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In 1976 Conrail inherited thirteen 3,600hp SD-45-2's from the Erie Lackawanna, which had purchased the units in 1972 and were the EL's last new locomotives before Conrail. The EL purchased the locomotives for fast freight service. But the units did not see the same service under Conrail due to their HT-C trucks, thereby restricting them to pusher duty over Horseshoe Curve in Central Pennsylvania for most of their career on Conrail.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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6654 EL 3669 -------- 04/01/77 -------- 08/??/78
6655 EL 3670 06/??/76 -------- -------- 04/12/77
6656 EL 3671 -------- -------- -------- --------
6657 EL 3672 -------- -------- -------- 11/??/77
6658 EL 3673 -------- -------- -------- --------
6659 EL 3674 -------- -------- -------- --------
6660 EL 3675 -------- -------- -------- --------
6661 EL 3676 -------- -------- -------- --------
6662 EL 3677 -------- -------- -------- --------
6663 EL 3678 -------- -------- -------- --------
6664 EL 3679 -------- 11/18/76 -------- --------
6665 EL 3680 -------- 08/??/78 -------- --------
6666 EL 3681 -------- 02/27/77 -------- --------
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 with a line through road number 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. |
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