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Conrail inherited all of their SDP-45's from the Erie Lackawanna, which purchased the units in two orders in 1969 for fast merchandise freights. EL ordered the first set of units (EL 3635-3653 / CR 6667-6684) while the railroad was under the control of the Norfolk & Western. In 1984 Conrail returned this group of SDP-45's to the N&W, which had become Norfolk Southern by then. EL 3637 did not return since the EL had wrecked it in September 1975 and former EL 3639 (CR 6670) was donated to the Virginia Museum of Transportation. The units purchased in the second order (EL 3654-3668 / CR 6685-6699) were all returned to their lessor when their lease expired in January 1984, thereby ending the SDP-45's service 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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6667 EL 3635 -------- 02/21/77* 06/12/78 07/03/78*
6668 EL 3636 -------- 10/22/77 -------- --------
6669 EL 3638 10/11/76* 06/26/77 06/??/79* -------- 1
6670 EL 3639 06/02/76 -------- -------- --------
6671 EL 3640 06/20/76 -------- -------- 05/07/77
6672 EL 3641 -------- -------- -------- 11/11/82
6673 EL 3642 -------- 06/09/77 07/09/77 --------
6674 EL 3643 -------- -------- -------- --------
6675 EL 3644 -------- -------- -------- 03/09/80
6676 EL 3645 -------- -------- -------- --------
6677 EL 3646 -------- -------- -------- --------
6678 EL 3647 -------- -------- -------- 06/13/77*
6679 EL 3648 -------- 12/10/78 -------- --------
6680 EL 3649 -------- 08/02/78* -------- --------
6681 EL 3650 -------- 01/01/79* -------- --------
6682 EL 3651 -------- -------- -------- 01/01/79*
6683 EL 3652 -------- -------- -------- 07/28/77
6684 EL 3653 -------- 03/29/77 -------- 12/30/83
6685 EL 3654 05/??/76* -------- -------- 08/??/78
6686 EL 3655 -------- 07/17/76 -------- --------
6687 EL 3656 -------- -------- -------- 01/01/79*
6688 EL 3657 -------- -------- -------- --------
6689 EL 3658 -------- 04/03/78 05/??/79 11/22/80
6690 EL 3659 -------- -------- -------- --------
6691 EL 3660 -------- -------- -------- --------
6692 EL 3661 09/04/76* -------- -------- --------
6693 EL 3662 04/29/76 -------- -------- 09/04/78
6694 EL 3663 -------- -------- -------- 07/28/77
6695 EL 3664 -------- 03/02/77 08/??/77 02/??/81*
6696 EL 3665 -------- -------- -------- --------
6697 EL 3666 -------- -------- -------- --------
6698 EL 3667 -------- -------- -------- --------
6699 EL 3668 -------- -------- -------- 07/09/81
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 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. 1. CR 6669 (EL 3638) was originally the EL Bicentenial locomotive. It came to CR in the red, white, and blue scheme and stayed in it for a while. |
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