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| Title: |
556 with Chessie power |
| Description: |
Train 556 just west of Allentown en route to Philadelphia and a CSX connection behind a mix of Chessie and NS power. |
| Photo Date: |
7/7/1990 Upload Date: 12/31/2011 1:04:37 AM |
| Location: |
Alburtis, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSX 6149(GP40-2) CSX 6784(GP40) |
| Views: |
671 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Different |
| Description: |
The D&H, as a condition of the Conrail merger, got access to a number of points in the northeast to foster some level of competition. One of them was Potomac Yard in Alexandria VA, which served to make connections with Southern, now NS, and Chessie, as well as the RF&P. All those would eventually go into CSX. Power from the connections ran through, so it was not unusual to see CSX and NS component diesels on RPPY and PYRP. We see RPPY heading for Virginia on the ex Reading, with the usual CSX and NS power, among them an ex SCL GP 40. It was a daily event, but decidedly different from the steady diet of blue provided by Conrail. |
| Photo Date: |
7/8/1990 Upload Date: 1/16/2016 2:50:00 AM |
| Location: |
Alburtis, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSX 6149(GP40-2) CSX 6784(GP40) CSX 6045(GP40-2) NS 7058(GP50) CSX 6536(GP40) |
| Views: |
678 Comments: 2 |
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