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Willie Brown Railroad Slide Collection

by Willie - Brown

wbrown189@windstream.net collection

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Conrail SD45-2 6665 {built 11/72 as EL 3680} is seen here at Mingo Jct., Ohio on 6/4/77.
Conrail GP7 5998 {built 5/52 as DLW 964} stored at Cleveland, OH on 2/10/79.
Conrail Alco C630 6769 {built 10/66 as PRR 6319} is seen in fresh paint at Collinwood, Ohio on 10/22/77.
Conrail U23B {built 9/73 as PC 2765} is one of the group (2750-2776) that was set up as long hood lead that was ordered while William Moore was Chief Executive at PC. He had came over from the Southern Railway. Photographed here at Toledo on 4/30/77.
Conrail SD35 6051 {built 6/65 as CNJ 2512} is at Buffalo, NY on 9/8/76
Conrail U23B 2706 {built 8/72 as PC 2706} is seen in April 1984 at Collinwood, Ohio.
Conrail U25B (built 10/65 as NH 2510} is leading leads an Ex Frisco now Precision National leasing GP7 & a CR Ex-LV C628 at Akron, Ohio on 5/31/79.
Conrail Alco C636 {built 4/68 as PC 6338} is at Mingo Jct., Ohio on 6/4/77.
Conrail GP7 5781 {built 6/53 as NYC 5781} is seen crossing the diamonds at Brighton Park in the Chicago, Ilinois area on 9/24/77.
Alco RS27 demonstrators 640-4 & 5 {built 1/60} are seen at Decatur, IL testing on the Wabash 5/29/60.
Conrail GP10 7563 {built 8/57 as NYC GP9 6050} is seen lrading ore empties out of Weirton, WV on 5/14/77.
Detroit & Toledo Shore Line GP7 #76 {built 4/52 as DTS #46} is seen at Toldedo, Ohio on 4/20/80 still in Bicentennial scheme.
Koppel Bulk Terminal Baldwin S12 #76 {built 10/52 as SP 1494} is seen at Long Beach, CA in Bicentennial paint on 5/23/76.
Union Railroad MP15DC #17 {built 6/75} is seen at Monroeville, PA on 8/14/75 in Bicentennial paint.
Penn Central GP7 5952 {built 9/53 as PRR 8551} is moving Amtrak train around in Chicago on 5/7/74.
Conrail U23B 2784 {built 11/74 as LV 508} West Bound on 1 track at Rochester, PA on 10/29/77.
Conrail GP40 3146 {built 9/68 as PC 3146} is seen on 10/21/80 inside Dewitt, NY shops after a collision a couple days earlier with a milk truck.
Conrail GP30 2205 {built 3/63 as PRR 2205} is at Harrisburg, PA 12/9/79.
Yankeetown Dock Corp. SD38-2 1776 {built 11/72 as YDC 21} is seen in Bicentennial Scheme at Yankeetown, IN on 2/28/76.
2 Conrail U23Bs 2781 & 2785 {built 11/74 as LV 505 & 509} are working on a Ballast train at Twinsburg, Ohio in August of 1977.
Early Conrail scene at Ashtabula, Ohio 9/19/76. GP 38 7837. I can't find much info of what became of this unit.
Conrail GP7 5990 {built 4/52 as DLW 956} is pictured at Collinwood, Ohio on 10/2/79.
Patapsco & Black Rivers EMD repowered BaldwinS12M 147 {built 2/53 as PBR 335} is seen in Bicentennial paint at Sparrows Pt., MD on 4/8/77.
Conrail 6038 SD35 {built 5/65 as PRR 6038} at Conway, PA on 10/29/79.
Conrail SD7 6999 {built 10/53 as PRR 8589} at Bethlehem, PA on 8/20/79.
Conrail GP8 5724 {built 12/50 as Erie GP7 1217} Rebuilt in 1976 at ICG's Paducah shops. Seen here at Conway, PA on 5/1/77.
Conrail GP35 2275 {built 6/64 as PRR 2275} at Springfield, MA on 3/18/85.
Conrail Alco C630 6762 {built 9/67 as RDG 5309} was photographed here at Conway, PA on 4/16/77.
Conrail Alco C630 6778 {built 12/66 as PRR 6328} is seen at Mingo Jct., Ohio on 6/4/77.
U.S. Army GE 80 Tonner 1681 {built 12/52} is seen at Military Ocean Terminal in Bayonne, NJ on 6/2/82 along with Conrail N5C Cabin Car 23056.
Southern Pacific GP40X 7200 {built 2/78} is seen equipped with as delivered HT-B trucks on 11/5/89 at Houston, TX.
Conrail GP35 3689 {built 9/65 as EL 2583} is seen with a fresh renumbering/patch job in June 1977.
GP40X 9000 equipped with HT-B trucks {built 12/77 for UP} is seen during testing on the Rio Grande Railroad on 2/19/78.
Conrail Alco C424 2479 {built 6/63 as EL 2405} is at Ashtabula, OH on 3/11/77.
