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Conrail, ex-Penn Central EMD SW1500, #9520 works #1 yard at Readville, Ma. Sept/78, 2 years into Conrail!





Conrail EMD SW1500, #9531 idles at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.





Conrail, ex-Reading, EMD SW900m, #8709 idles at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She's one of just 21 of this model.



   
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Dave Coleman from Buffalo, New York sent this picture of Conrail, GE, C40-8W #6183 and EMD SD60# 6823, leading TV202, through snow-covered Newark, NY, east of Rochester, in March 1998. Photo by Ian Murray.





Conrail Train, ML 482 (multiple Levels) is passing under a highway bridge at the west end of Framingham's Nevins Yard. She's on the Boston Main and will back into the yard. The power will stay at Framingham for the night.



This is a closer shot of Multiple-Level train, ML 482 entering Nevins Yard, Framingham. MA, from the west.



Conrail, GE, B23-7 # 1981, in charge of local freight WARE1, decends, through Readville station, track 5, onto the Northeast Corridor. She'll go into Yard #5, turn the train then head onto the NEC for Stoughton.



WARE1, with GE, B23-7 #1981 glides down MBTA track 5, towards the Northeast Corridor, at Readville MA She's headed to Stoughton this date, via the Northeast Corridor.



Train WARE1, heads west on track #1, through Readville Station, proudly displaying GE, B23-7 #1981. She'll go to CP "Read" then head west to Stoughton, via Canton Jct.



Former Penn Central, nee' New Haven EMD GP9 poses as Conrail 7280 as she works the General Foods lead in Readville's #5 Yard in October 1977. The Railbox 50 footer is loaded with cereal. GF is no longer here.



Framingham switcher, YAFR2, with GE, B23-7 #1976 amidships, takes corn syrup cars to Amaizo in Nevins Yard and empty covered hoppers from Hostess Cake into Nevins yard for tomorrow's train FRSE to Selkirk



The old track configuration (pre 1978) into Readville's #2 yard from the Franklin Branch. Conrail Train VP4 works at the interlocking in 8/1977.





Dave Coleman sent this picture, scanned from a slide, of Conrail U23C's 6900 and 6901, at Stanley Yard in July 1987.



2250 horsepower, General Electric B23-7 #1974, sits in yard #1 at Readville MA in 1980.



Two EMD GP38's and a GE B23-7 spend a quiet summer Sunday in Yard #1 at Readville.



Two years into Conrail, a variety of black and blue paint schemes, including brand-new GP40-2 #3340, are lined up at Beacon Park enginehouse 1978.



Conrail, ex-Penn Central, nee' New Haven, GP9 #7281 works Yard One as the Readville Switcher YARE1 in October 1978.



Two GE B23-7 engines sit in yard #1 at Readville, MA in August 1978. Lookin' Good!



Conrail, General Electric B23-7 #1943 is working as YARE1 in the snow, in Yard #1, Readville. 1978.



The night decends on Readville Yard. The varied power awaits the night crews, and more freight movements. 5/93



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