SD40-2 Locomotive Photos | Conrail Cyclopedia

CR 6362

Conrail favored SD40-2's as helpers at Horseshoe Curve. Looks like the tie replacement program has started as well. When Conrail was formed in 1976, the physical plant of most of the railroads was horrible due to deferred maintenance.
Location: Horseshoe Curve, PA
Photo Date: 11-77
Photographer: Joe Testagrose Added: June 1, 2020

CR 6362

Conrail SD40-2 6362 has been in its updated safety scheme for a while as noted by its white sidesills, but its numberboards remain the original black background with white numerals.
Location: Altoona, PA
Photo Date: 8-18-95
Photographer: Dave Trenn Added: July 17, 2021

CR 6367

CR 6367 lead a repainted SD45 and third unit.
Location: Cleveland, OH
Photo Date: 6-16-80
Photographer: Joe Testagrose Added: June 1, 2020

CR 6373

This unit was repainted into the Quality scheme as of August 5, 1995.
Location: East Conway, PA
Photo Date: 5-92
Photographer: Rich Shirey Added: March 26, 2004

CR 6373

Another shot of CR 6373 from the back of the unit, showing the logo on the end.
Location: Altoona, PA
Photo Date: 5-92
Photographer: Rich Shirey Added: March 26, 2004

CR 6373

A closer shot of the logo along the long hood.
Location: Altoona, PA
Photo Date: 5-92
Photographer: Rich Shirey Added: March 26, 2004

CR 6373

The Olympic scheme has been painted out by 1993, but the white paint is rubbing off. CR 6373 is doing helper duty on the Curve.
Location: Altoona, PA (Horseshoe Curve)
Photo Date: 9-93
Photographer: Joe Reckner Added: September 4, 1998

CR 6374

It's a gloomy day as CR 6374 leads a merchandise freight. The second unit has CR stencils, but the black paint covering the Penn Central heralds has either worn off or was never applied in the first place.
Location: Springfield, MA
Photo Date: 4-78
Photographer: Joe Testagrose Added: June 1, 2020

CR 6376

CR 6376 SD40-2 is being shuttled onto the turntable outside the Juniata shops. In the left-hand background on a flatcar is the underframe of another locomotive that the shops were building.
Location: Altoona, PA
Photo Date: 5-17-99
Photographer: Arnie Morcher Added: July 9, 2021

CR 6378

CR 6378, which has been retrofitted with ditch lights, is idling in Pittsburg on a cloudy day in 1999.
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Photo Date: 3-18-99
Photographer: Bill Waller Added: November 15, 2019

CR 6378

A closer and larger view of the front of CR 6378.
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Photo Date: 3-18-99
Photographer: Bill Waller Added: September 1, 1999

CR 6383

Location: Baltimore, MD (Bayview Yard)
Photo Date: 5-86
Photographer: Ralph Molesworth Added: April 29, 2015

CR 6383

The nose of CR 6383 as it sits in the train shed in Pittsburgh.
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Photo Date: 10-31-98
Photographer: Bill Waller Added: November 15, 2019

CR 6390

CR 6490 (Quality Scheme) is waiting for an assignment.
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Photo Date: 3-18-99
Photographer: Bill Waller Added: November 15, 2019

CR 6409

CR 6409 was one of the early SD40-2s to arrive on Conrail beginning in 1977.
Location: Detroit, MI
Photo Date: 11-19-77
Photographer: Earl Minnis Added: September 17, 2004

CR 6411

CR 6411 SD40-2 is still in its original paint scheme and looking pretty shabby. In less than two years it will get its overhaul and be repainted into the Quality scheme.
Location: Ashtabula, OH
Photo Date: 8-19-97
Photographer: Dave Trenn Added: November 4, 2019

CR 6411

Location: Ashtabula, OH
Photo Date: 3-10-99
Photographer: Dave Trenn Added: December 24, 2005

CR 6411

CR 6411 has been retrofitted with ditch lights but has not yet been repainted as above.
Location: Ashtabula, OH
Photo Date: Unknown
Photographer: Dave Trenn Added: July 24, 2004

CR 6420

The trailing unit on an eastbound through the junction on a day with difused light from high, thin clouds.
Location: Reading, PA (CP Belt)
Photo Date: 10-94
Photographer: Robert Waller Added: January 31, 2022

