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More odd bedfellows...
Title:  More odd bedfellows...
Description:  A BAR GP38 has made it's way south to East Binghamton yard on 22FEB1989 somehow...
Photo Date:  2/22/1989  Upload Date: 4/23/2020 7:03:43 PM
Location:  East Binghamton, NY
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BAR 97(GP38) DH 454(C424)
Views:  150   Comments: 0
OILC at Oak Island
Title:  OILC at Oak Island
Description:  OILC has MEC power today, a GP38 and a U23B, on 02AUG1984
Photo Date:  8/2/1984  Upload Date: 12/20/2018 2:59:46 PM
Location:  Newark, NJ
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 252(GP38) MEC 282(U23B)
Views:  354   Comments: 1
The w/b Mercury
Title:  The w/b Mercury
Description:  With the usual meager car count, the w/b Mercury prepares to be loaded at Oak Island with a MEC GP38 and a former D&H U23B on 02AUG1984
Photo Date:  8/2/1984  Upload Date: 12/21/2020 2:05:42 PM
Location:  Newark, NJ
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 252(GP38) MEC 282(U23B)
Views:  244   Comments: 0
Guilford power
Title:  Guilford power
Description:  B&M 357 and two MEC units on 05SEP1988 at Mechanicville NY
Photo Date:  9/5/1988  Upload Date: 12/20/2018 2:49:34 PM
Location:  Mechanicville, NY
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 256(GP38) MEC 253(GP38) BM 357(GP39-2)
Views:  344   Comments: 0
D&H 7412
Title:  D&H 7412
Description:  Former RDG GP-39-2 3412 became D&H 7412 on 4/1/76 and the RDG paint still looks decent eight years later.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 12/28/2006 3:28:00 AM
Location:  Mechanicville, NY
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  DH 7412(GP39-2) MEC 259(GP38)
Views:  881   Comments: 1
Iowa Interstate at Burr Oak yard
Title:  Iowa Interstate at Burr Oak yard
Description:  Two IAIS GP38's are ready to head west out of the old Rock Island Burr Oak yard on 27MAR1990
Photo Date:  3/27/1990  Upload Date: 3/18/2017 6:43:29 AM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  IAIS 602(GP38) IAIS 600(GP38)
Views:  419   Comments: 2
CM&W w/b
Title:  CM&W w/b
Description:  A CM&W w/b with four well worn secondhand EMD's rolls past the tower at Granite City IL on 01MAY1988
Photo Date:  5/1/1988  Upload Date: 4/10/2019 4:53:07 PM
Location:  Granite City, IL
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CMNW 2027(GP38)
Views:  208   Comments: 2
CMNW GP38 2045
Title:  CMNW GP38 2045
Description:  A former CR GP38 now works for the CM&W at Venice IL on 28APR1988
Photo Date:  4/28/1988  Upload Date: 4/2/2019 4:39:06 PM
Location:  Venice, IL
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CMNW 2045(GP38)
Views:  168   Comments: 1
CM&W e/b
Title:  CM&W e/b
Description:  Five well worn EMD's are ready to pull this CM&W e/b at Venice IL on 28APR1988
Photo Date:  4/28/1988  Upload Date: 3/27/2019 5:54:38 PM
Location:  Venice, IL
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CMNW 2045(GP38) CMNW 3014(GP40)
Views:  204   Comments: 1
CM&W e/b
Title:  CM&W e/b
Description:  A CM&W e/b gets ready to depart Venice, Il with five well-worn EMD four axles. Looks like that former e/b main isn't long for this world...
Photo Date:  4/28/1988  Upload Date: 5/30/2009 12:20:38 PM
Location:  Venice, IL
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CMNW 2045(GP38) CMNW 3014(GP40)
Views:  668   Comments: 1
CMNW 2045
Title:  CMNW 2045
Description:  Here's another CM&W seconhand beater: a former CR GP38 at Venice, Il.
Photo Date:  4/28/1988  Upload Date: 5/30/2009 12:20:10 PM
Location:  Venice, IL
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CMNW 2045(GP38)
Views:  428   Comments: 0
CSX w/b at State Line
Title:  CSX w/b at State Line
Description:  Two CSX units in early grey paint jobs pull a w/b through State Line in Hammond. IN on 28MAR1990
Photo Date:  3/28/1990  Upload Date: 6/7/2017 6:46:51 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Track,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 3273(U23B) CSX 2124(GP38)
Views:  269   Comments: 1
RJCP 2761
Title:  RJCP 2761
Description:  R.J. Corman GP-38 2761 at Clearfield, PA. Ex SR??
