The essential Conrail website with photos and articles on locomotives, freight cars, and more for train enthusiasts, railfans, and model railroaders.

Website Updated
Jun 10, 2022




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Conrail Historical Society

Conrail's Onondaga Cutoff in HO Scale

Locomotives

Locomotive photos, rosters, history, and more for Conrail and its predecessor railroads from 1976 until 1999.


Consolidated Rail Corporation locomotive photos, rosters, and history
Conrail freight car photos, rosters

Rolling Stock

Conrail and its predecessor railroads may be gone, but their freight cars ran the rails for decades after, even today.


Maintenance of Way

Photos of Conrail and predecessor equipment, such as snowplows, cranes, work trains, and track gangs.


Photos of Conrail cranes, work trains, more
Scenic photos of Conrail

Trackside

Photos of Conrail operations, structures, and scenery across the system that many contributors and I have taken.


Reference Shelf

Documenting the many books, videos, and other reference materials of interest to fans of Conrail and its predecessors.


Conrail books and videos
Conrail Cabins & Cabooses

Conrail Cabins & Cabooses

Visit Tom Wolfgang's Conrail Cabins & Cabooses website. The CRCyc also has caboose photos on some gallery pages.


Latest CRCyc News

June 10, 2022


In the real world, inflation is hitting like it did in the 1970s and early-1980s. I've been thinking how Conrail was formed from bankrupt railroads during the 1970's recession.

I liked the 1970s. I was a kid/teenager nuts about trains, with few responsibilities. I scrounged for cameras, mowed lawns to buy film, and road my bike to watch this new railroad called Conrail.

Eventually, railfanning became an escape from the troubles at home. In the 1990s, however, railfanning became a family--my own family--activity. It remains so.

Today, I take photos and videos with my new Samsung cell phone, which blows away every film camera I've ever owned. Plus, no more buying film nor rationalizing every shot I take. We are so spoiled. I wish we had this luxury in the 1970s!

As the Conrail bumper sticker back then used to read: "Keep on Truckin'...by Train."

If you have any comments about the CRCyc or want to help with photos, drop me a quick email.

I love hearing from folks who use the site.

--Bob