A single unit leads a short ELOI off the line from Meadville and onto the Southern Tier.
Everyone was after the last D&H (Guilford) trains that were running underneath the viaduct at the time, but CR and NYSW would usually put a couple trains across the viaduct too.
6571 sits in front of a sea of Conrail blue.
Kodachrome 200 scan.
Nee VGN, ex-NH, ex-PC
I wish there were some of these hauling freight today.
Ex-PC
They were everywhere and after fits and starts, CR had them looking pretty good.
Headed southbound to the Louisville area this daily train was kind enough to allow a slow chase. Kodachrome 200.
The "Southern Tier" ex-EL line was the "red-headed stepchild" on Conrail and a few low priority trains rattled over the sub par track in those days.
Nice example of the type.
Conrail finally figured it out, railroad-wise and paint scheme-wise and of course they went away. The sill stripe made the paint job.
Ex-Penn Central
A pair of newer SD-40-2s bracket a pair of older ex PC units on an Eastbound descending thru the curve.
