Eastern Railroad Discussion > Conrail H/U sneaks up on me

2 light engines heade north up NS Piedmont Division at Paris, SC today. Came in on 371 from Chattanooga.

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371 was sitting just south of Greenville for most of the morning, with no crew. I heard the 20D power sometime around 2PM but didn't catch the engine number... I'll probably see it tomorrow in North Charleston.

Cool photo!
Dan

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Conrail is on 20D

Send it my way on the Chicago Line. Would make my dads day to see this one again.

Out of all 20, this one is the only one actually tracked by me. My wife can even attest to this.

Michael Fair
Royal Oak, MI



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/23/20 23:05 by bath_wildcat.

It is on 237 Charleston to Atlanta. Probably goes back to Charleston on 238 but anything can happen.

salrwy Wrote:
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> It is on 237 Charleston to Atlanta. Probably goes
> back to Charleston on 238 but anything can happen.

I didn't go back to look for 237 last night, but assume you're right. Just don't know how many days it will take...

238 is now nothing more than a glorified long distance local.What used to take 2 crews to get from Inman to Charlestton now sometimes takes 4 crews. We used to be able to rely on seeing 238 in CHS between 10AM and 1 PM, now it's getting in after 8 PM. 

Stacks up front leaving Austell (previously Inman), manifest on the rear (picked up someplace in GA). Switching in Greenville, and sometimes Hayne. I saw it in Monday in Greenville around 9 AM, didn't catch it leaving until about 1 PM (when it should have been in CHS!). And presumably it had a PSR pickup in Columbia too. 

The recent NS decisions are starting to remind me of the early Conrail era "management" around 1977...