Conrail GP35 2278 {built 6/64 as PRR 2278} is at the former New Haven Cedar Hill yard on 10/11/81.
Morrison Knudsen Alco c636 5403 {built 6/68 as Alco demonstrator 636-3} is seen at Cicero, IL 8/3/71.
Montour Railroad SW9 76 {built 5/52} is seen in Bicentennial paint at Coraopolis, PA on 12/5/76.
Republic Steel SW9 200 {built 8/51 as Republic steel 344} is seen at Cleveland, Ohio on 6/2/76 in Bicentennial scheme.
Conrail GP35 3676 {built 8/65 as EL 2570} is moving light with 2 U25Bs at Sharonville, Ohio on 8/11/77.
Grand Trunk Western GP38AC 1776 {built 11/71 as GTW 5808} Date, photographer & location not on mount.
Conrail U23B 2781 {built 11/74 as LV 505} is leading GP40 3014 & a U33B on a freight at unnoted location in October 1978.
Kennecott 1 a GE 80 Tonner {built 7/49 as ASARCO 1 } is seen in Bicentennial scheme near Magna, Utah on 3/16/77.
Conrail owned U23B 511 {built 11/74 as LV 511} is still in full LV scheme & number 12/18/76 at Mingo Jct., Ohio. It would soon be renumbered CR 2787.
Port of Palm Beach SW1 238 {built 9/41 as EJ&E 238} is seen at Rivera Beach, FL on 10/28/76 in Bicentennial Paint.
Southern Pacific rebuild U25BE {built new 3/63 as SP U25B 7508} seen at Glendale, CA in Bicentennial paint on 11/12/75.
Alco C630 6329 & C628 6303 dominate this scene at the Mingo Jct., Ohio engine servicing facility on 11/18/73.
The view at Conway, PA on 12/5/76. Former LV GP38 313 sits unpatched among also unpatched SD45 6215 & patched Alcos C425 2443 & C630 6757.
Atlantic Electric NW2 1000 [built 6/47 as Detroit Terminal 104] at Deepwater, NJ on 6/17/90. * Still has Conrail number boards
B&O / Chessie GP9 6251 {built 8/57 as C&O 6251} is seen at Cumberland, MD on 3/17/85.
CSX GP40-2 6230 {built 2/79 as B&O 4331} leads Conrail train CSAL-7 on 4/7/99 at Phoenixville, PA.
Southern Pacific GP40X 7200 {built 2/78} is seen equipped with "Elephant Ears" over radiator section, & Experimental HT-B trucks on 6/29/79 at Pine Bluff, AR.
Conrail GP38-2 8244 {built 9/78} is seen at Dagsboro, DE on 1/1/84. (my scan of a Richard Lorntzen slide)
Conrail U25B 2514 {built 6/64 as NYC 2514} was photographed at Collinwood, OH on 5/19/79.
Conrail 9662 Alco S2 46 {BUILT 2/47 as Buffalo Creek 46} is seen at Cheektowaga, NY on 3/20/78 still wearing predecessor's Bicentennial scheme.
6/16/79: Conrail Alco C425 2456 {built as NH 2556} is seen retired at Collinwood & had been waiting for a call to return to service that would never come. It is still sporting its New Haven Hancock Air Whistle till the end.
Conrail SW1 8513 {built 10/50 as PRR 9413} is at Harrisburg, PA on 7/10/76.
ATSF SD45-2 5700 {built 5/73} is at Barstow, CA on 5/5/75 in Bicentennial paint.
GP38-2 8118 {built 2/73 AS PC 8118} leads a GP9 & U23B on 5/25/78 at a location not listed on slide.
Conrail U23B 2797 {built 6/77} was one of 99 U23Bs rostered by Conrail & one of only 10 purchased new by Conrail & not inherited from a predecessor railroad. Seen here at Conway, PA on 4/30/78.
Conrail SD9 6915 {built 1/58 as PRR 7615} photographed in Toledo, Ohio on 8/31/79.
Conrail GP35 3630 {built 8/64 as RDG 3630} is passing through Springfield, MA Union Station on 11/26/78. Also of interest is the U33B trailing with a red plow.
Penn Central Alco S4 9729 {built 3/52 as NYC 8598} is seen at Buffalo, NY on 3/1/75.
Conrail GP9 7182 {built 11/57 as PRR 7182} photographed 12/14/78 at Harrisburg, PA.
Penn Central SW1200 9024 {built 11/57 as PRR 7924} drifts downgrade past Horseshoe Curve on 5/18/71. *note lantern hooked on long hood .
Conrail GP38-2 8035 {built 8/72 as PC 8035} is seen at Cleveland, Ohio on 5/10/77.
International Minerals & Chemicals Alco S2M 202 {built 6/46 as Ontario Northland 1202} is seen in Bicentennial paint at Noralyn, FL on 12/27/76.
Cleveland Electric & Illuminating GP38-2 107 {built to PC specs 10/75} is seen at Mingo Jct., Ohio on the morning of 5/14/77.
