What about CONRAIL

[mt78tt]

Hi...

i was wonder about few pics from a friend who travelled in usa last sommer.
He did shot few pics from railroads they he have seen and at some pics i saw CONRAIL engines together with NS or CSX engines. Is CONRAIL already existing? I tought they was discountined more than 10 years ago?

Michael

[uli]

Hi Michael,

Conrail was split between CSX and NS in 1998. What your friend has photographed are probably ex-CR engines which are still wearing their CR blue liveries but have been "patched" and renumbered for CSX or NS (or which may have been acquired by other railroads).

Uli

[mt78tt]

Sounds interesting... even after 12 years? wow..

Thanks Uli,

if i will meet him next time, so i will check the engine id´s.


Michael

[CRQ5508]

There's a few short lines that picked up B23-7s, GP38s and various GP7/GP9 rebuilds from Conrail that didn't patch them. Though if they are actual CSX/NS locomotives, they are most certainly patched. I believe NS is down to 120 some-odd un-painted former Conrail locomotives, and CSX is down to 25 or so. It's a shame really, I miss Conrail. On NS it seems to be mostly SD60Is, C40-8Ws and a few GP38-2s that haven't been repainted. On CSX it's mostly GP38-2s/GP40-2s and SD50s. CSX was fast about repainting the C40-8Ws; most of those came on property with horribly faded paint, due to GE cutting corners and using a water-based paint instead of oil- based paint (AT&SF's Dash-8s shared a similar problem, hence why the red faded to pink.) Solid lash-ups of unpainted Conrail units are rare, but they can be found on NS, especially in south-western Pennsylvania where trios of SD60Is frequent coal trains.

[mt78tt]

Hi Tom...

I guess CONRAIL isnt died I found an interesting website.
http://www.conrail.com/freight.htm
They do alot of business. Its a wonder that they are very still work in time...

Not a fallen flag, just a bit smaller

Michael

[TheSchwede]

Well with together 1202 miles (1934 km) Conrail still lives under jointed operation for their owners CSX & NS. Do they still wearing the original blue painting?