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Willie Brown Railroad Slide Collection

by Willie - Brown

wbrown189@windstream.net collection

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GP9 7028 working around Collinwood, Ohio on 6/7/80.
GP38-2 8114 still unpatched a year into Conrail on 4/16/77 passes under an old tell-tale.
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
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