On a gray winter day, the crew of a westbound train of company materials slows to meet an eastbound at Gold Ridge. This service seems an early demotion for not quite four-year-old 8579, assisted ... (more)

Ex.Conrail C39-8, PN 8212, backs SD40-2W 5342 and the rest of L160 into the siding in Hatfield after picking up the cars from ESPN in Telford, Pa.

Pennsylvania Northeastern L160 is led by an ex.Conrail C39-8, PN 8212, on its way back east after trading cars with ESPN in Telford, Pa.

An old and beat up C39-8E is among the interesting locomotives scene at Norfolk Southern's Juniata Shops in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Also of note is the yard slug and the road slug wearing the green... (more)

CSX, ex CR C39-8 7486 leads a GP40-2 and BNSF SD40-2 on Q617 at Union City, Georgia while passing Stonewall Connection in November 2003. (Slide Scan)

The scheduled meet. The SEPTA road train meets the New Hope & Ivyland Railroad “Shoppers Special” on the platform at Warminster, PA on the morning of October 16, 2011. The crew chats while pas... (more)

Two former Conrail soldiers rest side by side in Pennsylvania Northeastern's Lansdale yard.

A former Conrail C39-8 leads two former C&O SD40-2s east through Manville. The CSX units were out of place on the Lehigh Line post-Conrail split, but they made for a more interesting consist. It... (more)

New Conrail GE C39-8 Nos. 6008 and 6012 sit at the locomotive facility of Burlington Northern’s Clyde Yard in Cicero, Illinois, on August 10, 1986. Conrail purchased 22 C39-8s in the summer of 1... (more)

One-month-old Conrail C39-8 6009 leads an eastbound train through Geissingers, Pennsylvania. Geissingers is just east of East Penn Junction on the former Lehigh Valley main line.

A 32-year-old former Conrail C39-8 soldiers on in freight service for the Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad.

Q617 drifts through downtown Fairburn, Georgia on CSX's A&WP/WofA Sub as C39-8 7486 leads the trip with a GP40-2 and BNSF SD40-2. (Slide Scan)

CSX C39-8 7486 leads a GP40-2 and HLCX SD40-2 on the day's Q617 as it drifts down the main at the North End of Fairburn, Georgia while Q614 stands in the siding with run through consist from UP. ... (more)

NS 119 shines the rails of the Atlanta South District with C39-8 8613 leading north of Jackson, Georgia in April 2002. (Slide Scan)