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Pictures of CR 6497
 
Owner: Conrail
Model:EMD SD40-2Built As:CR 6497 (SD40-2)
Serial Number:786193-15Order No:786193
Frame Number:786193-15Built:8/1979
Other locos with this serial:  CSX 8855(SD40-2) CR 6497(SD40-2)
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DABU crosses the Chemung
Title:  DABU crosses the Chemung
Description:  DABU behind a mix of CR and UP power crosses the Chemung River at Elmira with 113 auto racks on a hazy Saturday. UP 3942 is a former MKT unit
Photo Date:  8/28/1993  Upload Date: 3/4/2012 5:00:28 AM
Location:  Elmira, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6497(SD40-2) UP 3942(SD40-2) CR 6508(SD40-2)
Views:  788   Comments: 0
Slowing for a crew change
Title:  Slowing for a crew change
Description:  DABU rolls through BD, passing SLN 5, and will make a crew change at the Conrail yard office under Chenango St, then head for Buffalo with the recrewed SLN 5-CPs 255-following. A UP unit is mid consist, lending some effort ro DABUs 113 cars. The signals at right control the interlocking at BD on the CP side. The tracks there were once the Lackawanna main to Scranton and Hoboken.
Photo Date:  8/28/1993  Upload Date: 1/16/2015 3:01:01 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6497(SD40-2) UP 3942(SD40-2) CR 6508(SD40-2)
Views:  651   Comments: 0
DABU with a visitor
Title:  DABU with a visitor
Description:  DABU rolls past the landmark Teds Busy Market in Waverly with a UP visitor in consist.
Photo Date:  8/28/1993  Upload Date: 1/14/2015 1:46:54 AM
Location:  Waverly, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6497(SD40-2) UP 3942(SD40-2) CR 6508(SD40-2)
Views:  774   Comments: 1

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