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SW1

EMD SW1 Photos

Conrail inherited their fleet of 145 SW1's from Penn Central, Jersey Central, Reading Company, and Lehigh Valley. Conrail assigned them to the series CR 8400-8599.

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SW7

EMD SW7 Photos

Conrail inherited their fleet of 128 1,200hp SW7's from Penn Central, Erie Lackawanna, Jersey Central, and Lehigh Valley. They assigned them to series CR 8836-9150.

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SW8

EMD SW8 Photos

Conrail's fleet of SW8's were placed in series CR 8600-8627, CR 8689-8700. The SW8M's came only from the LV and were placed in series CR 8664-8688.

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SW9

EMD SW9 Photos

Conrail's SW9 fleet came from Penn Central, Lehigh Valley, Jersey Central, and Erie Lackawanna. They were in series CR 8911-9026 and shared series CR 9042-9141 with SW7's.

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SW900

EMD SW900 Photos

Penn Central and Raritan River provided SW900's, along with SW900M's fron Reading Company and Lehigh Valley. The SW900's were in series CR 8628-8663 and CR 8701-8721.

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SW1001

EMD SW1001 Photos

The Reading Company and then Conrail were the only Class 1 railroads to own the 1,000hp SW1001, assigning them to CR 9400-9424.

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SW1200

EMD SW1200 Photos

Reading Company, Penn Central, and Erie Lackawanna contributed 68 1,200hp SW1200's in 1976, assigning them CR 9315-9382. Conrail retired them by the early 1990's.

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SW1200M

EMD SW1200M Photos

In 1959 EMD began rebuilding the Reading Company's aging fleet of Baldwin VO1000's into improved SW1200M's. 19 units were completed and passed onto Conrail, assigning them CR 9301-9314.

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SW1500

EMD SW1500 Photos

Conrail inherited their fleet of 121 1,500hp SW1500's from Penn Central, Reading Company, and Indiana Union Railway. They were in series CR 9500-9620.

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NW2

EMD NW2 Photos

Conrail inherited their quickly-retired fleet of NW2's from Penn Central, Erie Lackawanna, Jersey Central, Lehigh Valley, and Detroit Terminal. Series CR 9151-9194, 9200-9296.

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MP15DC

EMD MP15DC Photos

In 1974, the Reading Company began leasing 10 MP15DC's (CR 9621-30) from EMD. Though the locos were reliable, Conrail returned them to EMD at the end of the lease.

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