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The Lehigh & Hudson River was the only railroad to contribute the C-420 to Conrail in 1976, with a total of 6 units from a total of 9. The units lacked dynamic brakes, rode on AAR Type-B trucks, and full classification lights. From personal experience, most if not all of the units stayed on the eastern portion of the system, based out of terminals such as Bethlehem, PA, and Warwick, NY. Former L&HR 21 was eventually repainted blue and renumbered CR 2072, but only got CR initials on the nose and no logo.These repaint rosters are my attempt to discover how long a predecessor ran in its original paint scheme and when Conrail painted it blue for the first time. All dates listed are the earliest and latest the unit was seen in that paint scheme. Dates often change as new photos are examined. If I know for certain that a date is the absolute earliest or latest, then I mention this in the notes. This is a constant work in progress aimed at helping those of us who model the transition era get our consists looking reasonably accurate for blue, stenciled, and original paint scheme ratios.
Latest Earliest Latest Earliest
CR # Former # Former Stencils Stencils Blue Note
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2072 LHR 21 -------- 10/??/77* -------- 04/23/78*
2073 LHR 23 -------- 03/01/77 ******** ********
2074 LHR 24 -------- 02/12/77* ******** ********
2075 LHR 27 -------- -------- ******** ********
2076 LHR 28 07/24/76 08/01/76 ******** ******** 1
2077 LHR 29 -------- 05/??/78* ******** ********
Roster Notes:* = Roster photo of unit in this scheme available on class' photo page. A. Engine spotted stored in CR stencils by latest date listed. B. Engine spotted in deadline in CR stencils by latest date listed. C. Engine spotted stored in original predecessor paint and numbers by latest date listed. D. Engine spotted stored though fully repainted in Conrail colors. Still looking for date loco had been repainted while still in service. 1. At least in 1976, photos show that Conrail did not paint out the L&HR logo on the nose, which was horribly faded, but did paint out the side logos. |
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