Happy Birthday to Conrail!

[matt]

Best railroad ever!!!!!!!!! Happy 28th. Feel free to share your Conrail memories here...

[9C1LT1]

Yes, Happy Birthday Conrail!! My favorite Railroad as well!! I liked ya when no one else did back in '97. Now everyone (including me) misses the old Dress Blue...

-Barry

[Mudvalve]

Have to say that I do miss the Big Blue passing by on the lehigh line by Potters.

[JJMDiMunno]

Roger that...Happy Birthday to a great railroad!

Here in South Jersey, we still see more Conrail action than most of the rest of the system. It's still possible to find a solid Conrail lashup on a local...

While the photo below isn't a total Conrail lashup, it's still one of my favorite digital images at this time...



Take care.

[Mudvalve]

every once and a while I will see a local come out of metuchen yard with a loco in the conrail colors, with csx markings of course.

[Komachi]

Conrail, been a fan for a long time (even though I live in the Midwest!).

Kinda partial to CR because we are/were the same age. Man, two-eight, two years away from the big three-o...

[chuchubob]

We still see a lot of Conrail in South Jersey (Conrail Shared Assets):

http://community.webshots.com/photo/111 ... 5495WoMsJx

http://community.webshots.com/photo/111 ... 2200SFlSvH

http://www.subwayspot.com/gallery/album11/04_04_26_48

[nolifeCRchaser]

I have always been a big fan of the can opener.

A pair of my favorites on the Southern Secondary, both now retired.


An oldie, now repainted in NS black & white.


A unit that has seen service with Conrail, NS, & CSX, photographed on what was said to be its final voyage to the scrap yard, but JJMDiMunno, chuchubob, several others, and myself would say otherwise after seeing it in circus train service.


An image that should never die.


CONRAIL Forever!

[chuchubob]

CSX C30-7 #7136, in Conrail quality paint, was on the point of the Ringling Brothers circus train in NJ again today.

http://www.subwayspot.com/gallery/album42/04_05_03_59

http://www.subwayspot.com/gallery/album42/04_05_03_63

[OCtrainguy]

Have to agree with you all. Conrail still is one of my favorite railroads, rating right behind the good ol' CNJ. The previously mentioned Southern Secondary used to see a lot of Conrail engines.

Here are two Conrail engines from a few years ago when the SA35 would layover at Lakehurst.

Here are some more photos from my website:
http://octrainguy.com/0622lh-1.jpg
http://octrainguy.com/July20-4431.jpg
http://octrainguy.com/July21-03.jpg (one of my favorites)
http://octrainguy.com/Aug02-01.jpg
http://octrainguy.com/June1402-01.jpg
http://octrainguy.com/Jan18-01.jpg
http://octrainguy.com/Mar2803-1.jpg
And of course, the Spirit of Conrail GP38 2943.
http://octrainguy.com/Prr2943b-may03.jpg

All Southern Secondary photos can be found at http://octrainguy.com/gallery-menu.html

[chuchubob]

Yo trainguy -

Re: your photo of GP40-2 #4423 http://octrainguy.com/Mar2803-1.jpg:

I photographed her yesterday from a River LINE train in Pavonia Yard, Camden, coupled to 4428.

http://community.webshots.com/photo/111 ... 1802wzzoya

Here are additional Blue photos that I got on that ride:

http://community.webshots.com/photo/111 ... 1330kSbdKY

http://community.webshots.com/photo/111 ... 2277AgTlnx

http://community.webshots.com/photo/111 ... 2735ogBQGy

And this is the train from which I snapped the photos: http://community.webshots.com/photo/118 ... 3979UkjaTV

[OCtrainguy]

Bob, thanks for sharing the photos. Looks like another ride on NJT's River Line is in order to see the CSX SD45-2s while still wearing their Conrail paint!

[nolifeCRchaser]

With everyone wishing Conrail a happy birthday and showing their Conrail pics, I am surprised that no one has showed a picture of this unit.


If the pic does not show go to the link
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=49040

[chuchubob]

I am surprised that no one has showed a picture of this unit.

Click on OCtrainguy's next-to-the bottom link three posts above yours.