CONRAIL Photo Gallery Vol. I by Tom Hildreth
Photos of CONRAIL (Consolidated Rail Corporation-CR) trains and equipment © Tom Hildreth Photography. Click on photos below for larger version. These images may also be viewed as a slide show HERE These web pages are not affiliated with the subject railroad.
GP9 1741 brings an inbound commuter job off the Needham branch and onto the Northeast Corridor at Forest Hills, MA on 12 May 1978
Ex-PC(RDG) GP30 2197 leads an eastbound on the Boston Line at MP98 during the morning in the winter of 1977-78
U25B 2555 ex-PC(NYC) is the lead unit on a Boston Line morning westbound at at Springfield, MA., November 1977
Two ex-PC(NYC) U-25Bs bring a westbound past Five Mile Pond on the Boston Line at Springfield, MA on a dreary day in March 1977
Eastbound on the A.H. Smith bridge near South Shodack, NY on Conrail's Boston Line on 11 September 1977
Ex-PC(NH) U25B 2673; ex-PC U33B 2894; and ex-PC(NYC) U25B 2548 cross the low trestle over US 202 in Westfield, MA.,February, 1977
10 February 1978, as the Bay State dug itself out from the New England Blizzard of 1978, some freight moved west out of the snow-bound region.
Caboose 22968 on 2721 West at Bancroft, MA. on February 7 or 8, 1978, while eastern Massachusetts was immobilized by deeper snow.
Northbound at Windsor Locks, CT on 3 July 1978 is a GE lashup that includes U33B 2899; U30B 2847; U33B 2892; and Hi-nose U-Boat 805; U28B 2822.
Taken on the third day of Conrail operations, six GE desels cross the Hudson River eatbound on the 1924 A.H. Smith bridge.
GP40 3039 leads a southbound out of the Columbus Ave Yard in Springfield, MA in the early afternoon of 5 October 1977.
A quartet of EMD units led by ex-PC(NYC) GP40 3040 bring an eastbound TV around the curve at Bancroft, MA on the Boston Line during 1978.
Two GP40s bring an eastbound TV into the yard at West Springfield, MA on the Boston Line during November, 1976.
GP40-2 3296; GP40 3195; and U23B 2797 roll east into the West Springfield, MA yard with TOFC and autoracks in September, 1977.
Westbound on 1 July 1981 with a lot of west coast fruit cars is headed for the 1840 bore of Sate Line Tunnel near Canaan Center, NY.
RS3 5635 is pulling a Conrail freight, likely NS-1, east onto the Boston line after it arrived from New Haven on the Conn River Line late in 1976.
SD35 6024 leads an eastbound under the MA Rt. 112 overpass in Huntington, MA on the Boston Line during the winter of 1977-78.
C40-8W 6052 is on the point of this autorack job eastbound downgrade at Middlefield, MA at 0717 hrs on 24 May 96
SD45 Ex-PC(PRR) 6166; GP35 MoPac 2519; and U28C Ex-PC(PRR) 6528 trailing with a westbound at Ashland, MA., 31 July 1976.
C36-7 6629 is in charge of an eatbound gliding through the Berkshire foothills at Middlefield, MA with a TV job at 0850 hrs on 20 May 1994.
U25B 2652 led a TV off the A.H. Smith bridge and east on the Castleton Cutoff near South Shodack, NY on the Boston Line on 11 September 1977.
6579 east light was overtaken by eastbound TV at left with 6579 on the point at Middlefield, MA on 5 October 1990.
C30-7A 6585 leads a lashup of four GEs west through the ledges at Middlefield, MA on the Boston Line at 0925 hrs on 5 April 1991.
Longmeadow work train with a load of ballast and a smoke-belching Geep about a mile east of Springfield Station on the 1876 Connecticut Central line.
NS-1 Arrives from New Haven behind U25C 6515, GP40 3049, and U33C 6574 at the Columbus Ave yard at Springfield, MA on 20 May 1977.
With U30C 6538 on the point, U30B 2878, an SD45, and E8A 4039 trailing, an eastbound rounds the curve at Bancroft, MA during February, 1977.
Westbound ballast train with C30-7A on the point is approaching the Boston Line summit sign (lower right in photo) at Washington, MA on 1 October 1993.
C30-7A 6569 is on the point as this westbound works uphill at Middlefield, MA on the Boston Line at 1415 hrs on 8 June 1990.
C30-7A 6585 is on the point with an eastbound gliding dowgrade at Chester, MA on the Boston Line at 1340 hrs on 17 September 1989.
C30-7A 6593 leads SEFR as it descends the Berkshire foothills east of Bancroft, MA on the Boston Line at 1205 hrs on 1 October 1993.
Freshly-painted U36C 6596 and U33C 6549 and others at MP98 in Springfield are about to head west at 0800 hrs on 10 December 1976.
On a hot afternoon in August,1 1977 Ex-EL U36C 6595 brakes hard with an eastbound on the curve at Bancroft, MA.
C30-7A 6586 leads an all-GE lashup up the grade at Bancroft, MA on the Boston line on 18 April 1985.
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