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Willie Brown Railroad Slide Collection

by Willie - Brown

wbrown189@windstream.net collection

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GP30 2186 12/11/1977 at Conway, PA
Mingo Jct., Ohio Round House June 15th 1978.
SW1001 9424 September 1978 at Reading, PA with larger than normal Conrail on the long hood.
U23B 2743 at Bethlehem, PA on July 27th 1985.
Alco C628 6738 & C630 6772 on the rear headed down the East Slope in September of 1977
GP35 2372 (former NYC unit) leading a freight Eastbound at Rochester, New York in October of 1978
Conrail SD40 6300 wearing the freshly applied Savings Bond scheme at Harrisburg, PA On March 29th 1986.
GP38-2 8090 leading EMD SD70M Demonstrator units at Duncannon, PA on 4/9/93
GP35 3679 at Riverdale, Illinois in 1978.
GP35 3655 at Sharonville, Ohio on 5/16/76. The second unit EL3657 was originally an SDP45 that was rebuilt into an SD45-2 after suffering major crash damage.
A trio of U30Bs leading a freight on July 8th 1979 at Peekskill, New York.
GP38 7760 in March of 1977 at Rochester, PA headed East on #1 track towards Conway.
GP35 3640 at Sharonville, Ohio 7/01/77.
Conrail U36B 2971 at Chicago, Illinois on 10/17/76.
GP35 3640 was rebuilt in 1974 by Reading & their only GP35 to receive the railroad's last paint scheme. Seen here in Columbus, Ohio on May 20th 1980
GP35 3628 on 05/20/1981 at Columbus, Ohio.
GP30 2217 with an "all weather window" attached is seen here at Morrisville, PA on December 21st 1980.
GP38AC 7657 still wearing her LV Cornell Red on June 6th 1980 at Collinwood Yard
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GP9 7163 at Oak Island, NJ on 11/20/77.
GP30 2206 working at Allentown, PA on June 2nd 1984
Mingo Jct., Ohio engine house tracks in October of 1976
GP38-2 8056 on 11/22/84. I don't have a location listed on mount.
Chessie SD40 7525 is leading Conrail train ZWM-721 loaded ore destined for Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel's Mingo Jct., Ohio plant
2018 with an odd horn for a B23-7 back on 03/01/86 at Campbell, Ohio.
2 GP30s on a van train at Selkirk, NY on February 16th 1977.
B23-7 1900 on 12-31-83 with an unusual horn mounting on the side of the locomotive. (I am sure this location wasn't popular with anyone riding on the fireman's side)
Alco C430's headed East on the Panhandle passing the blast furnaces of Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel at Steubenville, Ohio in June of 1978
RS3M 9932 in September of 1980. I don't have a location listed on this one.
GP20 2109 at Sharonville, Ohio on June 22nd 1981.
SD40-2R's 6965 & 6966 (Both former KCS SD40's) passing through Phoenixville, PA on July 31st 1995.
One of the 4 U36B's that CR acquired from GE that were originally supposed to go to Auto-Train. The 2974 seen here in 1989, has had the nose gyralights removed & has the plow outlined in yellow to indicate it is cleared to operate in 3rd. rail territor
Originally built for the CNJ in May of 1965 SD35 6041 works it's final days off assigned to Conrail's Altoona helper pool. Here she is with SD45-2 6666 in September of 1982
2 F7A's headed up by #1825 bracket 2 F7B's as they move up the short line sometimes referred to as the beltline out of Collinwood Yard at Cleveland, Ohio on 11/13/77
GP38 7738 powers a short work train on the "Bayard Branch" of the Cleveland Line near Moultrie, Ohio on May 12th 1984.
"Super Beast" SD45-2 6666 at Mingo Jct., Ohio on May 8th 1977.
U33B 2932 leads several other units, & a train through the yard at Selkirk, New York on February 17th 1980.
GP35 3686 at Youngstown, Ohio on February 5th 1978.
New B36-7s at Riverdale, IL on 11/25/83 with radiator section noise baffles still in place.
GP35 3678 with newly installed cab signal box at Collinwood Yard on June 15th 1977.
Two freshly done GP10's 7515 & 7516 sit at Council Bluffs, Iowa waiting to head East to home rails
2 U30B's sandwich a B23-7 powering a freight at Poughkeepsie, New York on Sept. 23rd. 1979.
Freshly painted GP8 5428 (former PRR GP7 built in 1953) sits outside the former CNJ shops at Elizabethport, New Jersey on October 2nd. 1980.
Alco RS11 7598 at the GS operator's office in East Syracuse, New York on April 30th 1978
Former EL GP35 2585 now CR 3691 at Buffalo, New York on April 16th 1977.
Alco RS11 7644 leading a van train at Redington, PA on May 21st. 1977.
Alco C425 2426 is seen splitting an ore train & Detroit Edison unit train with molten metal bottles in September of 1979 at Youngstown, Ohio.
Conrail B23-7 1933 usually found hauling Conrail's geometry train is serving a different master on July 6th 1998 on Conrail's former Monongahela territory.
