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GP-7 |
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Conrail's GP-7's came from Jersey Central, Erie Lackawanna, Penn Central, and Reading Company, placing the units in series CR 5600-5999. In the 1970's Conrail began rebuilding their GP-7's into improved GP-8's. (New Photos: Dec 10, 2004) |
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GP-8 |
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Beginning in the 1970's, Conrail started rebuilding their aging GP-7 fleet into 1,500hp GP-8's in series CR 5400-5462. These units generally saw yard and local service until their retirement in the late 1980's. (New Photos: Aug 27, 2004) |
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GP-9 |
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Conrail's fleet of GP-9's came from Penn Central, Erie Lackawanna, and Lehigh Valley. They took series CR 7000-7559 In the 1970's, Conrail began rebuilding their GP-9's into improved GP-10's. (New Photos: Oct 7, 2007) |
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GP-9B |
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Penn Central was the only Conrail predecessor to own the cabless GP-9B. Used to increase traction, the GP-9B (CR 3800-3839) was interesting but didn't survive beyond 1980, when CR quickly retired them. (New Photos: Feb 25, 2005) |
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GP-10 |
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Between 1976 and 1979, Conrail rebuilt their aging GP-9's into 1,800hp GP-10's (CR 7513-7597). They generally saw yard and local service until CR retired the last of the fleet in 1997. (New Photos: Nov 18, 2007) |
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GP-15-1 |
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Conrail was the largest Class 1 railroad in North America to own the 1,500hp GP-15-1 road switcher, with 100 units arriving on the system in late 1979 and being assigned series CR 1600-1699. (New Photos: Oct 7, 2007) |
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GP-18 |
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Conrail received only four GP-18's from the Lehigh Valley (LV 302-305) and assigned them to the series CR 7496-7499. Standardizing their roster, Conrail retired all four units during the early 1980's. (New Photos: Jul 7, 2005) |
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GP-20 |
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Conrail received only 13 GP-20's from the Penn Central (x-NYC) and assigned them series CR 2100-2112. These orphan locomotives remained in active duty until CR retired them in 1985. (New Photos: Nov 26, 2006) |
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GP-30 |
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Conrail inherited their GP-30's from Reading Company and Penn Central as CR 2100-2249. During the 1980's, CR retired, stored, reactivated, and stored them again. They left the roster in the early 1990's. (New Photos: Nov 24, 2006) |
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GP-35 |
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Conrail inherited their GP-35's from Reading Company, Erie Lackawanna, and the Penn Central. Conrail assigned these locomotives to the series CR 2250-2399 and 3620-3692. (New Photos: Dec 17, 2007) |
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GP-38 |
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The Penn Central and the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines gave Conrail all of its GP-38 road switchers. Though they began in a different series, they eventually took most of series CR 7600-7939. (New Photos: Oct 7, 2007) |
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GP-38AC |
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Conrail inherited their fleet of four 2,000hp GP-38AC's from the Lehigh Valley and assigned them to the series CR 7656-7659. These units remained in service until the end of Conrail. (New Photos: Jul 12 2005) |
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GP-38-2 |
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Conrail inherited 223 GP-38-2's from Penn Central, but government gave Lehigh Valley's geeps to the D&H. Between 1977 and 1979, Conrail purchased new GP-38-2's. They took CR 7940-8281. (New Photos: Apr 25, 2006) |
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GP-40 |
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Conrail's GP-40's came from Penn Central as well as newly purchased units, assigning them series CR 3000-3274. By 1995, Conrail retired and sold off all their GP-40's except one (CR 3264). (New Photos: Jul 18, 2005) |
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GP-40-2 |
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The GP-40-2's (CR 3275-3403) came from the Reading Company and several orders of new units between 1977 and 1980. Conrail used these engines primarily for fast, light freights, such as intermodals. (New Photos: Dec 24, 2005) |
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