A pair of former Conrail SD80MACs spliced with a former Conrail SD70MAC lead a southbound loaded coal train down the Popes Creek Secondary.

A westbound Conrail trailer/train with two SD80MACs 4102 and 4113 at East Syracuse, New York.

A pair of former Conrail SD80MACs pull a loaded coal train south on CSX's inherited Popes Creek Secondary for the powerplant at Chalk Point, MD. Scanned from print negative.

Fresh from completion at Juniata Shops in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Conrail SD80MACs 4104 and 4102 are put to the test with a nearly 20,000-ton coal train in snowy conditions. The pair stalled at Ga... (more)

Its always nice to see SD80MACs still clicking away the miles and especially when they are leading a hot intermodal train such as 21E seen here in Emsworth, PA.

Norfolk Southern C90 pulls up to "SUMMIT" on the South Fork Secondary with two SD80MAC's leading. 101 empty "coal buckets" are sandwiched between two sets of SD80MAC units. Thr... (more)

A late running 38A, with a pair of SD80MAC's for power, crosses Amtrak's Susquehanna River bridge.

It's 1055 as 34A with a pair of consecutively numbered SD80MAC's and a healthy train, is south on Amtrak crossing the Gunpowder River, and approaching GUNPOW interlocking.

Eastbound with loaded coal train at mp 143.

NS 7226 makes a second appearance on the Lehigh Line in three days. On Saturday the 11th this former Conrail SD80MAC led 212 from Atlanta to Croxton Yard. Here it is seen leading 20K from Chicag... (more)

When Conrail SD80MACs were new, they were often assigned to trains OIPI and PIOI which traversed the Lehigh Line enroute between Conway Yard (Pittsburgh, PA) and Oak Island Yard (Newark, NJ). Und... (more)

The Super Bowl Sunday edition of 211 rushes through Gainesville with a former Conrail (and later CSX) SD80MAC leading the way to Atlanta.

NS 211 comes by Kings Mountain on a cold and windy February morning. We have one of only 29 SD80MAC's that NS owns. NS 7222 started out life as CR 4113 then after the split up of CR it became CSX ... (more)

Just Another Day on the Job

NS 7200 was waiting for the switch to be lined an locked, having just stored a cut of its train in the ROSE yard (left) while a new crew comes on duty for... (more)

285 passes the stub track east of Renick behind SD80MAC 7226. In the past, this track continued for a few thousand feet to the west and there was a loader where coal from nearby mines was transfer... (more)