8835 is former Detroit Terminal 116. DT was one of the smaller lines CR picked up after the initial merger. 116 was the only SW7 the DT owned.
Location: Cleveland, OH
Photo Date: 10-17-81
Photographer: Roger Durfee     Added: November 17, 2004

Location: Enola, PA
Photo Date: 5-86
Photographer: Ralph Molesworth     Added: June 3, 2015

The Central Railroad of New Jersey provided only four SW7's to Conrail in 1976. They were CNJ 1080-1083. Here we see CNJ 1080 still in its original paint scheme without CR stencils nearly a year after the formation of Conrail.
Location: Philadelphia, PA (Brill Jct.)
Photo Date: 2-12-77
Photographer: Joe Testagrose     Added: October 23, 2020

CR 8875, former Lehigh Valley 220 in CR stencils, rests in the snow at Akron. What strikes me odd about this locomotive are the exhaust stacks, which look as if they had been recently repainted silver. The stacks are also missing their spark arrestors, and the horn has been raised above it normal bracket on the front of the cab.
Location: Akron, OH
Photo Date: 1-77
Photographer: Roger Durfee     Added: December 14, 2002

EMD produced the SW7 between October 1949 and January 1951, which was a short period of production when compared to later models like the SW1200 and SW1500. The New York Central and its subsidiaries owned the largest number of SW7's, a total of 87 units. The Pennsylvania owned an impressive 48 SW7's. The other railroads of Conrail owned small SW7 fleets compared to these two giants. The Lehigh Valley owned only five SW7's (LV 220-224), all of which were passed on to Conrail. Here we see CR 8876 (former LV 221) in CR stencils coupled to LV NW2 185.
Location: Elizabethport, NJ
Photo Date: 8-6-77
Photographer: Joe Testagrose     Added: October 23, 2020

Bob tells me that this is one of his favorite shots. The former Lehigh Valley SW7 is missing its set of rear trucks.
Location: Unknown
Photo Date: Unknown
Photographer: Bob Dobrowolski     Added: October 23, 2020

At the core of EMD's SW7 switcher was a 567A 6-cylinder engine that produced 1,200hp with a maximum speed of 65mph. EMD built a total of 493 SW7's. By the early 1980's, Conrail placed most of their oddball switchers into storage, such as the LV SW7's.
Location: Elizabethport, NJ
Photo Date: ?-83
Photographer: Scott Wisner     Added: May 26, 2004

This unit was not able to MU with other locos, therefore had the straight pilot handrails. This was also a common spotting feature among SW900's and SW1200's.
Location: Allentown, PA
Photo Date: 6-19-77
Photographer: Arnie Morscher     Added: June 11, 2000

Sitting in the dead line still in stencils.
Location: Elizabethport, NJ
Photo Date: ?-83
Photographer: Scott Wisner     Added: March 26, 2004

Another dead line shot.
Location: Elizabethport, NJ
Photo Date: ?-83
Photographer: Scott Wisner     Added: March 26, 2004

One the first photos I ever took. I was 13 years old on Christmas vacation when my buddy and I walked across the bridge to Reading, PA to the old Penn Central/PRR yard.
Location: Reading, PA (Front Street)
Photo Date: 12-76
Photographer: Robert Waller     Added: August 23, 2023

9080 does some switching work with an RS3M.
Location: Unknown
Photo Date: 7-8-79
Photographer: John Prock     Added: September 10, 2003

Location: Pavonia, NJ
Photo Date: 6-24-77
Photographer: Arnie Morscher     Added: December 6, 1998

Location: Philadelphia, PA (Greenbrier Yard)
Photo Date: 7-82
Photographer: John Bondura     Added: June 4, 2002