Nostalgia & History > Conrail under wire, 1981

1. Three Conrail E44s, led by 4402, are on a S/B Potomac Yard bound freight as they pass through Amtrak's Baltimore-Washington International Airport station on the Northeast Corridor. 1:48PM on 1/25/81 in BWI Station, MD.

2. A unit coal train for the Morgantown Power plant in southern Maryland has come off of the Port Road at Perryville and is making its way down Amtrak's Northeast Corridor at Oak interlocking. Conrail B23-7-1944 is on the point. 3:12PM on 3-15-81 in Havre de Grace, MD.

3. A Conrail "U Boat" trio (U25B-2635, U28B-2861 & a U23B) is S/B on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor as seen from CR's Orangeville engine terminal. The B&O/CSX bridge above the train was replaced in 2016. 2:03PM on 3-22-81 in East Baltimore, MD.

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Love that first image !!

Those E-44s sure looked good.
—Mac

Photo one is a scene to treasure.
Bob

What does the new CSX bridge look like?

Nice trio. Like the GE trio.

Thanks for those!

Greg Stadter
Phoenix, AZ

Great set !
Really like the third one.
Gary

CPR4000,
A simple through plate girder span. Nothing elegant.
gonut