A 5-section Conrail spine car for 53' trailers. This section is transporting a J.B. Hunt trailer.
Location: Harrisburg, PA
Photo Date: ?-96
Photographer: John Becker     Added: September 4, 1998

Another section of CR 790075.
Location: Harrisburg, PA
Photo Date: ?-96
Photographer: John Becker     Added: September 4, 1998

Conrail did not have a large fleet of articulated spine cars. Those they had were for 53' trailers and wore the Quality paint scheme. (Only TTX owned the 48' 5-section spine cars.) Each section of the car was designated as A, B, C, D, or E. The A and B sections were on opposite ends of the car. This A section of CR 790083 is transporting a UPS trailer on TV-79 (Boston, MA - Chicago-Englewood, IL. TV-79 was a mixed TOFC (trailer-on-flar-car) and COFC (containter-on-flat-car) train. In the 1990's, UPS did not place any UPS logos on their intermodal trailers, fearing that thieves would recognize their trailers on a stationary train and break into them. This had been a problem at the time, which is why Conrail created the Trailvan trailer CRZ 204022 to use in sting operations. A photo of CRZ 204022 can be found on the Trailvan page.
Location: Selkirk, NY
Photo Date: 12-97
Photographer: Robert Russell     Added: February 28, 1999

The B section of CR 790083, with a J.B. Hunt trailer.
Location: Selkirk, NY
Photo Date: 12-97
Photographer: Robert Russell     Added: February 28, 1999

The C section of CR 790083 with a UPS trailer.
Location: Selkirk, NY
Photo Date: 12-97
Photographer: Robert Russell     Added: February 28, 1999

The D section of CR 790083. with a UPS trailer.
Location: Selkirk, NY
Photo Date: 12-97
Photographer: Robert Russell     Added: February 28, 1999

he E section of CR 790083, with a TIP trailer.
Location: Selkirk, NY
Photo Date: 12-97
Photographer: Robert Russell     Added: February 28, 1999

Between 1986 and 1987, Gunderson built a number of Twin-Stack well cars for Conrail, placing the cars in series CR 795100-795109. Even though this car is part of that series, it was purchased from Greenbrier. The "A" car is the first car in a string of five articulated cars, all carrying the same car number.
Location: Harrisburg, PA
Photo Date: 8-94
Photographer: John Becker     Added: June 19, 2000

This particular car is part of the series CR 795110-795114, which were acquired secondhand from Greenbrier (GBRX marks). Here's what they were: CR 795110 ex GBRX 2020 (blt 5-86), CR 795111 ex GBRX 2052 (blt 5-86), CR 795112 ex GBRX 2100 (blt 2-87), CR 795113 ex GBRX 6806 (blt 2-87), CR 795114 ex GBRX 2026 (blt 5-86). This info is from David Casdorph's Double Stack Data Book.
Location: Columbus, OH (Bukeye Yard)
Photo Date: 6-95
Photographer: John Becker     Added: September 4, 1998