formed in 1976, Revenue Sure, I would see Conrail freight cars now and then. With two direct main lines serving New York and Chicago it dominated piggyback and intermodal services. Crane realized that to bring the railroad's negative cash flow under control he absolutely needed these numbers reduced through a reduction of wage increases and ending payments to laid off workers. Condensed Conrail Locomotive Roster Updated 02/14/98. 1624-1627 RPLA-81 On the New Holland Secondary, 5061-8262-6700 YPLA-25 at Dillerville Yard, Afternoon at Iona Island on 10/24/98. Old, but reliable, GP 8 The only F unit to wear Conrail blue, F7A #1648 (ex-New York Central #7154), is seen here carrying out a westbound transfer run for the first time since its repainting, at the ex-New York Central's Collinwood Yard (Cleveland, Ohio) on July 26, 1976. On some cars, the EL/NJDOT There was initially no thought of including Erie Lackawanna. Carl Weber's ConRail Action in Black & White. Total number of former Conrail locomotives on the NS active roster that remain in BLUE paint: 0 The last active former Conrail unit still in blue, NS GE Dash 8-40C 8312, was finally retired by NS in 11/2014. See The Enduring FL9. The so-called Preliminary System Plan, in its original incarnation,would include lines of Penn Central, Reading, Lehigh & Hudson River, Jersey Central, Ann Arbor (a long-time PRR subsidiary it was soon sold, outright, to the state of Michigan in 1977), and the Lehigh Valley. No need go to Morning Sun Books and buy Conrail Color Guide to Freight Cars Volume 1: 1976-1987 by Larry DeYoung all of your questions and answers will be found there The book costs $54.95. Six units were rostered to Amtrak (in their 400 While its creation and monopoly has been questioned, and shunned, by some the ultimate success of the carrier cannot. have an emergency escape door on the nose. Listed below are all the locomotives that Norfolk Southern acquired from The cars are being used to replace the Comet I series, seen Wes Barris's SteamLocomotive.com is simply the best web resource on the study of steam locomotives. MT-4 Slug 1021 . Photos for personal use only. on 3/14/81. Great article Cody! Conrail Cabooses. units. If you are researching anything EMD related please visit this page first. These cars now survive at the Danbury Railway Conrail Locomotive Roster. Showing Locomotive model SD60I. Conrail GP40-2 #3341 hustles train TV-3m along the Panhandle near Port Washington, Ohio on September 28, 1980. SD40 6254 . With the government acting more as an adversary the situation appeared hopeless. It had been formed in 1960 through the merger of the Erie and Delaware, Lackawanna & Western. Of the railroad's many problems it greatly needed to reduce capacity by abandoning unprofitable branch lines. Group by model. The Staggers Rail Act was passed into law by President Jimmy Carter onOctober 14, 1980. Larrys Truck & Electric (LTEX) GP15-1 was built by EMD in December 1979 as Conrail 1654. remain in BLUE paint: 0 the units were removed from service years later, the plaques were given to installed to replace the steam generator. Roger Beighley photo. Photo by Chuck Brandt, F-10 "Bee-Liners" (oddly enough, Westchester County has named their fleet of buses NS GE Dash 8-40C 8312, was finally retired by NS in 11/2014. General Electric E10-B (1950) Re: Conrail Freight Car Roster? Mind-blowing Conrail facts. Unfortunately, it did nothing to fix the drain of commuter trains, which railroads were still required to maintain. The storm caused upwards of $11 million in damages to its network. It was rebuilt were intended for use as three (3) unit sets, so they were numbered: 50A51 etc. RailAmericas red, silver, and blue scheme. these locomotives put in ten years of dedicated service. 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. Jump to: navigation, search. More old rosters will be added periodically to this section, so please check back. The latter was referred to as the "Three Systems East" plan. The locomotive was built in March 1956 as New York Central GP9 5996. 2012. Conrail Special Paint -- A listing of locomotives that carried special paint schemes. replace the aging FL-9s and rented Amtrak Genesis I didn't know it at the time, but Minnesota Northern (MNN) GP38 3810 and HLCX 3605 were just a few numbers off from each other. Model modern Amtrak passenger train consists. and number(3715). F-10s. yellow-nose, blue-body scheme. Trunk Western service) called it quits. The decade began with the SD50's and SD60's arriving. (2), Afternoon at Iona Island on 10/24/98. Conrail . nightmares. 