Back to albums list

Willie Brown Railroad Slide Collection

by Willie - Brown

wbrown189@windstream.net collection

3518 photos · 4.6K views
U23B 2714 at Mingo Jct., Ohio on 12/16/77.
U33B 2911 at Elizabethport, NJ on 6/16/78. (from my slide collection)
Not one of the Alco Monsters of Mingo Jct., but a Monster in its own right SD45-2 6657 rests at the Mingo roundhouse on 12/16/77.
Conrail GP38 7682 at Bethlehem, PA on 6/21/86.
GP30 2185 at Ridgewood, NJ on 5/7/77.
GP-9 7281 with Hancock Air Whistle at Framingham, MA on 7/7/77.
GP7 5975 working at Secaucus, NJ with Gordon Smith at the throttle on 9/15/79.
GP40 3206 going for a spin on the turntable at the Mingo Jct., Ohio roundhouse on 6/2/77.
2 GP38-2s lead by 7978 on a ballast train at West Natick, Massachusetts on 9/17/80.
GP-7 5903 (former NYC) at Conway, PA on 6/6/81.
GP35 2315 leading TV-27 at South Fork, PA on 6/30/84. It wasn't very common to find a GP35 on the point of a van train anymore on Conrail by this date.
Conrail Alco RS-11 7642 at Bethlehem, PA on 2/8/79.
Conrail U25B 2525 {former NYC unit of same number} at Danbury, CT on 10/28/77.
2 new C40-8Ws {6143-6141} hauling coal on the Waynesburg Southern section of the MGA railroad at Buzz, PA on 5/8/91.
F7A 1891 at Collinwood, Ohio on 4/12/77.
SD9 6922 at Red Bank, NJ on 6/17/78.
If you are of a superstitious nature, then you might be a little leery of Conrail GP35 three sixes {ex-EL- 2560} seen here at Riverdale, IL on 2/5/78.
Former NYC GP40 3052 crosses the diamond at Mansfield, Ohio on 8/19/77.
Former CNJ SD35 6051 on 5/7/77. No location listed.
GP8 5428 on 11/3/79. Location not listed.
GP38 7697 at Paris, Illinois on 11/3/80.
SD40 6256 at Allentown, PA on 7/12/87.
Several of the "Queens Geeps" GMDD products are seen here at Niagara Falls, NY on 12/26/76.
Pushers at Gallitzin, PA With SP B30-7 7840 in the consist on 8/7/81.
Reading Alco C-630 5307 at Mingo Jct., Ohio on 5/9/76. This big Alco was to be Conrail 6760, but never got renumbered or patched. It was stored shortly after this & eventually scrapped.
U23C 6905 & GP10 7537 at Enola, PA on 6/12/87.
2 new SD40-2s at Sharps crossover at West End of Enola in September of 1977. (thanks to Bruce Kerr on location ID) from my slide collection.
U28C 6530 at Riverdale, IL on 8/29/76.
2 GP40-2s &a GP40 bring a TV train through Altoona, PA on 7/30/81.
Alco RS11's 7654 & 7645 nose to nose at Elizabethport, NJ on 11/7/77.
2 C40-8W's lead MOPI at Phoenixville, PA on 8/3/95.
GP35 2383 at Buffalo, NY on 4/9/80.
C40-8W 6197 leads a freight at Allentown, PA on 8/13/98.
Alco RS-3 5332 on 6/5/78/ Location not listed possibly Youngstown, Ohio.
GP35 3650 at Cresson, PA on 8/7/77.
SD40 6285 with the smaller United Way decal at Altoona, PA on 4/26/87.
GP30 2212 at Enola, PA on 7/15/93.
SD45 6148 at Morrisville, PA on 3/4/84.
Conrail GP35 2274 (former PRR unit) at Harrington, DE on 10/10/82.
U23B 2794 built new in 5 of 77 for Conrail seen here at Danbury, CT on 11/25/77.
GP38 7895 at Providence, RI on 11/8/77.
SD35 6023 at unspecified location on 6/10/79.
Conrail power laying over in the Boston & Maine yard at Mechanicville, NY.
GP40 3198 eastbound on 1 at Leetsdale, PA on 3/3/85.
GP38-2 8170 working with a Jordan Spreader on 9/3/85. No location listed.
Former PC GP38 7834 leads 4 other unpatched 4 axle units representing 3 of the railroads making up the new Conrail at Bound Brook, NJ on 12/26/76.
GP38 7889 leads 2 other 38s all in different schemes at Lyons, PA on 11/2/98.
U23B 2728 at Sayre, PA on 11/16/84
GP38-2's 8274 & 8140 at Enola on 9/3/86.
GP38-2 8205 at Marysville, PA on 8/21/92.
U30B 2879 at Silver Creek, NY on 8/21/77.
GP30 2179 at {former RDG 5511} at Allentown, PA on 8/3/80.
Big Power 2 SD45s sandwich an SD35 at Sharonville, Ohio on 8/12/78.
Ex-CNJ SD35 6051 paired up with Ex-Reading GP35 3648 6051 at IHB's Blue Island Yard at Riverdale, Illinois on 1/29/77
GP35 3679 & GP38AC 7658 28 days into Conrail on 4/28/76 at Sharonville, Ohio.
An SD38 paired up with a GP38 at Enola, PA on 4/7/91
Former NYC E8A 4063 along with former EL F7B 7122 in November of 1976.
Former PRR/PC RS-11 7651 at Bethlehem, PA on 8/20/79.
