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One of the three EMD Demo SD-60 units that Conrail purchased in August 1984 but they did not appear on the roster until January 1986, during which time EMD continued using them as demo units, reducing the cost for Conrail when they officially came on the roster. Unfortunately, this is the only photo I shot of this unit. For some reason, my luck was usually bad with shooting SD-60's. If modeling one of Conrail's SD-60's, the three EMD Demo units would be the easiets choice, since they have standard class lights, the horn mounted on the cab instead of the long hood, the nose has the standard 2 grabs on the front and 2 grabs to the left side of the nose facing forward, and non-recessed (low clearance) radiator fans. 6840 was in bad shape when I caught up with it in 1995. Location: Wyomissing, PA 11-95 Photo Revised: August 17, 2005 |
 CR 6840 Bob Waller (133K) |
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Taken a few years later, the 6840 is in even worse shape than my shot from 1995 above. Location: Altoona, PA 1998 Photo Online: April 25, 2006 |
 CR 6840 Mike Stolter (120K) |
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Finally, we have a shot from the rear of the unit. Location: Altoona, PA 1998 Photo Online: April 25, 2006 |
 CR 6840 Mike Stolter (114K) |
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The conductor side is even worse than the engineer side. A real weathering challenge for any modeler. Location: Altoona, PA 1998 Photo Online: April 25, 2006 |
 CR 6840 Mike Stolter (144K) |
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With this shot, we now have all angles of 6840. Location: Altoona, PA 1998 Photo Online: April 25, 2006 |
 CR 6840 Mike Stolter (131K) |
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Here we see the second EMD Demo unit from the rear. Note the standard class lights on the rear as well. Plus it had been repainted in the Quality scheme. All three demo units (6840-6842) were equipped with Hump Control, the only Conrail SD-60's so equipped. Location: Wyomissing, PA 2-97 Photo Revised: August 17, 2005 |
 CR 6841 Bob Waller (106K) |
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This is a better shot of 6841, a former demo unit, taken from the front while still in its original paint scheme. Location: Ashtabula, OH 7-7-92 Photo Online: June 18, 2004 |
 CR 6841 Dave Trenn (164K) |
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If you choose to model one of the non-EMD demo units, you will have a much more difficult time. For example, the tall battery box is unique to Conrail SD-60's, so is the countersunk radiator fans, the three grab irons up the engineer side of the noew, and the FRA-approved class lights. Plus the inertial intake grid is countersunk on Conrail units. These were also the first Conrail units with white boards. Location: Reading, PA (CP Belt) 10-96 Photo Revised: August 17, 2005 |
 CR 6844 Bob Waller (99K) |
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You can see the taller than usual cab signal box on the front of 6847 as it leads PIBE (Pittsburgh - Bethlehem) along with an unidentified GP-40-2. Location: Wyomissing, PA 3-31-96 Photo Revised: August 17, 2005 |
 CR 6847 Bob Waller (139K) |
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6848 is teamed with a Norfolk Southern unit. Location: Allentown, PA [no date] Photo Online: February 19, 2005 |
 CR 6848 Reed Estabrook (80K) |
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A nice elevated shot of 6849. Location: Ashtabula, OH 5-7-92 Photo Online: January 31, 2006 |
 CR 6849 Dave Trenn (158K) |
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A crisp shot by Kevin on the lead of westbound LMPI through Hershey. Location: Hershey, PA 2-20-99 Photo Online: December 17, 2002 |
 CR 6851 Kevin DeGroff (143K) |
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6855 has the new white number boards. Location: Collinwood, OH 10-5-90 Photo Online: January 31, 2006 |
 CR 6855 Dave Trenn (123K) |
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6856 is heading east in this shot as well ith CR 5635 in the lead. Location: Wyomissing, PA 8-96 Photo Revised: August 17, 2005 |
 CR 6856 Bob Waller (71K) |
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You can just make out the lower than normal horn mounted in front of the radiator fans. Location: Reading, PA (CP Belt) 11-96 Photo Revised: August 17, 2005 |
 CR 6859 Bob Waller (100K) |
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I actually took a decent SD-60 photo during the 1990s! And then the developer decides to blow up my photos slightly larger than they should have. I guess I never won when it came to these engines. Location: Duncannon, PA 9-96 Photo Revised: August 17, 2005 |
 CR 6865 Bob Waller (121K) |
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Here we have a great shot of the conductor's side of the 6865. Location: Hummelstown, PA 4-10-99 Photo Revised: August 17, 2005 |
 CR 6865 Kevin DeGroff (106K) |
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