CONRAIL Photo Gallery Vol. IV 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.
Westbound exiting the 1840 bore at State Line Tunnel near Canaan Center, NY on the Boston Line on 22 September 1979.
U30B 2833 and B23-7 1901 are in the company of several RS3s and RS3Ms at the Hartford, VT engine facility on 3 July 1978.
SPCP-5 rolling west through Chester, MA with B&M/CV Conn River interchange tonnage. Monday, 5 April 1982.
SD60I 5576 is in charge of a westbound at Richmond, MA on Conrail's Boston line in this view on 9 July 1999.
Sometimes it wasn't pretty. GP7 5639 with a westbound local at Springfield, MA on the Boston Line, May 1977.
Eastbound with open-style auto racks descending the grade at Bancroft, MA on the Boston line. 6038 is an ex-PC(PRR) SD35 .
Ex-PC power brings a TV into the Columbus Avenue yard at Springfield, MA. It is early afternoon on 22 January 1977.
Mixed lashup with an Eastbound at Williams Riding Way in Westfield, MA on the Boston Line, March, 1977.
Ex-PC(PRR) SD40 6329 and Ex-PC U33C 6559 take TV-9S west at Rome, NY on the Chicago line. The date is 29 July 1978.
Westbound cresting the summit at Hinsdale, MA. Photo taken at 1730 hrs on 7 June 1989 from the bridge at MP138.85.
BAL-147 runs west through Pochassiac, a section of West Springfield, MA on the Boston Line on 22 May 1977.
Late in 1976 this westbound departs the yard at West Springfield, MA on the Boston line with U28C 6524 leading.
At 0840 hrs on 23 May 1993, an eastbound emerges from the 1910 bore at State Line tunnel, near Canaan Center, NY on the Boston Line.
C30-7A 6556 eastbound through State Line Tunnel with train SERE on the Boston Line near Canaan Center, NY at 0705 hrs on 5 May 1991.
C30-7As 6562 and 6572 and one other haul a ballast train west at the summit of the Boston Line, Washington, MA on 1 October 1993.
C30-7A 6564 leads a westbound at Palmer, MA on 24 August 1991. Plenty of railfans on hand to witness its passage.
Ex-PC(EL) U33C 6569 leads a freight westbound at Chester, MA on the Boston Line during the summer of 1977.
C30-7A 6571 and three other GE units are eastbound at Hinsdale, MA on the Boston Line at 1505 hrs on 5 October 1990.
C30-7A 6560 leads a short eastbound over the West Branch of the Westfield River at Middlefield, on the Boston line at 1110 hrs on 24 May 1996 .
6577 is an ex-PC(EL) U33C, 6537 is an ex-PC(PRR) U30C, 2879 is an ex-PC(NYC) U30B, while the trailing unit is an SD45 of undetermined origin.
In this 20 April 1977 view, symbol freight NS-1 is stopped on the grade at Middlefield, MA as supervisors account for all of their track equipment.
SW1500 9519 and caboose 18294 at the yard at West. Springfield, MA on the Boston Line on 26 February 1982.
9542 works Bradley Field in Windsor Locks, CT on 15 Jan 1978 among the WWII-era buildings that remained from the days of P-47 Thunderbolt training.
SW1500 9555 is in charge of local SX-5 as it switches "Salt City" at Westifled, MA on the Boston Line, March, 1977.
Flagging MA Rt.10 grade crossing at Southampton, MA as NX-1 makes the southbound run on the Canal line to Westfield, MA., 21 April 1978 view .
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