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B23-7 heaven! Readville yard between shifts on a nice summer day. Engine 2020 peeks through the gaps.




Conrail, EMD SD60M #5521 idles at Beacon Park enginehouse. She's fresh off of TV6. The EMD "M" cab is the BEST design out there. Gentle tapering to the front makes her look muscular. Designed by GM Truck Div. Pretty!



Side view of the cab of EMD SD60M #5521, at Beacon Park Enginehouse, Allston (Boston), Ma.



Nice angles from the various structures in this shot, frame train WARE1 as it passes under the Sprague Street Bridge, Readville, MA.



I'm atop the tunnel portals for the State Line Tunnel, eastern gateway to the Selkirk Secondary Track to Selkirk, NY yard.




EMD SD60M #5562, idles at Nevins' Yard in Framingham, Ma. on the Conrail Boston Line. (CP22)




Long line-up of first generation and second generation Conrail power at Readville yard. They're waiting for the Amtrak train at the left (distance) to clear "transfer" before departing for Providence with train VP4




Rear view of EMD, SD80mac illustrates the enormity of the cooling radiators!



Conrail, ex-Penn Central, Nee' New Haven, EMD GP-9 #7284 is at Readville Yard in 8/77. PC rebuilt her, removed her steamboiler and renumbered her to a more freight-like series of 7200's



ex-Penn Central/ New York Central, EMD GP20M (rebuilt and Turbo charger removed)sits at Readville Yard in 8/77. She's Conrail blue, sans logos and lettering. Note the air-filter boxes at the roof, behind the inertial Air filter. She kept her 2000 HP rating, by fuel rack settings!




Conrail ex-PC/NH EMD, GP9 #7293 works at Readville Yard. This is one handsome locomotive!



Here is a rear view of Conrail GP20M #2103, at Readville in 1977.





A handsome line-up of Conrail power sits, idling in Readville Yard #1 in 1976. This is the power for train VP-4 from Providence.



Conrail, ex-Penn Central, nee New Haven, EMD GP9 #7290 idles in Readville Yard #1 in 1976.



Power for train VP4 sits idling on track "lower 6" in Yard #1, Readville in 1976.



Retired Conrail GP9 #7006, an ex-pennsy freight unit enjoys life at the State Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg.



I'm in the fireman's reat, enjoying the view from EMD SW1500 #9520, while engineer Dick "Rapid Fire" Foley takes her down the "clear alley" in Readville Yard. 8/75.



Immaculate Conrail, EMD SD80MACs, lead by #4102 runs eastbound on track Nevins 5 in the yard at Framingham, MA. It's train ML482. The limo (right) awaits the crew for the drive back to Selkirk NY.



Conrail, EMD SD40-2 #6476 is serving as a switcher to take ML482's Multiple Level cars from Nevins Yard to the CP yard for unloading or transfer to Westboro. 6476 was cut from the ML482 power for assignment at Framingham.



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