RailPictures.Net Photo: CR3129 Conrail EMD GP40 at Palmerton, Pennsylvania by Paul F. De Luca

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» Conrail (more..)
» EMD GP40 (more..)

» Unknown
» Palmerton, Pennsylvania, USA (more..)
» July 09, 1978

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» CR3129 (more..)
» Unknown

» Paul F. De Luca (more..)
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This CR freight is running on former CNJ trackage in the Lehigh River valley just south of the Lehigh Gap. The lead loco, CR3129, was later acquired by the DRGW, and the New Jersey Zinc plant here looks more like a model RR backdrop than a future superfund site.

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