IS CONRAIL GONE FOREVER?????

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IS CONRAIL GONE FOREVER?????

Unread postby CSXFECRailMan » Sun Jul 21, 2013 6:44 pm

Im looking at a vid on youtube, and he is saying that is the last Conrail Unit that was active went past him, no it wasnt a Heritage Unit, it was a SD50, It isnt the last one, there are GP15's that have Conrail Scheme and are in service, So is it really the end of Conrail???? !*don-know!*
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Unread postby Antwerp » Sun Jul 21, 2013 6:49 pm

CSXFECRailMan wrote:Im looking at a vid on youtube, and he is saying that is the last Conrail Unit that was active went past him, no it wasnt a Heritage Unit, it was a SD50, It isnt the last one, there are GP15's that have Conrail Scheme and are in service, So is it really the end of Conrail???? !*don-know!*


As far as I'm concerned, that is the last Conrail painted engine in regular service on a Class 1, Whoever told you there are GP15's in CR paint is lying, there are ex-CR GP15's in service elsewhere but none in CR paint.

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Unread postby CSXFECRailMan » Sun Jul 21, 2013 6:58 pm

So conrail is no more?
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Unread postby thecanadianrail » Sun Jul 21, 2013 7:02 pm

CN still has 12 ex conrail C40-8W's in conrail blue but with a CN noodle on the side where the conrail logo was.
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Unread postby Antwerp » Sun Jul 21, 2013 7:04 pm

CSXFECRailMan wrote:So conrail is no more?


Well, I wouldn't put it that way. Conrail still exists as the Conrail Shared Assets Operations in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.
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Unread postby NS9030 » Sun Jul 21, 2013 7:41 pm

Actually, Conrail isn't no more, it's actually more. !**duh*!! There are CR blue GP15-1's, GP38-2's, SD40's, SD50's, C30-7's, C39-8's, you name it. When CSX and NS took over Conrail they acquired a lot of extra power, a lot of which was sold before it was repainted.
http://railroadfan.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=27419
That should shed some light, updated today. Those are all(if not most) of the CR blue units today, 7-21-13.
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Unread postby CSXFECRailMan » Sun Jul 21, 2013 7:48 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9foPxVfYu0

There are no more LEGIT REAL Conrail Locos in service anymore.
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Unread postby NS9030 » Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:03 pm

"CSX 376 clear Tontogany, K18519 out"
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Unread postby CSXFECRailMan » Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:08 pm

Those might be patched, but right now those locos may not be active anymore. *!sad!*
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Unread postby NS9030 » Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:13 pm

Um they are, the B23-7R's that OHCR has are used probably daily. I'm also 100% sure that at least one CN C40-8W is used daily. New England Central uses their SD40-2's frequently. Conrail is not gone and in fact is plentiful.
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Unread postby Antwerp » Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:14 pm

CSXFECRailMan wrote:Those might be patched, but right now those locos may not be active anymore. *!sad!*


Though the engines are patched, they are owned by the Ohio Central Railroad. whether or not they are still in CR paint is beyond me.
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Unread postby thecanadianrail » Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:20 pm

NS9030 wrote: I'm also 100% sure that at least one CN C40-8W is used daily.plentiful.

more that 1 for shure, this video was taken on the 14th of July 2013
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Unread postby 1225fan5358 » Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:28 pm

I've seen a couple of those CN/IC/CN D-8's. There are more than you think. No, Conrail isn't gone forever, CN still has those little blue devils. 5424 just had the Conrail lettering. that was all that was so special about it. Conrail will never die. They've been trying for years.
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Unread postby CSXFECRailMan » Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:56 pm

Wait, CN Blue Devils count as Conrail Units???
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Unread postby NS9030 » Sun Jul 21, 2013 9:04 pm

Haven't you ever seen a LMSX unit?
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