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| Title: |
EL 2525 |
| Description: |
Westbound tonnage sails downhill between Ashland and Mansfield, OH. EL 2525 is a later U25B with the sloping nose and two piece windshield. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1973 Upload Date: 2/5/2009 7:36:08 AM |
| Location: |
Paradise Hill, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 2525(U25B) |
| Views: |
363 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
EL 3325 |
| Description: |
Two U36Cs and a GP35 with an eastbound train of N&W and Virginian hoppers. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1973 Upload Date: 2/4/2009 10:54:31 AM |
| Location: |
Brady Lake, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 3325(U36C) |
| Views: |
1030 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
EL 3620 |
| Description: |
Westbound tonnage heads out of Kent behind an SD45/F3A/F7B combination. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1973 Upload Date: 2/3/2009 10:04:59 PM |
| Location: |
Kent, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 3620(SD45) |
| Views: |
645 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
EL 3626 |
| Description: |
EL freight ready to depart west from Kent. The 3626 was one of the SD45s built with dual controls. She was later Conrail 6091. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1973 Upload Date: 2/4/2009 10:43:05 AM |
| Location: |
Kent, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 3626(SD45) |
| Views: |
553 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
EL 3662 |
| Description: |
An EL westbound climbs the grade between Ashland and Mansfield with high and wide machinery loads, an EL staple, first out behind the power. EL 3662 was later CR 6693, VMVX 6693, rebuilt by MK Rail to SP SD40M-3 8695, is now extant as UP 2771. Date approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1973 Upload Date: 2/5/2007 8:20:58 PM |
| Location: |
Windsor, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 3662(SDP45) |
| Views: |
729 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
EL 6321 |
| Description: |
As God and EMD intended, ABA F7s on eastbound tonnage just east of Kent at Brady Lake. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1973 Upload Date: 2/4/2009 7:33:28 PM |
| Location: |
Brady Lake, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 6321(F7A) |
| Views: |
640 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
EL 1028 |
| Description: |
Must have been a power shortage for an RS3/RS2 combination to end up on the hot New York Cannonball N&W run-through train. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1973 Upload Date: 2/5/2009 1:19:04 PM |
| Location: |
Pavonia, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 1028(RS3) |
| Views: |
673 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
EL 3304 |
| Description: |
After EL swapped their U33Cs 3301-3303 to D&H for SD45s 801-802, the 3304 became the "class unit." Here she glides downhill between Mansfield and Ashland with an eastbound pig train. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1973 Upload Date: 2/5/2009 8:07:27 AM |
| Location: |
Pavonia, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 3304(U33C) |
| Views: |
682 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
EL 3609 |
| Description: |
A pair of EL SD45s struggles upgrade with westbound tonnage between Ashland and Mansfield. EL 802 is ex-D&H 802, nee-EMDX SD45 demo 4352. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1973 Upload Date: 2/5/2009 8:25:26 AM |
| Location: |
Pavonia, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 3609(SD45) EL 802(SD45) |
| Views: |
893 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
EL 3681 |
| Description: |
First and last - EL's SD45-2s were the first of that model constructed. EL 3681 from that order was the last new freight loco EL bought. She was later Conrail 6666. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1973 Upload Date: 2/5/2009 7:52:07 AM |
| Location: |
Paradise Hill, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 3681(SD45-2) |
| Views: |
1438 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
EL 6111 |
| Description: |
Milwaukee Road GP40s paying back horsepower hours owed help out the ex-DL&W F7A on this westbound. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1973 Upload Date: 2/5/2009 6:15:09 AM |
| Location: |
Mansfield, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 6111(F7A) |
| Views: |
936 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
EL 3318 |
| Description: |
A pair of U36Cs run wrong main with an eastbound pig train. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/1973 Upload Date: 2/5/2009 1:44:16 PM |
| Location: |
Albion, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 3318(U36C) |
| Views: |
742 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
EL 3323 |
| Description: |
Dropping sand and blowing smoke, the four units on this westbound coke train are down to a crawl on the grade between Ashland and Mansfield. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/1973 Upload Date: 2/5/2009 1:33:00 PM |
| Location: |
Pavonia, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 3323(U36C) |
| Views: |
963 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
EL 810 |
| Description: |
An E8 and three F7s in ABBA configuration slide down the hill from Mansfield with eastbound tonnage. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/1973 Upload Date: 2/5/2009 3:32:20 PM |
| Location: |
Windsor, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 810(E8A) |
| Views: |
599 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
EL 814 |
| Description: |
Two E8s and a GP35 grind up the grade westbound between Ashland and Mansfield. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/1973 Upload Date: 2/5/2009 3:38:59 PM |