CR 6424

CR 6424 is the trailing unit of four on eastbound MAIL-3 at 10:10am.
Location: Wyomissing, PA
Photo Date: 4-2-96
Photographer: Robert Waller Added: August 18, 2023

CR 6425

The Quality paint may be fresh on this unit, but the logo has already been worn off on the nose. This loco was the trailing unit of eastbound XCG (Cresson, PA) hauling empty coalporters.
Location: Wyomissing, PA
Photo Date: 3-31-96
Photographer: Robert Waller Added: May 20, 2022

CR 6425

A shot from the rear of CR 6425 shows that it never got the Quality logo on the end hood. This is a common problem with at least these units in the Quality scheme. Sometimes you just have to shoot into the sun to get photos of these unusual paint jobs.
Location: Wyomissing, PA
Photo Date: 3-31-96
Photographer: Robert Waller Added: May 20, 2022

CR 6426

CR 6426 is in its original paint scheme and CR 6442 is in its Quality scheme, pulling eastbound unit autorack train ML-482 (Cleveland, OH - Framingham, MA) through Girard Township in Pennsylvannia.
Location: Girard Township, PA
Photo Date: 3-24-95
Photographer: Dave Trenn Added: November 4, 2019

CR 6427

Two SD40-2's are taking a freight on the Northeast Corridor through the Deanwood area of DC on the Landover Subdivision. Around 1982, Conrail would begin removing the electric lines.
Location: Washington, DC
Photo Date: 9-13-80
Photographer: Joe Testagrose Added: June 1, 2020

CR 6428

CR 6428 is working a trailvan run with two additional C40-8W's on the old Middle Division.
Location: Marysville, PA
Photo Date: 9-13-98
Photographer: Kevin DeGroff Added: December 17, 2002

CR 6429

For a while in 1978, Conrail SD40-2's filled in for E8's on the Broadway Limited, which would make a nice change of pace from the regular Amtrak engines.
Location: Crestline, OH
Photo Date: 3-19-78
Photographer: Arnie Morscher Added: June 4, 1999

CR 6436

Beginning in 1977, Conrail marked SD40-2's CR 6431 through CR 6464 and C30-7's CR 6600 through CR 6609 with a star. The start designated them as units participating in an operational cost comparison program.
Location: Enola, PA
Photo Date: ?-93
Photographer: Robert Russell Added: September 4, 1999

CR 6437

The Flexicoil trucks are unique to Conrail SD40-2's since all other railroads equipped their units with the newer HT-C trucks.
Location: Altoona, PA
Photo Date: ?-97
Photographer: Robert Russell Added: September 4, 1999

CR 6437

This shot shows exactly what the trucks look like, at least on the conductor's side of the locomotive.
Location: Altoona, PA
Photo Date: ?-97
Photographer: Robert Russell Added: September 4, 1999

CR 6437

Close look at the rear truck on the conductor side of 6427.
Location: Altoona, PA
Photo Date: ?-97
Photographer: Robert Russell Added: September 4, 1999

CR 6440

Slightly blurred photo to be honest. Hopefully I can replace it one day.
Location: Wyomissing, PA
Photo Date: 7-95
Photographer: Robert Waller Added: March 1, 2022

CR 6444

It had been an awesome day of railfanning on the Middle Division when CR 6444 rolled by on an eastbound freight. Judging from the splotches on the hood and trucks, somewhere along the line CR 6444 must have been behind a locomotive spewing oil. Then there is the sand covering the front trucks and fuel tank. At least the factory-applied paint has been holding up over the years.
Location: Duncannon, PA
Photo Date: 9-96
Photographer: Robert Waller Added: November 10, 2001

CR 6447

Location: Baltimore, MD
Photo Date: 9-13-80
Photographer: Joe Testagrose Added: June 1, 2020

CR 6450

Yet another Conrail paint scheme variation. Instead of the usual smaller logo, the Juniata shops applied the logo designated for GE Dash 8 Quality repaints.
Location: Unknown
Photo Date: ?-97
Photographer: Robert Russell Added: October 5, 2018

