IS CONRAIL GONE FOREVER?????

[imphantum]

Well actually I think there are still maybe two Dash 8-40CS still in CR paint on Norfolk Southerns roster. Whether they are in storage or still in mainline use is beyond me, but I think they are still out there somewhere.
Take a look here:
http://www.nsdash9.com/crrepaints.html

[1225fan5358]

Wait, CN Blue Devils count as Conrail Units???

They ARE in CR blue, are they not?

[NS9030]

Wait, CN Blue Devils count as Conrail Units???

They ARE in CR blue, are they not?

They are dead, being rebuilt with a crescent cab.

[thecanadianrail]

no they are not, not according to my sources.

[bpetit]

They are dead, being rebuilt with a crescent cab.

Baloney, I saw 2465 the other day.

[thecanadianrail]

I know CN and they wouldn't go through the effort to put a new cab on a loco that already has the wide cab on it.

[NS9030]

Well actually I think there are still maybe two Dash 8-40CS still in CR paint on Norfolk Southerns roster. Whether they are in storage or still in mainline use is beyond me, but I think they are still out there somewhere.
Take a look here:
http://www.nsdash9.com/crrepaints.html

Shoot I quoted the wrong thing, I meant to quote imphantum, NS 8305 and 8312 are dead, being rebuilt with a Crescent Cab(SD60E type cab). I honestly don't think NS 8312 has started rebuild(yet) and think it is used as a shoving platform in Roanoke(IIRC). But this is NS 8305:



Also FWIW, Blue devils are LMSX not CR, totally different things.

[spartantrain32]

well, being near "conrail yard" and on a major csx line, i see conrail pretty often than i should.

[dfcfu342]

Conrail lives on in spirit on the CSX that's for sure and have even received upgrades to continue service for another decade. I see trains daily with a C40-8W leading and those red mars lenses staring at me from the nose however they've all since been repainted into either YN2 or YN3 paint.

[imphantum]

Where I live, Conrail still operates, just not in Conrail Paint. CR shared operations have trackage all over my area and there's even a crossing that has a Conrail sticker and logo on it. It's still technically Conrail.

[1225fan5358]

There's still two CR GE's left on NS. I think they're in storage though.

[imphantum]

There's still two CR GE's left on NS. I think they're in storage though.

Read the posts above^^^^^^^
According to NS9030 they're dead, being rebuilt

[thecanadianrail]

Also FWIW, Blue devils are LMSX not CR, totally different things.

LMSX got their C40-8's from Conrail

[NS9030]

Also FWIW, Blue devils are LMSX not CR, totally different things.

LMSX got their C40-8's from Conrail

No, LMS C40-8W's were built specifically for LMS. LMS was a leasing program between CN-GE-CR hence why CN got their blue devils. They just looked like a CR dash 8. CN had a say in the specs. If they were from CR don't you think CN wouldn't have a say in the specs? :)

[Haystack]

I know its not a loco, but I saw a Conrail auto rack the other day.