Roger Durfee - A former Reading Lines SD-45 leads two PC units at Akron, Ohio in August 1976. The lead unit was RDG 7601 prior to the "CR" treatment.

Roger Durfee - Conrail train ASPI-0 has a clean B23-7 1930 leading two UP units and another CR engine near Sebring, Ohio on the exPRR Ft. Wayne Line.

Roger Durfee - In August 1979, a very short through freight heads west on the former Erie Lackawanna past what is left of the EL yard in Akron, OH. The yard is now used for car storage. Note the blue Alco C-630 #6769 as the second out unit.

Roger Durfee - Conrail GP-40-2 3279 leads TV-98 over the former EL in Akron, Ohio in November 1978. The unit is ex-RDG 3675.

Roger Durfee - CR U23B 2711 is at Akron, Ohio in November 1976 with Lehigh Valley 508 and two Penn Central EMD's. Note that this is an early repaint with the logo but no "Conrail" spelled out on the long hood.

Roger Durfee - CR U25B 2645 (xPRR 2545) leads a freight at Cleveland, Ohio in April 1979. The sign in the foreground reads, "Cleveland Division--take a minute to think safety".

Roger Durfee - Former PC GP-9B 3806 is working Toledo, Ohio in September 1978 along with a rare bird--a stenciled SD-7 #6999.

Roger Durfee - A pair of worn-out ALCo C-430's take a freight out of Youngstown, OH in August 1979. Notice the caboose behind the locos.

Roger Durfee - In June 1978 a pair of xPC GP-7's (5959 and 5958) are being passed by a Burlington Northern E8 backing into Union Station to load up for a trip west. Notice the EL, PRR, PC, and Amtrak coach cars in the background! Those were the day.

Roger Durfee - Roger says, it's only a few months into Conrail, and some operations still look like the old way. Witness a quartet of PC F's on this CR local in Akron, Ohio. First the train (AMA-1), then the F's, then the track (ex-PC), and finally Conrail itself would be history in this town. I watch ex-Conrail units going by on CSX now--wishing we could have seen "pure" (before split) sets of modern Conrail power blasting west on the old Erie, or south on the old PC.

Roger Durfee - A former EL SD-45 (ex-EL 3609) leads on the former Erie Lackawanna in Akron, Ohio, in March 1978. In a few short years all ex-EL track here would be gone.

Roger Durfee - The Ironton 751 is shown here at Easton, PA at the end of November 1976. I don't think it ran much after early '77. It was never renumbered--although I've heard the tale of an 'unofficial' deadline patch job by a fan, but have never seen a photo to verify. You sure can see the Reading influence in that paint scheme!

Roger Durfee - Reading Company C-430 5212, Penn Central, and an unseen Lehigh Valley ALCo behind the RDG ALCo. Just another day in September 1976 at the old LV's yard at Sayre, PA.

Roger Durfee - Former EL 825 E-8A, now wearing Conrail stencils and CR 4014, is still pulling EL coaches in Cleveland, OH in November 1976.

Roger Durfee - Conrail C-628 6727 rusts away along with a U25B and the lone ex-PRR C-424 2474 at Collinwood in November 1978.