CR 8600 (former PC 8600) SW8 sits idle at Frankfort Junction in Philadelphia.
Location: Philadelphia, PA (Frankfort Jct.)
Photo Date: 8-85
Photographer: John Bondura     Added: June 4, 2002

CR 8606 (former PC 8606) SW8 repainted in CR stencils is switching at the Chicago terminal. Notice the stencils on the cab.
Location: Chicago, IL
Photo Date: 8-4-78
Photographer: Bob Dobrowolski     Added: October 23, 1999

Location: Chicago, IL
Photo Date: 8-4-78
Photographer: Bob Dobrowolski     Added: October 23, 1999

CR 8611 (former PC 8611) SW8 sits in the deadline still in its CR stencils.
Location: Toledo, OH
Photo Date: 9-14-80
Photographer: Alan Gaines     Added: July 6, 2009

Notice how the Sinclair radio antenna is placed on the side of the cab hood instead of the middle and how CR 8612, a former Penn Central and New York Central SW8, has a two-chime horn instead of the standard one-chime horn for these units.
Location: Philadelphia, PA (Frankfort Jct.)
Photo Date: 9-83
Photographer: John Bondura     Added: June 4, 2002

Location: South Elizabeth, NJ
Photo Date: 8-7-80
Photographer: Joe Testagrose     Added: October 23, 2020

CR 8665 SW8M is former LV 251 SW8. Conrail designated these former Lehigh Valley units as SW8M's (M for "modified"). Conrail equipped some of these switchers with a large box on the front of the hood. Inside the box is a modified cooling system that eliminated the belt drive to the main cooling fan, replacing it with a pair of motor-driven 36" fans. Also, by the look of the simple handrails and the lack of MU (multiple unit) cables, this former LV unit, along with several other former LV SW8's, never had dynamic brakes. The downward slope from the rear of the hood to the cab also denotes a lack of dynamic brakes.
Location: Allentown, PA
Photo Date: 6-19-77
Photographer: Arnie Morscher     Added: July 31, 1998

The first and third orders of SW8's that Lehigh Valley purchased came equipped with dynamic brakes, which can be spotted by the brake's vents directly in front of the cab on the long hood and the squared-off section of the long hood just in front of the cab. (Conrail removed the vents on some of these units.) The second order did not come equipped with dynamics. The Lehigh Valley purchased these units with dynamic brakes solely for use on a section on the LV called Weatherly Hill, which was the railroad's steepest grade. Back in the steam era, the LV would bring their new steam locomotives up Weatherly Hill pulling fully loaded coal trains as a test for the newly purchased locomotives. When steam locomotives were phased out, the LV still needed something to bring the trains down Weatherly Hill's steep grade, so the LV had these two orders of SW8's built with dynamics specifically for this purpose.
Location: Bethlehem, PA
Photo Date: 8-25-76
Photographer: Joe Testagrose     Added: October 23, 2020

Notice how Conrail applied the CR stencils to the cab of 8673 (former LV 259) instead of on the long hood. The font for the stencils and numbers is also unusual instead of Conrail's Futura Bold. CR 8673 also has had its dynamic brakes removed.
Location: Bethlehem, PA
Photo Date: 10-28-78
Photographer: Bob Dobrowolski     Added: October 15, 1998

Conrail still has not applied its stencils or numbers to LV 261, but Lehigh Valley heralds are all but worn off on this unit anyway from being worked hard on Weatherly Hill.
Location: Allentown, PA
Photo Date: 6-19-77
Photographer: Arnie Morscher     Added: July 31, 1998

Parts are missing and windows smashed on CR 8681 (former LV 267) as it sits in the deadline.
Location: Elizabethport, NJ
Photo Date: ?-83
Photographer: Scott Wisner     Added: May 5, 2004

An interesting detail of this unit is the retrofitted and elevated three-chime horn that replaced the original one-chime horn. Not sure when the horn was replaced.
Location: Allentown, PA
Photo Date: 6-19-77
Photographer: Arnie Morscher     Added: July 31, 1998

Nearly a year after Conrail, and this EL SW8 is still in its original paint scheme and numbers.
Location: Akron, OH
Photo Date: 3-77
Photographer: Roger Durfee     Added: April 7, 2005

When Conrail repainted EL 365 into CR 8694, they also removed the large spark arrestor that it originally had when it was an Erie Lackawanna unit. By this time, Conrail was done with their SW8's and they are sitting in the storage line.
Location: Elizabethport, NJ
Photo Date: ?-83
Photographer: Scott Wisner     Added: May 5, 2004

Note the canvas cab shade, which is missing on the engineer's side. Former DL&W 506.
Location: Scranton, PA
Photo Date: 6-18-77
Photographer: Arnie Morscher     Added: July 31, 1998

EL 366 is sitting outside the Scranton Diesel Shops.
Location: Scranton, PA
Photo Date: ?-77
Photographer: Arnie Morscher     Added: July 31, 1998

Looking natty, xEL 8695 sits in the scrap line with its exhaust stack covered.
Location: Elizabethport, NJ
Photo Date: ?-83
Photographer: Scott Wisner     Added: March 26, 2004

Check the old EL cab numbers underneath the Conrail decals.
Location: Linden, NJ
Photo Date: 8-6-77
Photographer: Joe Testagrose     Added: October 23, 2020

Former EL unit hauling a D&H boxcar. It is after Conrail, but Harry never wrote down the date.
Location: Unknown
Photo Date: Unknown
Photographer: Harry Scholtz     Added: September 10, 2003

Former EL 370 sits in the deadline. Note the original EL number is still on the cab's battery boxes.
Location: Elizabethport, NJ
Photo Date: ?-83
Photographer: Scott Wisner     Added: May 5, 2004

At least this EL unit got a "balloon" spark arrestor on its exhaust stack. Modifications to exhaust stacks on early SW's seem common on most railroads. Former EL 371 (DL&W 511).
Location: Meadville, PA
Photo Date: 8-5-78
Photographer: Arnie Morcsher     Added: June 3, 1998

Location: Meadville, PA
Photo Date:8-5-78
Photographer: Arnie Morscher     Added: June 3, 1998