Conrail GP18s LV303 (soon to be 7497) & former LV304 now 7498) at Newark, NJ on 9/15/77.
SD45-2 6666 {former EL 3681} at Riverdale, Illinois on 11/28/76.
Alco C425 2432 at Mingo Jct., Ohio on 8/28/77 demonstrating the railroad version of "suicide doors" which opened opposite of the way EMD & GE doors opened.
SD45 6128 leads an interesting consist at Selkirk, NY on 5/1/77.
GP40-2 3304 leads a quartet of 4 axles powering train PIAL-3 at Duncannon, PA on 11/3/88.
GP35 2285 at Conway, PA on 9/25/76.
GP38 7889 leads a train of loaded ore jennies in July of 1988 at Linfield, PA.
Penn Central has been around for just a few months when Ray Lackemeyer photographed GP30 2199 still in full PRR livery on Sept. 6th 1968. I don't have a location listed on slide.
GP35 3635 along with a U25B at Collinwood.
GP10 7565 is leading a GP9B & a GP9 at Enola, PA on 9/9/79.
{Former EL3644} Conrail SDP45 6675 at Cleveland, Ohio on 3/9/80.
Fresh off the line at EMD's London, Ontario plant is SD60 5548 on April 27th 1993.
GP9B 3836 still wearing all PC livery, but belonging to Conrail on 5/21/77 at Collinwood. Jeff Olsen hostler helper riding the step.
Conrail SD35 6045 {former CNJ 2506} at Sharonville, Ohio on 8/25/77.
GP40-2 3294 leads a Coke train Westbound on the former Reading at Lyons, PA on 6/10/89.
GP35 2353 on lease to CP at Lethbridge, Alberta on 7/7/88. The unit was built in March of 1965 for the PRR & wore the same road number.
Conrail (still in full Reading livery) GP35 3635 at the former EL Croxton, Yard's Secaucus engine terminal on 6/3/76.
The Operation Desert Storm "We Support our Troops" Conrail SD50 6707 at Abrams, Pa on 2/7/93/. (from my slide collection. John Petko photographer)
GP35 3625 paired up with a GP40 in the first month of Conrail at Sharonville, Ohio on 4/30/76.
Over a year into Conrail finds this filthy EL GP35 untouched by Conrail markings with the only visible change being the addition of the cab signal box. Taken at Sharonville, Ohio on 5/25/77.
Conrail Blue Dip Ex NYC GP35 at Secaucus, NJ on 7/18/76.
SD35 6040 is on the West end of a line of diesels parked on the "Piper Track" near the Mingo Jct., Ohio engine house on 5/27/78.
New cab signal boxes date this as Conrail, but these GP35's are otherwise untouched with Conrail markings. Sharonville, Ohio.
C40-8 6036 leads TV-62 Eastbound past Rochester Tower seen crossing from #2 main onto 102 track headed for a crew change at Conway, as Speery Car 147 sits on #1 main on 10/22/91.
10 unit lite power move comprised of 3 SD45-2s & 7 Alco & MLW products passing Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel's Mingo Jct., Ohio plant on 5/22/77.
Conrail GP30 2184 (built as Reading 5516 in 1962 & later renumbered RDG 3616) is seen here at Detroit, MI on 4/8/77.
PRR GP7 8500 Pennsy's lowest numbered GP7 at Chicago, Illinois on 6/17/63.
U25B 2529 at Selkirk, NY on 5/3/81.
10 year old Former EL 3618 Now Conrail SD45 6083 on 7/17/77. I don't have any other info on this one.
Conrail Alco RS27 2401 retired & sitting in Kearny, New Jersey on 2/10/80.
Conrail C628 6723 a former LV unit sits coupled to a GP38-2 at IHB's Gibson Yard in Hammond, Indiana on a dreary December day in 1977.
GP35 3555 at Richmond, VA on 7/11/85.
GP38 7700 works Clark's Feed Mill in Turbotville, PA on 7/23/86.
GP38-2 8055 leads a van train out of Altoona, PA on 10/18/76.
Conrail Alco C630 6759 {Former RDG 5306} at Collinwood, Ohio on 8/20/77.
GP30 2244 at Allentown, PA on 12/29/79.
GP30 2218 at Bethlehem, PA on 10/9/88.
New GP38-2 8180 is leading a couple U-Boats that her & her freshly arriving GP38-2 sisters (along with some GE B23-7 products) will soon replace. Danville, IN on 10/4/77.
EMD SD45-2 6661 & Alco C628 in early November of 1976. No location listed.
C424 2493 (Ex RDG 5204) sits stored at Cleveland, Ohio on 3/17/79
U25B 2567 (former NYC unit) at Mingo Jct., Ohio on 10/11/78.
GP30 2233 on 1/25/87 still in Conrail livery, but privately owned at the time seen here at Lewisburg, PA. It would soon be repainted into PRR livery, but would eventually be donated to the Pennsylvania Railroad Museum & repainted into Conrail Blue.
1 2 ••• 25 26 28 30 31 ••• 35 36