4 U-Boats led by U33C 6544 haul 100 loads of coal at Sharonville, Ohio April 28th 1978.
Alco C430 2058 at Mingo Jct., Ohio in May of 1978. *note the different truck style on the former RDG C430 2049 behind
Soon to be the 6721 Former LV C628 #625 built in November of 1965 is seen at Allentown, PA on April 2nd 1976
SD35 6044 at Sharonville, Ohio on June 19th 1977
SD40-2 & a GP35 leading a freight through Reading, PA on January 15th 1978
U36C 6587 at Leetsdale, PA on October 2nd 1976.
Alco C425 2426 in super fresh paint (which didn't last long on alcos) at Sharonville, Ohio on 06/10/77.
SD45 6080 at Pitcairn, Pa on October 23rd 1976
Conrail 2487 an Alco C424 is seen here at Meadows Yard in South Kearny NJ on 03/20/77
B23-7 2801 is in charge of a High & Wide Dimensional load at Lehighton, PA on August 31st 1986.
Conrail GP18 7496 at Newark, NJ on March 11th 1978
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U33C 6593 in the lead on a gloomy January 1977 day in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
GP35 3629 leading at Linden, NJ in September of 1980.
U25B 2569 at Croxton, NJ on February 5th 1978
B23-7 1901 at Niagara Falls, New York 01/16/94.
Big Alco power headed by C630 6329 leads a Cleveland Electric unit coal train Eastbound at Empire, Ohio on June 16th 1976. *Train will become a Westbound in about 5 miles when it makes the turn at Branch for the Cleveland Line
GP35 2349 with a GP38-2 at Treichlers, PA on November 15th 1992.
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3 different locomotive makers & 4 different former railroads are found represented in these 3 locomotives at Mingo Jct., Ohio.
U23B 2721 at Port Reading, NJ with not the standard markings on the long hood April 1988.
GP35 2275 at Buffalo, New York on February 5th 1994
GP38 7860 on the Queen of the Valley Excursion passing CP Allen on 10/10/1982
3 Alcos led by C425 2440 lug an Eastbound ore train up the "interchange" track onto the panhandle main at Mingo Jct., Ohio on August 12th 1977.
Former New Haven GP9 7271 in fresh CR paint in June of 1977. Note it still has the Hancock Air Chime instead of a horn.
Unpatched Alco C424 5202 (soon to be CR 2491) at Conway, Pennsylvania on August 21st. 1976
Very early in the Conrail era has Alco C424 (2497)renumbered for CR & the other C430 (5211) still in her all RDG livery. Seen here in Conneaut, Ohio in July of 1976
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A Conrail GP38-2 lends a hand to Amtrak on March 6th 1985 near Hammond, Indiana
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Conrail is just a little over a month old here on May 16th 1976 in Chicago, Illinois.
Big Alco C630 at Mingo Jct., Ohio on June 4th 1977.
Former EL GP35 2577 now 3683 in Conrail Blue shows off it's newly applied cab signal box at Grand Rapids, Michigan on June 17th 1977
Back when it wasn't unusual to see solid sets of 4 axles powering freights on the mountain. October 6th 1977 has a GP35 leading a GP40 & U33B.
GP35 2357 in Buffalo, New York in January 1993. Always a treat to still find 35's still in service on CR in the 90's.
GP38 7761 in the Engine House area at Mingo Jct., Ohio on May 21st 1977
Former RDG GP30 3600 is at Sharonville, Ohio still untouched by Conrail markings over a year after formation of Conrail. Seen here on June 9th 1977.
Former NYC Alco C430 2051 at Mingo Jct., Ohio on June 4th 1977
GP38 7905 was part of a small group (7904-7907) of extended cab, non dynamic brake, mechanical dual control GP38's (1 stand with long levers that extend to other side) that were ordered new in 1971 by Penn Central.
Eastbound Conrail HJ-2 setting off Staten Island cars in Cranford, NJ on April 4th 1978
SD35 & SD45 helper set in March of 1982 Cresson, PA
GP-8 5454 at Elizabethport, New Jersey on April 7th 1985.
6843 the first production SD60 made for conrail (6840-6842 were EMD demonstrators) heading west on the former RDG East Penn Branch at Lyons, PA on April 26th 1994
B23-7 2008 is in charge of a D&H wreck train on the former DL&W mainline at New Milford, PA March 21st. 1981. The 2008 was on lease to D&H in 1981 after Conrail sold them this segment of track.
GP38-2's 8228 & 8232 a few miles outside of Pittsburgh, PA. March 28th 1990
GP30 2171 at Enola, PA on May 9th 1987.
GP38 7938 at Buffalo, New York on October 6th 1991
Freshly painted GP38 7693 at Bethlehem, PA on 11/8/1980.
GP30 2169 Newark, NJ in September of 1984.
GP30 2206 on January 15th 1978 at Bethlehem, PA.
3 GP38-2's on WPAB-24 at Norristown, PA with the middle unit stacking some serious oil on 03/18/90.
GP30 2177 at Springfield, Massachusetts on January 15th 1977.
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