CR 6458

Location: Baltimore, MD
Photo Date: 5-86
Photographer: Ralph Molesworth Added: April 29, 2015

CR 6459

A standard Conrail SD40-2. It was teamed that day with CSX 7036 C30-7 hauling an eastbound empty coal drag. In eastern PA during the 1990's, it was common to find CSX power on regular Conrail trains. So many CSX units were on Conrail property at one point that Conrail issued a special order not to use CSX locos in switching and local service.
Location: Wyomissing, PA
Photo Date: 8-96
Photographer: Robert Waller Added: November 10, 2001

CR 6460

CR 6460 is another Quality repaint that never got the logo on the rear.
Location: Wyomissing, PA
Photo Date: 3-97
Photographer: Robert Waller Added: November 10, 2001

CR 6463

CR 6463 in its Quality scheme is working the yard as Ashtabula Harbor.
Location: Ashtabula, OH (Ashtabula Harbor Yard)
Photo Date: 8-22-95
Photographer: Dave Trenn Added: November 4, 2019

CR 6464

Conrail SD40-2 6464 leads eastbound ELBU-1 (Elkhart, IN - Buffalo, NY (Frontier)).
Location: Ashtabula, OH
Photo Date: 2-1-98
Photographer: Dave Trenn Added: July 10, 2021

CR 6464

Notice the unpainted brake wheel. CR 6464 leads a westbound freight on the Harrisburg Line next to Hersheypark.
Location: Hershey, PA
Photo Date: 6-15-99
Photographer: Robert Waller Added: November 9, 2020

CR 6470

This is a good example of an SD40-2 in the 'as-delivered' paint scheme from 1978. The door is destroyed. The black number boards have been replaced some time since 1989. A different style plow has been added, plus a 5-chime Leslie. A very unusual unit.
Location: Wyomissing, PA
Photo Date: 8-96
Photographer: Robert Waller Added: October 26, 2018

CR 6472

CR 6472 is still in its factory-applied paint scheme from 1978, except that its number boards have been replaced with the newer black numbers on white background.
Location: Wyomissing, PA
Photo Date: 10-95
Photographer: Robert Waller Added: March 17, 2022

CR 6472

CR 6472 has taken quite a punishment over the years. I took this photo and the above photo as she passed by me on an eastbound freight on the Harrisburg Line.
Location: Wyomissing, PA
Photo Date: 10-95
Photographer: Robert Waller Added: March 17, 2022

CR 6475

CR 6475 is still in its as-delivered paint scheme and looks like it. We had been chaising this eastbound since Blandon and caught up with it as it passes by us in Alburtis.
Location: Alburtis, PA
Photo Date: 10-95
Photographer: Robert Waller Added: March 17, 2022

CR 6475

A better shot of the entire CR 6475 as it does some picking up and setting off in Alburtis. The crew was friendly to my son, who was four at the time and standing next to me. (For some reason, my focus was slightly off. I applogize for that.)
Location: Alburtis, Pa
Photo Date: 10-95
Photographer: Robert Waller Added: March 17, 2022

CR 6478

This unit appears to still have its 'as-delivered' paint but has had ditch lights and new white number boards added. The nose roof is still blue. It's also suffering from oil leaks, those black splotches along the access doors. Mid-consist on NSSE (NS-Hagerstown, MD - Selkirk, NY) years before the NS acquisition.
Location: Blandon, PA (CP Blandon)
Photo Date: 2-97
Photographer: Robert Waller Added: November 13, 2001

CR 6479

Still in its as-delivered paint with original number boards, but a plow has been added to the rear pilot.
Location: Wyomissing, PA
Photo Date: 10-96
Photographer: Robert Waller Added: October 26, 2018

CR 6481

A nice clean locomotive--a rarity among SD40-2s, in the blue with white safety stripe. Trailing unit on MAIL-3 (Kearny, NJ - East St. Louis, MO).
Location: Reading, PA (CP Belt)
Photo Date: 2-2-97
Photographer: Robert Waller Added: October 26, 2018

CR 6482

Trailing unit on CAAL-4 (Camden, NJ - Allentown, PA) captured at Deka Rd. She was coupled with 6490 below. However, this is an interesting Quality scheme. Notice that the logo on the long hood is the standard Conrail logo, while the nose of 6482 has the Quality logo. I wonder what happened here?
Location: Lyons, PA
Photo Date: 6-13-99
Photographer: Robert Waller Added: October 5, 2018