Photo Date:  11/23/2006  Upload Date: 11/25/2006 3:03:24 AM
Location:  Clearfield, PA
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  RJCP 2761(GP38)
Views:  414   Comments: 2
CSX and CR power
Title:  CSX and CR power
Description:  Three former CR units sit at Port Newark on 14APR2001
Photo Date:  4/14/2001  Upload Date: 11/23/2018 6:59:58 AM
Location:  Newark, NJ
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CSX 4412(GP40-2) CSX 2797(GP38-2) NS 2904(GP38)
Views:  447   Comments: 1
NYGL 1268
Title:  NYGL 1268
Description:  NY&GL GP9 1268 is in fresh paint at CSAO's Oak Island yard coupled to a former CR now NS GP38 with a NKP number.
Photo Date:  10/29/2001  Upload Date: 9/3/2009 3:35:08 PM
Location:  Newark, NJ
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  NYGL 1268(GP9) NS 2912(GP38)
Views:  754   Comments: 1
PRR 3619, 2945
Title:  PRR 3619, 2945
Description:  PRR 3619's CR blue looks worse for the wear but its not likely she'll qualify for NS paint.
Photo Date:  10/29/2000  Upload Date: 6/30/2007 6:31:42 PM
Location:  Newark, NJ
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 2945(GP38) NS 3619(B36-7)
Views:  641   Comments: 0
CS w/b
Title:  CS w/b
Description:  A GP-38 / GP-15T / PAT F-7a lashup has this w/b under way leaving Cumberland, MD.
Photo Date:  1/23/1986  Upload Date: 9/23/2005 5:09:19 PM
Location:  Cumberland, MD
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BO 3829(GP38) CO 1520(GP15T) PAT 6690(F7A)
Views:  1535   Comments: 2
Chessie w/b
Title:  Chessie w/b
Description:  A Chessie w/b empty grain train has a GP38 / GP15T / F7a loco consist on 23JAN1986 at Cumberland MD
Photo Date:  1/23/1986  Upload Date: 1/30/2019 4:58:56 PM
Location:  Cumberland, MD
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BO 3829(GP38) CO 1520(GP15T) PAT 6690(F7A)
Views:  391   Comments: 0
Chessie w/b
Title:  Chessie w/b
Description:  A GP40-2, GP38, SD9 consist have this w/b about to roll under the Sewickley bridge in Coraopolis PA on 04JUL1982
Photo Date:  7/4/1982  Upload Date: 3/11/2019 4:34:37 PM
Location:  Coraopolis, PA
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BO 4145(GP40-2) BO 4802(GP38)
Views:  273   Comments: 2
B&O 4807, 4817, B&M 302
Title:  B&O 4807, 4817, B&M 302
Description:  Two B&O GP-38's, leased to CP, and a B&M GP-40-2 are in Mechanicville yard.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 12/30/2006 4:04:33 PM
Location:  Mechanicville, NY
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BO 4807(GP38) BO 4816(GP38) BM 302(GP40-2)
Views:  1085   Comments: 0
B&O GP38 4816
Title:  B&O GP38 4816
Description:  B&O GP38 4816, with some really big cab numerals, visits Mechanicville NY on 03NOV1984
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 12/14/2018 4:15:19 PM
Location:  Mechanicville, NY
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BO 4816(GP38)
Views:  240   Comments: 2
CR GP38 7670
Title:  CR GP38 7670
Description:  Dual controlled GP38 7670 is at Garden at Oak Island on 26DEC1988
Photo Date:  12/26/1988  Upload Date: 3/22/2019 5:56:15 PM
Location:  Newark, NJ
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 7670(GP38)
Views:  208   Comments: 1
CR GP38 7672
Title:  CR GP38 7672
Description:  CR 7672 working Vardo yard outside Hagerstown MD on 25FEB1986
Photo Date:  2/25/1986  Upload Date: 10/31/2021 7:15:23 AM
Location:  Hagerstown, MD
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 7672(GP38)
Views:  94   Comments: 0
CR OIPI
Title:  CR OIPI
Description:  CR w/b OIPI glides past a dormant Manville yard and the venerable Johns Manville plant on the day after Christmas in 1988
Photo Date:  12/26/1988  Upload Date: 4/5/2020 11:11:07 AM
Location:  Manville, NJ
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6761(SD50) CR 7696(GP38) CR 6809(SD50)
Views:  250   Comments: 0
CR OIPI
Title:  CR OIPI
Description:  For a brief time in the eighties, Conrail closed Manville yard and during that period here's OIPI headed west on the former LV with a pair of SD50's bracketing a GP38 on 26DEC1988
Photo Date:  12/26/1988  Upload Date: 8/16/2020 9:23:12 AM
Location:  Manville, NJ
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6761(SD50) CR 7696(GP38) CR 6809(SD50)
Views:  184   Comments: 0
CR power
Title:  CR power
Description:  A variety of CR blue units at Selkirk on 26AUG1988
Photo Date:  8/26/1988  Upload Date: 12/15/2018 1:03:00 PM
Location:  Selkirk, NY
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 7702(GP38) CR 2736(U23B) CR 2971(U36B)
Views:  334   Comments: 2
CR SHP-110
Title:  CR SHP-110
Description:  CR SHP-110 rolls west through the Freemansburg curve towards a still bustling Bethlehem Steel mill with GP-38 7736, B-23-7 1955, and a shiny NW-2 9261 still with her arched cab windows.