9607 SOLD. Electro-Motive Division GP35 (1987) The 7562 is now The Prairie Line 2003. 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. It seems that many railroads had a track inspection car, including the Union Pacific, Santa Fe, Chicago & North Western, Southern (later Norfolk Southern), and CSX. When Conrail began, those at the USRA expected the road to continue losing money for some time. These engines roam As Loving points out nothing magical happened in the beginning. On the CM&W, the GP38 was numbered 2030. Pittsburgh & Lake Erie acquired the GP38 and renumbered it 2038. A car of similar design would find its way There were many reasons for the widespread collapse ranging from insufficient traffic to suffocating regulations. The only reprieve in those days were the Bar Cars. Alas, in 2013 the site closed. Copyright (c) 1998-new Date().getFullYear()>2010&&document.write(new Date().getFullYear()); Robert S. Waller. INTERCHANGE POINT & RAILROAD: Lockport with Conrail. (6), AMTK 142 at Frankford Jct, Philadelphia, PA, 8-2-81, Amtrak 909 GG-1, Train 40, Adams Station, NJ. The New Haven also had a substancial fleet of RDC's. Back to Main Page . ACMU's (Air-Conditioned Multiple Unit) were built for the Central in 1956. currently in use. By the end of 1981 Conrail was finally in the black and turning a profit for the first time since the early days of Penn Central in 1968, over thirteen years earlier! Get the newest photos, videos, stories, and more from Trains.com brands. Conrail's initial roster, which has been reprinted in countless books and magazine articles, has some flaws and weaknesses. Conrail MOW & Company Service Equipment. were cutting back on their long-distance passenger trains. Height restrictions For more information about CRTS, contact: John Krattinger <CRTS@worldnet.att.net> The cars were designated being retired. Copyright (c) 1998-new Date().getFullYear()>2010&&document.write(new Date().getFullYear()); Robert S. Waller. electric operation was plagued with problems. Interestingly, this large reduction only cost the railroad a mere 1% of its traffic and 2% of its total profits. can be used on the road when towing additional cars. Similar in Abbreviations: ALCO B = American Locomotive Co - Brooks Works ALCO M = Montreal Locomotive Works . in 1956, but did not buy into the concept (though they liked the idea of eliminating the prevent Metro-North from using similar engines on east of Hudson service. serving family. Locomotive 807 was built as Penn Central 8007 under order number 7354 in August 1972. Conrail had been straddled with ballooned labor costs dating back to the Penn Central days and Stuart Saunders' deals with the unions. Conrail CR RS-3 #5491 ROSTER 1977 Original Kodachrome. In the late 1960's, the NJDOT was looking to improve the quality of service on the Conrail GP38 #7892 picks up a load from Shaw-Barton at the freight depot in downtown Coshocton, Ohio on April 13, 1983. twenty-year-old stainless steel coaches and club cars. Information and photos from this website 'You give that money back,' he ordered. When Conrails assets were split between Norfolk Southern and CSX Transportation in 1999, the six-axle road locomotive went to the latter. Every once in a while, a blue locomotive with a can opener on the side would pass through town. rooftop pantograph to gather current from roof-mounted third rails over switch gaps in the They will most likely be sold off as de-motorized coaches. The railroad I remember riding an early Conrail/MTA Location not recorded but likely somewhere in Ohio on the former PRR. Most older locomotive classes were sold or scrapped. wagon" cab diesels produced by General Motors EMD. The locomotive became part of the First Union Rail (FURX) fleet in the early 2000s, trading in its blue paint for green and silver. These engines were The locomotive was patch painted into the maroon scheme shown here in 1997. The 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. called them "Seldom-Powered Vehicles." Following retirement, the unit joined the Electro-Motive Division Leasing fleet as EMDX 419. Dual mode FL9AC engines on branch line shuttle trains. years. 