| Location: |
Windsor, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 814(E8A) |
| Views: |
762 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
EL 815 |
| Description: |
Eastbound TOFC glides downhill east of Mansfield at the Osbun Road crossing near Pavonia, OH. Date approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/1973 Upload Date: 7/11/2007 11:49:50 AM |
| Location: |
Pavonia, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 815(E8A) |
| Views: |
806 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
EL 823 |
| Description: |
Working in a capacity they were not designed for, three EL E8As struggle upgrade with westbound tonnage at Osbun Road crossing between Ashland and Mansfield, OH. Date approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/1973 Upload Date: 7/11/2007 11:50:20 AM |
| Location: |
Pavonia, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 823(E8A) |
| Views: |
607 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
EL 826 |
| Description: |
To borrow a phrase from Jim Boyd - it's "The E-unit That Ate Ho-Ho-Kus!" Date approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/1973 Upload Date: 2/5/2009 2:33:54 PM |
| Location: |
Pavonia, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 826(E8A) |
| Views: |
449 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
EL 10 |
| Description: |
The car further from the camera is EL 10 "Safety and Training Car." The nearer car is EL 24, a steam generator car converted from a Stillwell coach. Thanks to Jerry LaBoda for this information. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/1973 Upload Date: 2/7/2009 4:07:50 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
1465 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
EL 2503 |
| Description: |
EL U25B makes a switching move past AC tower. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/1973 Upload Date: 2/7/2009 3:53:54 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 2503(U25B) |
| Views: |
629 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
EL 3320 |
| Description: |
EL power on the east side of the shop. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/1973 Upload Date: 2/7/2009 4:17:00 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 3320(U36C) EL 3628(SD45) |
| Views: |
793 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
EL 3325 |
| Description: |
Three-builder lash-up on a westbound near the Mansfield Reformatory. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/1973 Upload Date: 2/7/2009 9:10:36 PM |
| Location: |
Mansfield, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 3325(U36C) |
| Views: |
742 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
EL 3626 |
| Description: |
An EL eastbound freight departing Marion passes newly repainted AC tower and crosses the N&W's ex-PRR Sandusky District. EL 3626 was later Conrail 6091. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/1973 Upload Date: 2/7/2009 1:33:21 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
Signal,Track |
| Locomotives: |
EL 3626(SD45) |
| Views: |
2030 Comments: 7 |
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| Title: |
EL 6111 |
| Description: |
ABB F7s work a westbound near the Mansfield Reformatory. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/1973 Upload Date: 2/7/2009 8:55:44 PM |
| Location: |
Mansfield, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 6111(F7A) |
| Views: |
987 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
EL 817 |
| Description: |
Former Lackawanna E8 leads an ABA covered wagon consist westbound at Nankin, OH just east of Ashland. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/1973 Upload Date: 2/7/2009 9:17:47 PM |
| Location: |
Nankin, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 817(E8A) |
| Views: |
570 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
EL 803 |
| Description: |
EL 803 was ex-D&H 803, nee-EMDX 4353, one of the SD45 demos, later went back to D&H 803, then finally NdeM 803. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/7/2009 4:25:26 PM |
| Location: |
Nankin, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 803(SD45) |
| Views: |
539 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
EL 3321 |
| Description: |
EL westbound grinds upgrade through the big cut near Windsor. This was part of a line relocation back in the steam era; the original main line ran around this hill about 1/2 mile to the left (north). Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/9/2009 2:44:14 PM |
| Location: |
Windsor, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 3321(U36C) |
| Views: |
614 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
EL 3632 |
| Description: |
EL 3632 on this westbound near Nankin, OH, later received an EL bicentennial scheme, then was Conrail 6097, and ended up as CR/NS load test unit Q1. |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/9/2009 2:51:37 PM |
| Location: |
Nankin, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 3632(SD45) |
| Views: |
915 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
EL 3664 |
| Description: |
Nine cars of high and wide or restricted loads, long an Erie/EL staple, are first out in this westbound. EL 3664 was later Conrail 6695. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/9/2009 6:57:08 PM |
| Location: |
Windsor, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 3664(SDP45) |
| Views: |
580 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
EL 6341 |
| Description: |
A former Lackawanna F7 heads up this westbound, shown here waiting for a signal just east of Mansfield. Date approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/9/2009 7:06:09 PM |
| Location: |
Mansfield, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 6341(F7A) |
