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Wreck Train Equipment |
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Some of the largest maintenance of way equipment Conrail owned was wreck train service: heavy diesel cranes, derricks, wreckers, and more.
(New Photos: Jun 2, 2005) |
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Track Gang Equipment |
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Ballast regulators, American cranes, Fairmont tampers, Plasser Assistant Roadmasters, Burro cranes, and more that keep it all running.
(New Photos: Jun 2, 2005) |
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Ballast Service |
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A look at Conrail's ballast hoppers and side-dump cars. The Ballast Express locomotives can be found on the C32-8 and C36-7.
(New Photos: Dec 28, 2005) |
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Snow Removal |
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Conrail had everything from ancient Russell snow plows built in the 1930s to ultra-modern blowers equipped with jet aircraft engines.
(New Photos: Jun 20, 2006) |
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Road Vehicles |
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The Oak Island crane, the Altoona crane, yellow trucks, blue trucks, fuel trucks, and many more different types of Conrail road vehicles.
(New Photos: Feb 3, 2004) |
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Storage Cars |
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If you have damaged boxcars, baggage cars, and other rolling stock, take a lesson from the prototype and turn them into storage cars.
(New Photos: Mar 13, 2004) |
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MoW Gondolas |
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Conrail had a large fleet of dedicated maintenance of way gondolas that carried everything from scrap rail to complete switches.
(New Photos: Jun 2, 2005) |
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Scale Test Cars |
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Some of the funkiest looking equipment were scale test cars that Conrail used to make sure their scales were properly weighing freight.
(New Photos: Dec 23, 2005) |
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Other Equipment |
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Conrail had so many interesting pieces of maintenance equipment. Equipment here just doesn't fit into any categories yet.
(New Photos: Dec 23, 2005) |
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