CR 6482

A couple days later, we caught up with CR 6482 and CR 6490 along with CR 6223 heading westbound, capturing the other side of the unit.
Location: Hershey, PA
Photo Date: 6-15-99
Photographer: Robert Waller Added: April 29, 2015

CR 6484

Location: Baltimore, MD (Bayview Yard)
Photo Date: 5-86
Photographer: Ralph Molesworth Added: April 29, 2015

CR 6485

Recently repainted in the Quality scheme, this unit was teamed with CR 5623 SD60M on an eastbound freight
Location: Wyomissing, PA
Photo Date: 8-96
Photographer: Robert Waller Added: May 14, 2007

CR 6489

Like most Conrail SD40-2's, this loco didn't visit the wash racks very often. Just a little road grime, wouldn't you say? No, that's not water splashed on the middle of the loco--that's a fresh oil leak. We gotta love those Conrail SD40-2's.
Location: Wyomissing, PA
Photo Date: 1-5-97
Photographer: Robert Waller Added: June 3, 1999

CR 6490

CR 6490 lead CAAL-4 (Camden, NJ - Allentown, PA) along with CR 6482 as it crawled through the Deka Road crossing just west of Lyons, PA. The green flecks in the photo are not from my scanner but are seeds blowing in the breeze as the train passed.
Location: Lyons, PA
Photo Date: 6-13-99
Photographer: Robert Waller Added: October 5, 2018

CR 6490

A couple days later, we caught up with CR 6490 heading westbound this time along with CR 6482 and CR 6223 on the Harrisburg Line passing Hersheypark.
Location: Hershey, PA
Photo Date: 6-15-99
Photographer: Robert Waller Added: November 9, 2020

CR 6506

This unit has been repainted into the Quality scheme for some time by the amount of grime its wearing. She's sitting in the Enola Engine Terminal awaiting the next assignment.
Location: Enola, PA
Photo Date: ?-97
Photographer: Kevin DeGroff Added: December 17, 2002

CR 6507

White number board and white safety stripe, but no ditch lights yet.
Location: Wyomissing, PA
Photo Date: 3-24-96
Photographer: Robert Waller Added: May 20, 2022

CR 6507

The shot may be a little compressed since I didn't take it as a roster shot, but at least we have the rear view of 6507 going away.
Location: Wyomissing, PA
Photo Date: 3-24-96
Photographer: Robert Waller Added: April 23, 2015

CR 6508

While this loco was still in its as-delivered scheme with blue walkways (no, that's not black paint you see--it's grime), it has received a black anti-skid nose roof, ditch lights, and new white number boards. The builder's plates have been missing for a long time. ALHB (Allentown, PA to Harrisburg-Enola Yard, PA).
Location: Blandon, PA (CP Blandon)
Photo Date: 2-97
Photographer: Robert Waller Added: June 30, 1999

CR 6513

CR 6513 is eastbound on another stormy day at CP Belt.
Location: Reading, PA (CP Belt)
Photo Date: 11-95
Photographer: Robert Waller Added: March 31, 2022

CR 6515

I noticed on this unit that both the conductor and center windows were replaced with a style with which I'm not familiar. This shot shows how long the porches were.
Location: Reading, PA (CP Belt)
Photo Date: 1-29-97
Photographer: Robert Waller Added: October 5, 2018

CR 6518

Location: Reading, PA (CP Belt)
Photo Date: 2-97
Photographer: Robert Waller Added: October 5, 2018

CR 6519

Traling unit on westbound.
Location: Wyomissing, PA
Photo Date: 7-95
Photographer: Robert Waller Added: March 1, 2022

CR 6521

It's still only a couple days until Norfolk Southern takes over Conrail when Kevin caught CR 6521 SD40-2 in the Quality scheme leading BRSE (Belt Railway Chicago, IL - Selkirk, NY) under the Bort Road overpass along the PA-NY border.
Location: Unknown
Photo Date: 5-29-99
Photographer: Kevin Degroff Added: November 12, 2020