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Willie Brown Railroad Slide Collection

by Willie - Brown

wbrown189@windstream.net collection

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Conrail GP7 5640 {built 8/51 as NYC 5640} is seen at West Detroit, Michigan 2/20/79.
Conrail GP8 5727 {rebuilt 12/76 in Paducah from GP7 originally built 8/53 as PRR 8556} seen at Mingo Jct., Ohio 1/15/77. Unit will be re#d CR 5407 in 1978.
Different builders, models, & former roads fill the lens at Sharonville, Ohio 6/10/77.
Conrail GP40 3146 {built 9/68 as PC 3146} is seen on 6/3/78 at Collinwood, OH in fresh paint.
Conrail GP10 rebuild #7569 {built 6/57 as PRR GP9 #7118} is seen in South Philadelphia, PA 2/5/77.
Conrail SW8 #8687 {built 9/51 as LV #273} is at Bethlehem, PA on 9/20/78.
Chicago Rock Island & Pacific E7A #642 {built 2/48} is at Chicago, IL 3/27/70.
GP38-2 8250 {built 9/78} & GP30 2197 {built 8/62 as NYC 6124} are light with a Caboose at Collinwood 10/20/79.
Conrail Alco RS11s #7641 & 7640 are at Bethlehem, PA in September of 1977.
SD50s 6731 & 6715 lead an Eastbound on Ft. Wayne Line #2 track at Leetsdale, PA 5/26/85.
Milwaukee Road SD40-2 #197 {built 5/74} is at Minneapolis, MN 5/20/85.
Norfolk & Western Alco RS11 #2568 {built 3/58 as Nickel Plate #568} is at Brewster, Ohio 3/27/80.
Conrail's SW8 class unit #8600 {built 9/50 as NYC 9600} is at Reading, PA 1/20/84.
Conrail GP38-2 8243 {built 9/78} is at Dennison, TX 6/6/80 on lease to the MKT during a period of time when many of Conrail's newest GP38-2s were leased out to MKT.
Conrail SW9 #8936 {built 5/51 as LV #285} is at Elizabethport, NJ on 6/24/77.
Conrail GP9 7452 {built 8/57 as NYC 6052} is at Plymouth, Indiana on 9/5/80.
Penn Central Baldwin DS44-1000 #8277 {built 4/49 as PRR 8007} is seen May 1975 at unspecified location.
3 SD40-2s & a SD40 are seen at Marysville, PA 8/3/87.
Penn Central E7A #4243 {built 8/47 as PRR 5843} is seen in July 1973. Chicago, Illinois
GP38-2 7968 {built 6/72 as PC 7968} is with B23-7 1955 {built 8/78} at Ashtabula Harbor on 8/6/87.
CSX NW2 # 5065 {built 9/49 as C&O 5065} is seen 8/3/87 at Cumberland, MD.
Conrail MT-6 slug #1105 rebuilt from former PRR RSD12 Alco #8678 originally built 3/58 seen here in Cleveland, OH 10/8/78.
B&O GP40 3697 handles brand new Reading SD45 7604 at Barr Yard in Riverdale, Illinois 7/21/67
Chicago Rock Island & Pacific GP7R #4430 {built 2/54 as UP GP9 #140} is seen at Salt Lake City, UT 5/29/75 fresh of a rebuild at MK.
Bonneville Transloaders SW8 #207 {built 12/51 as Colorado & Wyoming #207} is at Ft. Collins, Colorado 10/26/92.
Wisconsin Central SW1200 #1230 {built 11/63 as Missouri Pacific #1107} is at Neenah, WI on 6/20/88.
NLRX U23B #3901 {built 5/72 as SOU 3901} is seen at Newburgh Heights, Ohio in Nashville & Western scheme 2/5/12.
Conrail Alco C630 6771 {built 11/66 as PRR 6321} is seen at Mt. Vernon, Illinois in March 1980 enroute to scrapper. 6771 was involved in a non-fatal collision at Huron, Ohio 1/19/79.
Conrail GP8 5409 {built 12/50 as Peoria & Eastern GP7 #5622} is seen at Metuchen, NJ 1/25/83.
Conrail F7A #1878 {built 6/52 as D&RGW 5721} is at Buffalo, NY on 1/6/77.
Conrail owned at this time PC marked GP38-2 8059 leads a Westbound out of Gould Tunnel on the Panhandle West of Mingo Jct., Ohio 8/5/76.
A fireman climbs up the "Fireman's side" of Conrail F7A 1716 {built 3/52 as NYC 1716} to examine smoke coming from the cab at Maud, Ohio 1/18/78.
Conrail GP38s 7833 & 7830 {both built 5/70 for PC} are at Port Newark, NJ 10/15/83.
