Before the big Alco's were scraped for good, they went to Mingo Junction to perform heavy duty mineral hauling on Conrail.
Penn Central used a pair of RSD 15's for switching the Providence Freight Terminal up to the formation of Conrail. These units remained clean and new looking for a long period and had enough guts ... (more)
The days of the big Alco's on Conrail are over and the herd of junk Centuries is being thinned at Collinwood. With only a chalked on number on the frame to indicate it's a CR unit, CR 6760 will ca... (more)
A Richard Beal photo, a PC alco snorts around the yard on this 1976 day
notice the blue CR F in the background
A nice set of early Conrail power has a Reading hi-add truck Alco and an EL U-36-C.
F7's #1752 & 1734 are southbound beginning the climb up to the bridge over Tonawanda Creek. To the right an Alco S-2 switcher lays over.
Northbound thru the big cut over newly laid ballast from a previous derailment.
Heading westbound thru the deep cut on the south side of Miamisburg on Ex NYC tracks enroute to Sharonville Oh Ex PC yard.
Westbound, Heading for Sharonville Oh.
Westbound crossing over Bank Lick Creek enroute to Louisvillie Ky.
An outlawed ore train awaits a new crew with an impressive Alco consist of a C-628 leading 3 C-636's.
Four big Alcos smoke it up as they cross the EL diamonds in Mansfield, OH. K64, Yashica TL Electro-X.