An interesting addition of a CR under the cab number as well as on the hood. An NW2M.
Location: Elkhart, IN
Photo Date: ?-78
Photographer: Robert Morrow     Added: March 13, 2004

A former Penn Central NW2M. Not sure what was modified on these units. Note the unusual placement of the 'Conrail' above the logo.
Location: Utica, NY
Photo Date: ?-78
Photographer: Steve Hunter     Added: May 12, 2000

Location: Conway, PA
Photo Date: 12-3-84
Photographer: Dave Hamilton     Added: May 11, 2025

Detroit Terminal Railroad joined Conrail on October 1, 1981. They owned several NW2's and one SW7. Conrail renumbered the NW2's 9195-9199 and 9297-9300. The SW7 was renumbered 8835. Detroit Terminal NW2 104 awaits its new number after becoming property of Conrail.
Location: Cleveland, OH (Collinwood Yard)
Photo Date: 10-17-81     Added: January 8, 2008
Photographer: Roger Durfee

Over a year after the formation of Conrail, and EL 401 NW2M is still in its Erie Lackawanna sceheme.
Location: Linden, NJ (Stiles Street)
Photo Date: 5-29-77
Photographer: Joe Testagrose     Added: October 23, 2020

EL 401 NW2M has gotten Conrail stencils and has been renumbered as CR 9209.
Location: Elmira, NY
Photo Date: Unknown
Photographer: Harry Scholz     Added: September 16, 1998

Former EL 402
Location: Elmira, NY
Photo Date: Unknown
Photographer: Harry Scholz     Added: September 16, 1998

NW2M EL 404 along with other Erie Lackawanna NW2M's are still in their original paint and numbers.
Location: Croxton, NJ
Photo Date: 2-6-77
Photographer: Joe Testagrose     Added: October 23, 2020

It September 1977, and former EL 404 finally has been stenciled and renumbered as CR 9211.
Location: Croxton, NJ
Photo Date: 9-19-77
Photographer: Joe Testagrose     Added: October 23, 2020

CR 9211( former EL 404) is switching cars in Hoboken.
Location: Hoboken, NJ
Photo Date: 10-16-77
Photographer: Joe Testagrose     Added: October 23, 2020

The forward cab windows plated up and in a new blue scheme, former EL 412 is working Allentown.
Location: Allentown, PA
Photo Date: 6-84
Photographer: Reed Estabrook     Added: February 19, 2005

Location: Croxton, NJ
Photo Date: 7-16-77
Photographer: Joe Testagrose     Added: October 23, 2020

A month after Conrail, and Erie Lackawanna NW2M 420 is switching cars. I like the good looking Penn Central boxcar in the photo.
Location: Croxton, NJ
Photo Date: 5-3-76
Photographer: Joe Testagrose     Added: October 23, 2020

A fully repainted former EL NW2. Conrail plated over the hood windows during the repainting process.
Location: Unknown
Photo Date: 5-1-77
Photographer: Joe Testagrose     Added: October 23, 2020

Location: Hoboken, NJ
Photo Date: 5-15-80
Photographer: Joe Testagrose     Added: October 23, 2020

Location: Croxton, NJ
Photo Date: 7-17-76
Photographer: Joe Testagrose     Added: October 23, 2020

Former EL 445.
Location: Elmira, NY
Photo Date: Unknown
Photographer: Harry Scholz     Added: September 16, 1998

Former CNJ 1060 sits with a Conrail caboose.
Location: Linden, NJ
Photo Date: 8-23-80
Photographer: Joe Testagrose     Added: October 23, 2020

Former LV 180 sitting outside the Scranton Diesel Shop. John notes the steam-era headlight without number boards.
Location: Scranton, PA
Photo Date: Unknown
Photographer: John Durant     Added: November 24, 1998

This unit did not escape the paint-out brush for long when this photo was snapped at the roundhouse. Still, the crews did a careful job not to disturb too much of the paint. It was very difficult for many paint-crews to "destroy" their own locos with CR stencils. LV crews seem to have been the best at using the least amount of paint to block out their logos.
Location: Allentown, PA
Photo Date: 6-19-77
Photographer: Arnie Morscher     Added: October 23, 2020

A fully repainted version of the xLV 9244 above. It looks as if the locomotive is pretty much identical. Note how this unit didn't get the full Conrail logo.
Location: Phillipsburg, NJ
Photo Date: 3-5-78
Photographer: Joe Testagrose     Added: August 21, 2000

Taken only a couple months after the Conrail merger, this unit still has its original maroon scheme and lettering.
Location: Elizabethport, NJ
Photo Date: 6-23-77
Photographer: Arnie Morscher     Added: June 11, 2000

In its CR stencils, Conrail NW2M #9251 sits under the unusual sand tower at Frankford Junction.
Location: Philadelphia, PA (Frankford Jct)
Photo Date: 4-78
Photographer: Joe Testagrose     Added: March 12, 2020

CR 9253 (former PC 8658) works Frankford Junction.
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Photo Date: 2-84
Photographer: John Bondura     Added: June 4, 2002

Dead line. PC never bothered to paint out the PRR logo, just slap the PC logo on the hood. CR never bothered to paint out the logos, just slapped their numbers on it. No CR logo to be found. Former PC 8664, PRR. Built 1948.
Location: Rutherford, PA
Photo Date: ?-84
Photographer: Robert Waller     Added: May 27, 1998

Location: Hartford, CT
Photo Date: 4-79
Photographer: Carl Weber     Added: November 18, 2007

Location: Hartford, CT
Photo Date: 4-79
Photographer: Carl Weber     Added: November 18, 2007

Location: Hartford, CT
Photo Date: 4-79
Photographer: Carl Weber     Added: November 18, 2007

CR 9267 is former PC 8689.
Location: Wilmington, DE
Photo Date: 5-14-77
Photographer: Joe Testagrose     Added: October 23, 2020

Former Penn Central unit at rest.
Location: Elizabethport, NJ
Photo Date: 7-78
Photographer: Bob Dobrowolski     Added: September 10, 1999

CR 9289 (ex-PC 8800) sits in long-term storage with its battery boxes and hood doors secured.
Location: Enola, PA
Photo Date: 5-86
Photographer: Ralph Molesworth     Added: June 3, 2015

This is an unusual stencil job. Someone applied the CR stencil to this former Penn Central (New York Central) NW2M but did not renumber the locomotive, leaving the old PC cab numbers in place. On page 210 of Penn Central Power there is a photo of 8806 from 1971 still in its New York Central scheme. However, it looks just like it does here six years later. My guess is that Penn Central never got around to repainting this unit, and Conrail left it go as well. A very unusual find!
Location: Linden, NJ
Photo Date: 5-29-77
Photographer: Joe Testagrose     Added: October 23, 2020

Locos were on the storage line in Altoona.
Location: Altoona, PA
Photo Date: 6-9-82
Photographer: Brian Thompson     Added: October 23, 1998

Another of the few DT NW2's, though this one was in service when Roger snapped it.
Location: Cleveland, OH
Photo Date: 10-17-81
Photographer: Roger Durfee     Added: November 17, 2004