Conrail owned Erie Lackawanna GP7 #1210 {built 10/50 as Erie #1210} is at Sloan, NY 9/29/76. *Would later become CR 5940.
PRR SD45 6107 leads a TrucTrain West around Horseshoe Curve on 9/7/67.
Penn Central SD35 #6022 {built 3/65 as PRR 6022} is at Camden, NJ in August 1968.
GP9 7073 & Alco C425 2436 working helper duty 12/05/78. Larimer, PA. Photographer not listed on slide mount.
Alco C425 #2439 {built 12/65 as PRR 2439} is seen at Conway, PA in late September 1978.
SD40-2 6428 leads SD40 6319 in Allegheny County, PA 09/15/78.
4 Conrail owned PC 4 axles GP35/GP40/GP35/GP38 are hauling a Westbound unit train at Toledo, Ohio 8/1/76.
GP15-1s 1649 & 1650 lead GP38s 7850,7809, & 7876 Westbound at Leetsdale, PA 3/05/82.
Conrail SD40 6246 leads SD40-2s 6519 & 6427 on a military equipment move at Newport, PA 2/23/86.
2 B23-7s Eastbound out of Conway Yard on remounted photo w/o date. Any Chevy truck guys know year? I am guessing late 79 or 1980.
Conrail Owned SD40 CNJ #3062 {built 5/67 as B&O 7483} is at Detroit, MI 6/08/76.
Conrail owned F7A PC #1796 {built 12/51 as NYC 1796} is working at Buffalo, NY 3/2/77.
Oregon Steel Mills SW8 RE 902 *(Relco) {built 4/52 as CRIP 816} is at Portland, OR in August 1988.
Conrail B23-7 1978 {built 4/79} is seen in Mingo Jct., Ohio 4/27/79.
Conrail GP35 3652 {built 9/64 as RDG 3652} leads 4 GP38-2s 8239,8066,7968, &7987 on coal empties Eastbound at Leetsdale, PA 5/24/79.
Pocono Northeast Railroad SW1 #601 {built 2/42 as CNJ 1012} is at Pittston, PA 11/6/82. *Note the former CR Number 8408 still on headlight.
PC NW2 #8664 {built 2/48 as PRR 9164} is at York, PA in June 1974.
SD35 6005 {built 2/65 as PRR 6005} is at Akron, Ohio 4/18/80.
Conrail SW1500 #9597 {built 8/66 as RDG 2758} is seen wearing fresh paint in September of 1977.
Conrail U33B #2911 Passes C425 #2429 at Rochester, PA in September of 1977.
Conrail GP30 #2193 {built 8/62 as NYC 6120} basks in the cold sun giving a good view of the typical NYC Non Dynamic blanked blister. Photographed at Cleveland, Ohio 1/5/82.
U.S. Air Force GE 80 Tonner #1673 {built 11/52 as U.S. Army 1673} is seen at Barksdale AFB in Louisiana on 5/20/87.
Conrail SD45 6220 {built 1/68 as PRR 6220} along with a SD40-2 is tackling the East slope on 10/26/79.
CSX GP30M #4215 {built 8/63 as C&O GP30 #3020} is at Wilsmere Yard in Wilmington, DE 10/28/89.
Conrail GP38-2 8252 {built 9/78} is seen at Springfield, MA 10/08/79 with test star.
Conrail's class U23B #2700 {built 8/72 as PC class U23B 2700} is seen at Columbiana, Ohio 10/15/88.
Amtrak P30CH #718 {built 9/75} is seen at Effingham, Illinois on 5/29/76.
US Steel Michigan Lime Stone operation Alco RS2 #124 {built 9/47 as Oliver Iron Mining #1100} is seen at Rogers City, MI 6/27/78.
US Steel SW1200 #1101 {built 1/63 as MP 1101} is seen 2/9/87 in Des Moines, IA. 1101 was painted for the Geneva Works, but spent up most of its USS life at the Fairless plant.
Naval Weapons Support Center Baldwin S-12 #2 seen at Crane, IN 7/12/76
Conrail SW1 8438 {built 10/50 as NYC 612} is at Cheektowaga, NY on 3/29/78.
Seaboard M930 Bay window caboose 16504 is at Millvale, PA on 5/13/87.
Conrail Dash 7 & Dash 8 lead empty coal train Southbound into White Cottage tunnel on the Monongahela Railway, near Holbrook, in Greene County, PA. 07/07/90.
Conrail Alco C628 #6724 {Built 11/65 as LV #628} is seen at Mingo Jct., Ohio on 4/23/78. (
CSX AC44CW #293 {built 9/97} is at Aliquippa, PA on 4/30/2000.
CSX SD40-2 8447 {rebuilt by M-K from UP SD40 3003} is seen with CN GP40-2LW 9666 at Connellsville, PA 10/01/99.