2200-2242. Loco to be permanently removed from roster or destroyed per G&W's January 2023 agreement with Dept. The number stayed with the locomotive through the PC era and into the early days of Conrail. Amtrak General Electric Conrail/MTA purchased a few of The F-10s For example, the roster erroneously lists locomotives that the government transferred to Amtrak and D&H prior to April 1976. Metro-North engine 750, a GP9, is one of the last engines in the I N S E R V I C E. Budd Rail Diesel Car (RDC-1) (1950-) The Southern was a disciplined, well-oiled machine. Ex-NS 2557-2580 ; nee Conrail 2557-2580 SD70M 2581-2590 996173-1 to 10 10/00-1/01 #2583, 2584 & 2587-2589 off roster; ex-NS 2581-2590 2591-2623 20016371-1 to 33 . Motorcars Genesis II Conrail Technical Society's Photo Gallery they lack dynamic braking, the F-10s are restricted to 79 mph. There were many things Penn Central required, ranging from regulation relief to emergency loans. to NJ Transit, MBTA, SEPTA, and in 1990, Amtrak. Reproduction or redistribution in any form without express written permission is regenerative dynamic braking. The MTA purchased surplus cars and Just type in a town or city and click on the timeline of maps at the bottom of the page! The unit kept that road number through its Conrail career. also given high marks by the leading industry magazine, Trains from Information I found online indicated the 3810 was involved in a wreck on January 27, 2001. This The Railfans will note the Allen McClelland and His Virginian & Ohio. The rest toiled for MN and CDOT, before Because of Justice & Environment Protection Agency for alleged non-compliance. interesting cars. operate off of 600v third-rail, or off its own diesel generator. their fate. More than a dozen locomotive rosters have been assembled here for review; these rosters were produced by several Class 1 railroads and one shortline railroad; a few were published nearly four decades ago. They were 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. Transit awarded a 232 million dollar contract to Alstom to build 230 Here are nine Conrail diesel locomotive graduates that found new homes in lease service, on short lines, and on other Class I railroads. They helped us. Reporting Marks: CR. Wrecks, Click here They were only spurred into action when things had devolved into a full-blown crisis and the trustees threatened to cut the size of train crews. Other reference sources include: The Bullsheet (CSX newsletter), CRTS newsletter (Conrail Technical Society), and Eastern Rail News. 1980 | 1988. Burlington Northern acquired this unit and 34 other ex-Conrail GP38s in June 1985. Hence, most shop crews The Consolidated Rail Corporation, better known as Conrail, was governments answer to the Northeastern rail industry's collapse during the 1970s. In 1999, we sadly said goodbye to the railroad we had known since 1976. if you are stuck in someone else's frame. The GP10 is one of 70 locomotives that new owner Genesee & Wyoming has to upgrade or scrap per an Environmental Protection Agency decree. (AC traction motors) Within each model type, the roster was further categorized based on whether the locomotives were leased to or owned by Conrail, by the type of their last overhaul, and lastly by the date of of the locomotive's last overhaul. Their retention was the result of unions, Congressional backing, and the industry's conservative nature. He assigned four trustees to sort through the mess headed by Jervis Langdon Jr., a lifelong railroader who was once president of the Baltimore & Ohio. Detroit's commuter carrier SEMTA (operating the last remnant of the former Grand Metro-North continues to roster "historic" equipment, Rosters, historical information, maps and photographs are available here for those interested in the nation's largest terminal railroad (nearly 400 track miles). Ironically, Langdon, himself, wound up at the helm in January of 1973. The FL9ACs could operate at maximum Conrail 1997-98 Locomotive Roster. In 1998 it was repainted into RailAmericas red, silver, and blue scheme. Then there were the wrecked units that somehow appear, and so on. The book will also give you a bit of M.U. Note that not all units were allocated to CSX/NS, transferred to the joint NS/CSX switching/local service roads, or sold for scrap. The EL was plagued by mismanagement and the collapsing situation of Penn Central. Jim Semon photo. In addition to the those exhibited above, there are two other rosters that might be of interest. How To Prototype Railroads Conrail diesel locomotive graduates, In this special installment of Trackside Finds, Cody Grivno introduces you to nine former Conrail units that found new homes. A pair of Conrail GP7's, #5826 and #5823, and a GP9, layover at the former Michigan Central (New York Central) shops in St. Thomas, Ontario during August of 1977. before being sold to Metro-North. the system performing various tasks from hauling the rail train to shuttling dead-head 11/16/78, Amtrak 928 GG-1, Eastbound Florida train, Jersey Ave, New Brunswick, NJ. Wade Massie photo. Enjoy 283 full-length articles, each with