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5/12/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Gary Everhart
Dates:8/21/1978 - 3/11/1979
Album Info:Fairly nice color photos by an unknown photographer of the rebuilt Conrail MT6 slugs at the Buckeye Yard, Columbus, OH.
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CR MT6 #1101
Title:  CR MT6 #1101
Description:  Rebuilt in 6/1978 from ex-CR 6874 (exx-PC 6874,exxx-PR 6874, nee-PRR Alco RSD-12 #8674), it became Conrail MT6 #1100 (MT6 = Motor Trailer 6-axle). For a brief time, Conrail #1100 originally was numbered Conrail #6820. Eventually the slug became NS 970. Specs - 58' 13/4" length, 40" wheels, tractive effort of 158,000 lb, no horn, bell or parking brake. No photographer was listed for the photo.
Photo Date:  8/21/1978  Upload Date: 4/1/2023 6:25:29 AM
Location:  Buckeye Yard, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 1100(MT6)
Views:  78   Comments: 0
CR MT6 #1101
Title:  CR MT6 #1101
Description:  Here's another view of the rebuilt former CR RSD-12 #6873 into Conrail slug MT6 #1101 (MT6 = Motor Trailer 6-axle). The slug eventually became NS 1101. Specs - 58' 13/4" length, 40" wheels, tractive effort of 158,000 lb, no horn, bell or parking brake. No photographer was listed for the photo.
Photo Date:  8/28/1978  Upload Date: 4/1/2023 6:25:37 AM
Location:  Buckeye Yard, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 1101(MT6)
Views:  66   Comments: 0
CR MT6 #1102
Title:  CR MT6 #1102
Description:  Rebuilt in 8/1978 from ex-CR 6872 (exx-PC 6872, exxx-PRR 6872, nee-PRR Alco RSD-12 867), it became CR MT6 #1102 (MT6 = Motor Trailer 6-axle). The slug evenually went to CSX as their #1006 in 1999. Specs - 58' 13/4" length, 40" wheels, tractive effort of 158,000 lb, no horn, bell or parking brake. No photographer was listed for the photo.
Photo Date:  8/28/1978  Upload Date: 4/1/2023 6:25:40 AM
Location:  Buckeye Yard, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 1102(MT6) CR 6944(SD38)
Views:  80   Comments: 0
CR MT6 #1101
Title:  CR MT6 #1101
Description:  Rebuilt in 8/1978 from ex-CR 6873, exx-PC 6873 (exxx-PRR Alco RSD-12 6873, nee-PRR 8673). it became CR MT6 #1101 (MT6 = Motor Trailer 6-axle). The slug eventually went to NS #1101. Specs - 58' 13/4" length, 40" wheels, tractive effort of 158,000 lb, no horn, bell or parking brake. No photographer was listed for the photo.
Photo Date:  10/16/1978  Upload Date: 4/1/2023 6:25:34 AM
Location:  Buckeye Yard, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 1101(MT6)
Views:  58   Comments: 0
CR MT6 #1116
Title:  CR MT6 #1116
Description:  Rebuilt in 2/1979 from ex-CR 6862 (exx-PC 6862, exxx-PRR 6862, nee-PRR Alco RSD-12 8662), it became CR MT6 #116 (MT6 = Motor Trailer 6-axle). The slug eventually rolled over to CSX 1014. Specs - 58' 13/4" length, 40" wheels, tractive effort of 158,000 lb, no horn, bell or parking brake. No photographer was listed for the photo.
Photo Date:  2/27/1979  Upload Date: 4/1/2023 6:25:43 AM
Location:  Buckeye Yard, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 1116(MT6)
Views:  80   Comments: 0
CR MT6 #1117
Title:  CR MT6 #1117
Description:  Rebuilt in 2/1979 from ex-CR 6859 (exx-PC 6859, exxx-PRR 6859, nee-PRR Alco RSD-12 8659), it became CR MT6 #1117 (MT6 = Motor Trailer 6-axle). The slug eventually rolled over to NS 1108 after the CR breakup. Specs - 58' 13/4" length, 40" wheels, tractive effort of 158,000 lb, no horn, bell or parking brake. No photographer was listed for the photo.
Photo Date:  3/11/1979  Upload Date: 4/1/2023 6:25:46 AM
Location:  Buckeye Yard, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 1117(MT6)
Views:  66   Comments: 0


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