CSX B30-7 5564 {built 3/82 as C&O 8282} is at Aliquippa, PA 8/23/87.
Milwaukee Road GP9s 805, 804,& 800 all built 6/54 are seen at Bensenville, Illinois on 2/12/80 displaying their roof top torpedo tube air tanks & slotted fuel tank skirts.
Conrail ZMM train for Alcoa is seen from the I-80 bridge near Milton, PA on 4/16/79 with GP35 2365, U25B 2556, & U33B 2895 as power.
It's a dirty job, but someone has to do it. Conrail U33C 6868 {built 6/68 as PC 6563} handles Speno Ballast Cleaner at Watkins Glen, NY on 4/26/80.
U33C #6570 owned by Conrail {built 8/69 as EL 3307} is seen at Collinwood without any reporting marks on 4/10/76.
Penn Central GP35 2358 {built 3/65 as PRR 2358} is at East Peoria, IL on 7/13/72.
CSX B36-7 5869 {built 6/85 as SBD 5869} is at Acca yard in Richmond, VA on 3/25/89.
GP40 #6524 {built 1/71 as B&O 3748} seen here renumbered for CSX 7/5/87 at Pittsburgh, PA.
CSX C40-8W 7753 {built 11/91} is at Richmond, VA on 6/8/92.
Conrail GP35 2316 {built 1/65 as PRR 2316} is rusting away stored in Altoona, PA 8/4/93.
Erie Lackawanna U25B #2502 {built 9/64} is seen at Sloan, NY 12/27/69. Unit would become CR 2571 in 1976. (
GP40 3200, U23B 2758, & SD45 3631 {soon to be renumbered 6096} lead an early Conrail train on 5/12/76. Only location on slide is Beck Avenue.
Very early Conrail scene in April of 1976 has 2 ex-PRR EMDs {SD40 6077 & SD35 6011} assisting a freight up the East Slope at Horseshoe Curve.
Penn Central Class GP35 #2250 {built 11/64 as PRR 2309} leads a truck train around Horseshoe Curve in August 1969. *Most of PRRs GP35s retained their original numbers except the 2309 & 2310 which were renumbered to PC 2250 & 2251.
4 GP38/GP38-2s are in charge of an Eastbound on a cold 1/17/81 day in Bethlehem, PA.
Baltimore & Ohio GP35 #3557 {built 9/64} is on the Milwaukee Road at Bensenville, Illinois on 1/22/78.
PC GP38s 7763 & 7781 are at the East end of 400 yard in Mingo Jct., Ohio with the Standard Slag facility in the background.
Conrail SD50 6833 {BUILT 2/86} is at Rochester, PA on 9/21/96. *Later would become NS 5477 retired by NS 2/01.
Looking down at Enola yard Alco C424 2489 {built 6/63 as EL 2415} smokes on March 16th 1978.
Conrail operated at this time E8A PC 4257 {built 6/52 as PRR5797} is at South Amboy, NJ 8/16/76.
Conrail B23-7s 1901 & 1902 are at Danbury, CT in March 1983 temporarily assigned to work the Metro North *note horn relocation to side of long hood & notched plows. Conrail would later transfer 1903-1909 to Metro-North this same year.
Conrail GP35 3646 {built 8/64 as RDG 3646} is with U36B 2974 Westbound near Leetsdale, PA 5/27/78.
Conrail SW1500 #9538 {built 3/72 as PC 9538} is seen at Erie, PA 8/30/96.
Jones & Laughlin GE 45 Tonner #76 {built 10/48 as Rotary Electric Steel #1} is in Bicentennial Paint at Detroit, MI in July 1976.
CSX GP38-2 2666 {built 3/79 as L&N 6015} is at West Aliquippa, PA on 5/27/95.
Milwaukee Road GP40 2066 {built 12/68} is passing through Green Bay, WI on 4/21/82.
Conrail Owned & operated at this time Alco C630 PC 6328 {built 12/66 as PRR 6328} is seen 7/2/76 at Collinwood. Unit will soon become CR 6778.
Transkentucky Transportation Railroad, Inc U28B #248 {built 3/66 as CRIP 248} is enroute to TTI on 10/03/81 stopping over at East Moline, Illinois.
Conrail owned & operated at this time PC GP35 2322 {built 1/65 as PRR 2322} is seen Westbound on Ft. Wayne Line #2 track at Rochester, PA on 8/8/76.
Conrail GP8 rebuild 5411 {built 5/53 as NYC GP7 5744} seen at Elizabethport, NJ on 12/28/78.
2 new PRR F3As {9685 & 9684} bracket an F3B shoving a Westbound up East slope towards Horseshoe Curve on 6/5/49.
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