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Viewing Album:  Altoona PA - Conrail
 
By:Donald Albertson
Dates:6/20/1983 - 6/1/1996
Album Info:Altoona PA area shots from 1983-1996
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Former EL helpers w/b
Title:  Former EL helpers w/b
Description:  A pair of former EL SD45-2's push on this w/b at Altoona PA on 20JUN1983 with a couple stock cars on the rear as well
Photo Date:  6/20/1983  Upload Date: 12/17/2021 9:42:22 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  48   Comments: 0
CR helpers
Title:  CR helpers
Description:  A pair of former EL SD45-2's get behind the signal at Cresson PA on 20JUN1983
Photo Date:  6/20/1983  Upload Date: 12/27/2021 4:39:57 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6665(SD45-2)
Views:  55   Comments: 0
CR SD45-2 6663
Title:  CR SD45-2 6663
Description:  CR SD45-2 in helper service at Altoona PA on 21JUN1983
Photo Date:  6/21/1983  Upload Date: 1/15/2019 2:50:34 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 6663(SD45-2)
Views:  264   Comments: 1
Head end helpers
Title:  Head end helpers
Description:  A pair of SD45-2's tie onto the head end of this w/b TV train in Altoona station on 21JUN1983
Photo Date:  6/21/1983  Upload Date: 1/15/2019 2:53:51 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6665(SD45-2)
Views:  166   Comments: 1
W/B TV train
Title:  W/B TV train
Description:  A w/b TV rolls to a stop so the helpers can tie onto the head end at Altoona on 21JUN1983
Photo Date:  6/21/1983  Upload Date: 1/15/2019 2:55:35 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 3205(GP40) CR 6388(SD40-2)
Views:  235   Comments: 0
CR e/b TV at Horseshoe Curve
Title:  CR e/b TV at Horseshoe Curve
Description:  A pair of SD45-2 helpers tacked on the back of this TV train for a trip back to Altoona on 21JUN1983
Photo Date:  6/21/1983  Upload Date: 1/15/2019 2:53:34 PM
Location:  Gallitzin, PA
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6664(SD45-2) CR 6654(SD45-2)
Views:  232   Comments: 1
CR w/b at Horseshoe Curve
Title:  CR w/b at Horseshoe Curve
Description:  Two SD40's in fading light lead a w/b around Horseshoe Curve on 21JUN1983
Photo Date:  6/21/1983  Upload Date: 1/15/2019 2:59:35 PM
Location:  Gallitzin, PA
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6247(SD40) CR 6261(SD40)
Views:  210   Comments: 1
Altoona action
Title:  Altoona action
Description:  The helper set is ready to leave and assist one of the westbounds off in the distance while an empty coal train awaits a crew on 21JUN1983
Photo Date:  6/21/1983  Upload Date: 12/26/2018 12:16:22 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6663(SD45-2) CR 7859(GP38)
Views:  368   Comments: 2
Our ride home
Title:  Our ride home
Description:  The e/b Broadway Ltd pulls into Altoona to take us home finally on 22JUN1983
Photo Date:  6/22/1983  Upload Date: 1/15/2019 2:41:23 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 365(F40PHR) AMTK 357(F40PH)
Views:  346   Comments: 0
Early morning action
Title:  Early morning action
Description:  A CR e/b at the Amtrak station in Altoona with a GP40-2 and a U23B on 22JUN1983
Photo Date:  6/22/1983  Upload Date: 1/15/2019 2:44:03 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 3336(GP40-2)
Views:  164   Comments: 0
CR helpers
Title:  CR helpers
Description:  A helper set of two former EL SD45-2's at Altoona station on 22JUN1983
Photo Date:  6/22/1983  Upload Date: 1/15/2019 2:46:04 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6654(SD45-2) CR 6664(SD45-2)
Views:  239   Comments: 1
W/B CR TV train
Title:  W/B CR TV train
Description:  A w/b TV train clears Altoona station on 22JUN1983
Photo Date:  6/22/1983  Upload Date: 1/15/2019 2:52:12 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  90   Comments: 0
W/B coal with helpers
Title:  W/B coal with helpers
Description:  Three SD40's shove this coal train west out of Altoona while a pair of SD45-2 helpers lay in the clear at Altoona on 22JUN1983
Photo Date:  6/22/1983  Upload Date: 1/15/2019 2:58:18 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6332(SD40) CR 6476(SD40-2) CR 6271(SD40)
Views:  227   Comments: 1
CR 6452, 6279
Title:  CR 6452, 6279
Description:  A pair of CR SD's shove on a w/b near MG between Horseshoe Curve and Gallitzin PA on 27DEC1984
Photo Date:  12/27/1984  Upload Date: 1/7/2019 6:17:13 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6452(SD40-2) CR 6279(SD40)
Views:  175   Comments: 0
CR e/b
Title:  CR e/b
Description:  An e/b CR coal train drifts downhill at Gallitzin PA on 27DEC1984
Photo Date:  12/27/1984  Upload Date: 1/7/2019 6:14:43 PM
Location:  Gallitzin, PA
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Tunnel,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 8124(GP38-2) CR 1950(B23-7)
Views:  181   Comments: 1
CR 6298
Title:  CR 6298
Description:  Helpers drift downgrade on the back of this e/b at Horseshoe Curve on 27DEC1984
Photo Date:  12/27/1984  Upload Date: 1/7/2019 6:23:00 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6298(SD40) CR 6361(SD40-2)
Views:  198   Comments: 1
Conrail helper sets
Title:  Conrail helper sets
Description:  Its 01JUN1996 and the SD45-2's used as helper days are long since over, now a fleet of SD40-2's handles the task.
Photo Date:  6/1/1996  Upload Date: 12/26/2018 12:09:39 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6360(SD40-2) CR 6379(SD40-2)
Views:  331   Comments: 0
Conrail GP38-2's
Title:  Conrail GP38-2's
Description:  A pair of former PC GP38-2's idle at the east end of Altoona yard on 01JUN1996
Photo Date:  6/1/1996  Upload Date: 12/26/2018 12:11:28 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 8060(GP38-2) CR 8061(GP38-2)
Views:  423   Comments: 4
Power at Cresson
Title:  Power at Cresson
Description:  A bunch of GP38-2's and a SD45-2 at the Cresson facility on 01JUN1996
Photo Date:  6/1/1996  Upload Date: 12/26/2018 12:13:19 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 8083(GP38-2) CR 6665(SD45-2) CR 8082(GP38-2) CR 8074(GP38-2) CR 6363(SD40-2)
Views:  587   Comments: 1

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