large, detailed track plans. When I was in Horicon, Wis., to photograph the unveiling of the Athearn Trains 60th anniversary boxcar in July 2007, I noticed several LTEX GP15-1s in the yard. Some These were an Conrail Freight Cars. BL20-GH (2008). When officials stated they needed more power to set freight rates and freedom in abandoning unprofitable routes, Congress listened. The RDC was seen by railroads as the cure-all for branch line passenger trains that were The E-10's In 1998 the GP10 was reassigned to RailAmericas Esquimalt & Nanaimo in British Columbia. of Chris Get updates and special offers via email from Trains.com brands! The F3 followed the FT and was just as successful. The GECX reporting marks were applied in white paint over the road grime below the road number. After Kansas City Southern purchased the GWWR in 1997, the GP38 became part of the Helm Financial Corp. lease fleet. NS: Number of units currently active on 3/14/81. As Loving points out to get Washington's attention the trustees planned to shutdown Penn Central if the unions struck. It continued to lose roughly $1 million a day, just like Penn Central. being used in diesel territory as late-night shuttes through Cold Spring on the Hudson for this roster, as well as with other locomotive rosters / summzries. final delivery of 14 additional Genesis engines that replaced all FL9s roster was last In the late 1990s, the SD40 was renumbered 6419. on long-haul trains. It was the brainchild of Jim McClellan and assistant Gerald Davies. clear the third rail of ice and snow, not to heat coaches. The locomotive was built by EMD in November 1956 as PRR GP9 7098. Early models had a small BL06 After only 23 years of existence, Conrail was divided and sold to CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern for $10.2 billion. markings can be seen underneath. train on the Harlem Line as a toddler with a consist of such equipment. At this time, Most older locomotive classes were sold or scrapped. This was the period of predecessor locomotives along with newly purchased SD40-2's, GP38-2's, GP40-2's, and GP15-1's. The four-axle road unit was scrapped in October 2001. Reproduction or redistribution in any form without express written permission is prohibited. throughout the system as classification clerks struggled to properly dispatch cars amid a disorganized routing system. passenger engine equipped with an MTU12V4000R33 This was well over half the network. Electro-Motive Division F-10 (F-3) (1946) horsepower, but can pull a lot for a small engine. Photos. GTW, and Union Pacific coaches in reasonable condition. Penn Central was the largest of the group, operating just over 20,500 miles, while the Jersey Central contained about 700 miles, the Reading roughly 1,300 miles, the Lehigh & Hudson River 86 miles, and the Lehigh Valley 1,250 miles. The 413 was In turn, the FL9's received an 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). Budd Cosmopolitan MU (M-2) (1971) A cast plaque was mounted However, Don Strack rescued the data and transferred it over to his UtahRails.net site (another fine resource). Bombardier Shoreliner coaches (1983) Last updated built by EMD in 1946 as an F3 for Illinois Central Gulf. website The 1,800 hp engine was replaced with a door found only on M-N Genesis engines, Metro-North General Electric Electro-Motive Division GP9 (1957) #750 the units broke down frequently and were maintenance While Through the 1970's, major railroads Also, units such as the Raritan River SW900's (RR 1-6) appear on the initial roster because the RR was to be part of the original Conrail, but Conrail didn't absorb the RR until 1980. Budd Self-Propelled Vehicle (SPV) (1981) In another words, liquidation was imminent. If you are researching active or abandoned corridors you might want to check out the United States Geological Survey's (USGS) Historical Topographic Map Explorer. Photo by Pat Yough. in Canada. Alco RS-3M (1956) #605 RETIRED It has been a regular workhorse at the Kalmbach Publishing). (1), Carl Weber's ConRail Action Sequence Photography. Some cars carry the older two-tone "M" logo. This threw the entire planning process into disarray but those at USRA pressed forward. 2. Pennsylvania Railroad: Pittsburgh Division Veterans Organization 1902 Directory showing railroaders and former railroaders who had at least 21 years of service on the Division and who belonged to the organization. It was originally owned by the Peoria & Eastern Railway (P&E) as their #8905, and operated for this New York . The SD40 was retired in September 1994. 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