GP38AC ICG 1776 {built 2/70 as ICG 9510} This was the first of 2 units numbered ICG 1776. This one was heavily damaged in an accident 6 days after this photo in a collision an oil tanker truck killing the engineer. Photo dated 3/5/75 location not listed o
Duluth Winnipeg & Pacific Alco RS11 #3605 {built 9/56} is seen wearing her Bicentennial scheme in May of 1976 at Duluth, MN.
Conrail N5 class 19165R {former PRR Cabin Car #477545} taken 9/78. The R suffix designated it as a restricted piece of equipment. It usually meant it was not to be interchanged & assigned to low speed local, MofW, or yard service.
Salt Lake Garfield & Western GE 44 Tonner DS1 {built 1/42 as NYOW 105} seen here at Salt Lake City, UT on 2/26/76 in Bicentennial paint.
3 Conrail F7As 1825, 1774, & 1790 {all former NYC units built in 1952} sit at an unspecified location (Up North?) in 1978.
Conrail dual control GP38 7904 {built new for PC 3/71} is seen at Port Reading, NJ on 11/24/90. These are similar to the dual control PRSL GP38s with the exception that Cab signals were never added to this batch.
SSW (Cotton Belt) SD45T-2 9389 {built 4/75} in as delivered Bicentennial paint on 11/24/75 at Sparks, NV.
Conrail N8B class caboose 23611 {built as New Haven 625} on the rear at Silver Creek, NY 7/8/78.
Conrail GP38 7808 {built 10/69 as PC 7808} leads U25B 2596 at Silver Creek, NY on 9/16/78.
Conrail SD35 6048 {built 5/65 as CNJ 2509} leads SD35 6013, GP30 2170 & GP8 5454 on ALOI-6 at Bound Brook, NJ on 2/26/84.
Conrail GP35 3628 leads GP35 3623 & U33B 2938 at Silver Creek, NY on 9/16/78.
Conrail C32-8 6612 {built 9/84} with a wreck repair cab off of GE B39-8 demo unit 808. Note the mismatched number boards, vertical headlight, & not the usual solid red only marker/class lights. Photo dated 7/5/89.
A former PC SD40 6241 & A Former EL SD45 6078 shove a Westbound up around Horseshoe Curve on 6/12/78.
Conrail Alco C630 6327 {built 12/66 as PRR 6327 and would shortly be given CR # 6777} is seen in the evening light at the sand dock at Mingo Jct., OH on 5/30/76.
Continental Grain Alco S4 {built 7/52 as ATSF 1528} CGCX 1528 was photographed at Gilman, IL in August 1978 still in most of its Bicentennial scheme.
Island Terminal SW1 603 {built 1/40 as Illinois Central 9018} is seen in Bicentennial paint at Memphis, TN on 12/22/76.
Conrail GP35 {built 2/65 as PRR 2332} at Conway, PA on 2/11/78.
Conrail GP7 5897 {built 1/52 as PRR 8797} is at Sharonville, OH 1/30/79.
Conrail GP35 3653 {built 9/64 as RDG 3653} with leased C&NW GP30 823, & former EL SD45 6098 at Sharonville, OH on 5/12/77.
GP9 7236 {built as PRR 7236 10/59} leads what is probably a local towards Enola on 3/15/77.
Railway & Industrial Services Bicentennial Whitcomb Locomotive photographed at Crest Hill, Illinois on 11/6/76. { I don't know my Whitcomb's so if you know anything about this one please comment}
SD45 6207 {built 1/68 as PRR 6207} leads a U25B-GP35 & another SD45 on a freight at Banks on the Pittsburgh Line in January of 1972.
Buffalo Creek Alco S2 46 {BUILT 2/47} in Bicentennial Paint at Buffalo, NY on 2/23/76.
GP38 7884 leads an RS27 & A GP9 on 11/21/78. Location unknown
Monongahela Connecting Railroad SW1001 #425 {built 4/76} is seen in Pittsburgh, PA in April 1977 wearing Bicentennial paint.
PRR 6310 {Alco C628 built 11/65} is on 1408 track at Conway yard in April 1967.
Conrail N-4A class caboose {built 6/43 as RDG 94046} photographed here at Rutherford, PA on 1/27/77.
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie GP7 1501 {built 4/53 as PLE 5736} seen 11/19/75 at McKees Rocks, PA in Bicentennial paint.
Southern Pacific GP40P-2 3197 {built 11/74 & one of only 3 ever built} is seen 6/27/75 in Bicentennial paint at San Francisco, CA.
Missouri-Kansas-Texas GP38-2 319 {built 6/76} is seen at Parsons, KS with leased Conrail GP38-2 8278 on 4/9/78.
Missouri Pacific GP18 431 is seen in April 1967 at Kansas City, MO along with Eastern visitors PRR U25B 2647 & PRR GP35 2368.
Conrail GP38-2 8146 leads GP10 7568 with a Westbound van train past MO at Cresson, PA on 8/25/78.
Conrail Alco RS3 5489 {built 11/50 as LV 215} photographed at Buffalo, NY on 3/10/77.
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