Photo Date:  7/21/1985  Upload Date: 10/9/2005 12:48:00 PM
Location:  Bethlehem, PA
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 9261(NW2) CR 1955(B23-7) CR 7736(GP38)
Views:  1182   Comments: 0
CR local
Title:  CR local
Description:  CR GP38 7749 switches behind the Buncher Industrial Park. P&LE gon 19114 was part of the draft, in fresh paint, when steel still ruled...
Photo Date:  7/6/1982  Upload Date: 7/5/2008 5:06:56 PM
Location:  Leetsdale, PA
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 7749(GP38)
Views:  1619   Comments: 0
CR 7750
Title:  CR 7750
Description:  An e/b TV train is ready to leave Conway as a yard job shoves off with a freshly painted 7750 on 02AUG1983
Photo Date:  8/2/1983  Upload Date: 12/5/2018 3:22:03 PM
Location:  Conway, PA
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 7750(GP38)
Views:  119   Comments: 1
CR GP38 7750
Title:  CR GP38 7750
Description:  Former PC GP38 7750 sports fresh CR blue but it won't stay clean long in the busy Conway yard, plus having the J&L mill across the river too. 02AUG1983
Photo Date:  8/2/1983  Upload Date: 7/27/2020 5:08:55 PM
Location:  Conway, PA
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 7750(GP38)
Views:  83   Comments: 0
CR GP38's
Title:  CR GP38's
Description:  A pair of former PC GP38's at Port Newark on 16OCT1983, both with Conrail on the nose instead of the usual CR
Photo Date:  10/16/1983  Upload Date: 12/7/2018 7:43:12 AM
Location:  Newark, NJ
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 7833(GP38) CR 7830(GP38)
Views:  317   Comments: 1
CR power at Port Newark
Title:  CR power at Port Newark
Description:  A CR light move at Port Newark with four EMD's including two in PC black with Conrail lettering on 29OCT1983
Photo Date:  10/29/1983  Upload Date: 4/9/2017 9:35:47 AM
Location:  Newark, NJ
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CR 7830(GP38) CR 7506(GP9)
Views:  319   Comments: 2
CR 7830
Title:  CR 7830
Description:  Early Conrail had a few peculiar paint or lettering schemes. Here's one on a PC GP38.
Photo Date:  10/29/1983  Upload Date: 6/30/2007 6:31:43 PM
Location:  Newark, NJ
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 7830(GP38)
Views:  819   Comments: 0
CR power at KW
Title:  CR power at KW
Description:  Four non EL CR units at KW tower on 15APR1982 including a RDG GP30
Photo Date:  4/15/1982  Upload Date: 3/2/2019 4:59:26 PM
Location:  Secaucus, NJ
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 7831(GP38) CR 7833(GP38) CR 2184(GP30)
Views:  375   Comments: 1
CR GP38 7833
Title:  CR GP38 7833
Description:  Former PC 7833 is still in PC black but has Conrail lettering on the nose, and hoods too, at Port Newark on 16OCT1983
Photo Date:  10/16/1983  Upload Date: 12/5/2018 5:21:49 PM
Location:  Newark, NJ
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 7833(GP38)
Views:  274   Comments: 0
CR 7857 and 2237
Title:  CR 7857 and 2237
Description:  The old tower is still standing as a pair of former PC units pull a w/b out of Oak Island yard on 30APR1983
Photo Date:  4/30/1983  Upload Date: 4/1/2017 7:33:02 AM
Location:  Newark, NJ
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CR 7857(GP38) CR 2237(GP30)
Views:  421   Comments: 1
Oak Island action
Title:  Oak Island action
Description:  A pair of former PC units pulls a cut of cars west out of the hump yard at Oak Island on 30APR1983
Photo Date:  4/30/1983  Upload Date: 12/20/2020 10:32:56 AM
Location:  Newark, NJ
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 7857(GP38) CR 2237(GP30)
Views:  150   Comments: 0
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:  371   Comments: 2
CR w/b and pushers
Title:  CR w/b and pushers
Description:  Two former EL SD-45-2s get in position to tie onto a w/b empty coal leaving the yard.
