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CR 2971

CR 2971

Captured on film a year after being delivered to Conrail, many of the original SCL and as-delivered features remain. The nose signal light housing is silver, the 5-chime horn is in use. The firecracker antenna is on the cab. There is no plow, which will be added later. The oval cab windows are open, not plated over. There is an ACI label on the long hood.
Location: Cleveland, OH
Photo Date: 9-77
Photographer: George Elwood     Added: May 12, 1999

CR 2971

CR 2971

U36B "class unit" CR 2971 in TV-8X (Selkirk, NY - Boston, MA) at Bancroft (Middlefield station), MA.
Location: Bancroft, MA
Photo Date: 3-11-84
Photographer: Carl Weber     Added: November 24, 2006

CR 2972

CR 2972

Former Auto Train locomotive. By the late 1980s, many of the SCL details found on these units when CR took delivery of them in 1976 had been replaced with more tradition Conrail features, such as Sinclair antennas, plated-over cab windows, and so on.
Location: Bethlehem, PA
Photo Date: 2-88
Photographer: Robert Palmer     Added: September 16, 1998

CR 2973

CR 2973

The third U36B that Conrail acquired is nearing the west end of famous Rockville Bridge.
Location: Marysville, PA
Photo Date: Unknown
Photographer: Steve Geisler     Added: March 17, 2000