Nostalgia & History > Conrail action from 1993

CONRAIL 5013 B36-7 at MP 75 North East, Pa 8-19-1993

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Always liked the CR GE's like this one. Looks like another 4 axle GE trailing. Probably one of the B40-8's. They sounded good too. Nice shot. Ben

Question. Whose former line is this? It's not Pennsy. And even though
there are GRS3 signals, the masts don't look like NYC, which, as far as
I know, was the only Conrail component to use those signals. Very curious.

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA

Ex NYC. The NKP was the other player here in North East, Pa. Ben

There are still plenty of these brackets across Ohio and Indiana on the old NYC but they are slowly being replaced as are the signals themselves.

ntharalson Wrote:
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> Question. Whose former line is this? It's not
> Pennsy. And even though
> there are GRS3 signals, the masts don't look like
> NYC, which, as far as
> I know, was the only Conrail component to use
> those signals. Very curious.
>
> Nick Tharalson,
> Marion, IA

The masts are ex NYC.. The main line is all ex NYC which is the Water Level Route from Chicago to Selkirk, NY then on to the River Line to New York City and Jersey points..

CR6444 Wrote:
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> ntharalson Wrote:
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> > Question. Whose former line is this? It's not
> > Pennsy. And even though
> > there are GRS3 signals, the masts don't look
> like
> > NYC, which, as far as
> > I know, was the only Conrail component to use
> > those signals. Very curious.
> >
> > Nick Tharalson,
> > Marion, IA
>
> The masts are ex NYC.. The main line is all ex NYC
> which is the Water Level Route from Chicago to
> Selkirk, NY then on to the River Line to New York
> City and Jersey points..

Thanks for all the answers. I wasn't sure where this
was in PA, hence the question. Those masts seemed to
be common in the east. NKP and D&H seemed to have
similar styles.

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA