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5/8/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Norfolk Southern
Model:EMD GP50Built As:SOU 7058 (GP50)
Serial Number:786251-42Order No:786251
Frame Number:786251-42Built:11/1980
Notes:Ex-SOU, Rebuilt to GP33ECO 4720
Other locos with this serial:  NS 4720(GP33ECO) SOU 7058(GP50) NS 7058(GP50)
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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)
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