Photo Date:  6/21/1983  Upload Date: 5/24/2005 4:32:33 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6663(SD45-2) CR 7859(GP38)
Views:  678   Comments: 1
Conrail SW1500's
Title:  Conrail SW1500's
Description:  You could usually find a few SW1500's at Port Newark back in the CR days and here are three with a GP38 too on 15JUL1989
Photo Date:  7/15/1989  Upload Date: 8/16/2020 9:18:44 AM
Location:  Newark, NJ
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CR 9537(SW1500) CR 9589(SW1500) CR 9595(SW1500) CR 7869(GP38)
Views:  237   Comments: 3
CR e/f
Title:  CR e/f
Description:  A SD50 and a GP38 share the engine facility at Oak Island on 17JAN1987
Photo Date:  1/17/1987  Upload Date: 5/31/2020 10:57:19 AM
Location:  Newark, NJ
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CR 6827(SD50) CR 7876(GP38)
Views:  160   Comments: 0
CR CAAL
Title:  CR CAAL
Description:  CR CAAL enters Allentown yard with SD60I 5648 head out while GP38 7880 drills along side on 20FEB1997
Photo Date:  2/20/1997  Upload Date: 12/12/2018 2:59:55 PM
Location:  Allentown, PA
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5648(SD60I) CR 7880(GP38)
Views:  191   Comments: 1
CR local
Title:  CR local
Description:  A Conrail local heads west into Emmaus against the current of traffic on 20FEB1997
Photo Date:  2/20/1997  Upload Date: 12/26/2018 9:19:05 AM
Location:  Alburtis, PA
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 7880(GP38)
Views:  214   Comments: 1
CR local
Title:  CR local
Description:  A Conrail local heads west at Basin St with a GP38 on each end on 20FEB1997
Photo Date:  2/20/1997  Upload Date: 12/26/2018 9:16:12 AM
Location:  Allentown, PA
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 7880(GP38) CR 7885(GP38)
Views:  237   Comments: 1
CR Suffern drill
Title:  CR Suffern drill
Description:  The CR SF drill leaves Hillburn and heads east with GP38 7886 head out on 11MAY1990
Photo Date:  5/11/1990  Upload Date: 1/8/2019 6:37:01 PM
Location:  Suffern, NY
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 7886(GP38)
Views:  290   Comments: 0
CR local
Title:  CR local
Description:  A w/b CR local has two GP38's on 13FEB1997
Photo Date:  2/13/1997  Upload Date: 12/26/2018 9:20:30 AM
Location:  Alburtis, PA
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 8087(GP38-2) CR 7888(GP38)
Views:  156   Comments: 1
CR power at East End
Title:  CR power at East End
Description:  CR GP38 7804 and SD38 6930 sit at Oak Island East End on 27NOV1983
Photo Date:  11/27/1983  Upload Date: 12/11/2018 4:22:03 PM
Location:  Newark, NJ
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CR 6930(SD38) CR 7894(GP38)
Views:  314   Comments: 0
CR e/b work train
Title:  CR e/b work train
Description:  A CR work train approaches Washington Av in Nutley on 03FEB1991. As you can see, the siding has been removed...
Photo Date:  2/3/1991  Upload Date: 2/16/2020 10:42:46 AM
Location:  Nutley, NJ
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Track,Action
Locomotives:  CR 7894(GP38)
Views:  302   Comments: 2
CR e/b
Title:  CR e/b
Description:  A CR e/b crosses the Lehigh river and approaches Allentown yard on 13DEC1993 with three EMD's...
Photo Date:  12/13/1993  Upload Date: 11/24/2018 3:28:57 PM
Location:  Allentown, PA
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6983(SD40-2R) CSX 2647(GP38-2) CR 7894(GP38)
Views:  438   Comments: 4
EB Horn train
Title:  EB Horn train
Description:  CR GP38 7895 has the Horn Train moving through Nutley NJ on 15NOV1986
Photo Date:  11/15/1986  Upload Date: 5/9/2020 11:48:24 AM
Location:  Nutley, NJ
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 7895(GP38)
Views:  150   Comments: 0


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