| Views: |
505 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
EL 7094 |
| Description: |
A and B F7s hustle this short westbound upgrade just west of Ashland. Note the interesting use of a hyphen on EL's grade crossing signs. Date approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/9/2009 3:05:15 PM |
| Location: |
Paradise Hill, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 7094(F3A) |
| Views: |
607 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
EL 1021 |
| Description: |
EL RS3 1021 poses with Erie caboose C-112 at the east end of the yard in Marion. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/15/2009 9:55:10 AM |
| Location: |
Marion, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 1021(RS3) |
| Views: |
532 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
EL 2455 |
| Description: |
A westbound freight passes AC tower as an eastbound pig train disappears in the distance. EL 2455 was later BC Rail 805. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/15/2009 9:19:53 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 2455(C425) |
| Views: |
866 Comments: 9 |
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| Title: |
EL 2456 |
| Description: |
EL 2456 appears to exemplify the ALCO acronym - All Liquids Come Out. Later she received a well deserved overhaul as BC Rail 806. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/15/2009 8:08:48 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 2456(C425) |
| Views: |
855 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
B&LE 4601 |
| Description: |
Typical of the high and wide loads handled by the EL, this appears to be a Cooper Bessemer V-12 marine or stationery engine. EL 2458 was later BC Rail 808. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/14/2009 5:55:25 PM |
| Location: |
Paradise Hill, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 2458(C425) |
| Views: |
1326 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
EL 2517 |
| Description: |
A pair of GEs heads out of Marion with an eastbound pig train. Spring must be here; the roadway department has dumped ballast piles at the diamonds in preparation for raising them out of the mud they sank into over the winter. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/15/2009 10:46:10 AM |
| Location: |
Marion, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 2517(U25B) |
| Views: |
555 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
EL 2519 |
| Description: |
EL tonnage rolls eastbound through a Spring snowstorm in Mansfield, OH, passing the less-than-five-star Hotel Newman. The semaphores and tower in the background at right guard the crossing with B&O's Newark-Willard line. Date approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/13/2009 10:14:33 AM |
| Location: |
Mansfield, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 2519(U25B) |
| Views: |
940 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
EL 2565 |
| Description: |
EL 2565 leads an eastbound near Paradise Hill after a Spring storm has dusted the area with snow. She later became CR 3671. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/13/2009 10:23:08 AM |
| Location: |
Paradise Hill, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 2565(GP35) |
| Views: |
501 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
EL 2575 |
| Description: |
EL 2575 poses in front of AC tower and the depot at Marion. She would later become Conrail 3681. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/15/2009 9:08:12 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 2575(GP35) |
| Views: |
718 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
EL 3615 |
| Description: |
An EL eastbound approaches the PC diamonds at Mansfield. The tower in the background controlled the EL/B&O diamonds. EL 3615 was later CR 6080. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/13/2009 7:24:19 AM |
| Location: |
Mansfield, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 3615(SD45) |
| Views: |
590 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
EL 3616 |
| Description: |
An SD45/C425 combination leads a westbound with the typical EL high and wide loads up front. EL 3616 was later Conrail 6081, scrapped at Hollidaysburg, PA 3/87. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/14/2009 5:46:28 PM |
| Location: |
Paradise Hill, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 3616(SD45) |
| Views: |
427 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
EL 3622 |
| Description: |
The Dayton Branch was usually the haunt of four-axle and first generation power, but not today as an SD45 and U36C handle a string of new International trucks and truck chassis. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/15/2009 9:27:55 AM |
| Location: |
Marion, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 3622(SD45) |
| Views: |
594 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
EL 3635 |
| Description: |
EL SD45s with a caboose hop pause in front of AC tower. Note the use of EL's high tech message delivery system. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/15/2009 9:44:12 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 3635(SDP45) |
| Views: |
561 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
EL 3649 |
| Description: |
Westbound EL pig train near Ashland, OH on a cold Spring day. EL 3649 was later Conrail and NS 6680. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/14/2009 2:03:12 PM |
| Location: |
Paradise Hill, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 3649(SDP45) |
| Views: |
442 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
EL 3672 |
| Description: |
One of EL's newest locos poses with three of EL's oldest; SD45-2 3672 built 11/72 with RS3 1009 built 9/50 and E8A 824 built 2/51. EL 3672 was later CR 6657, CSXT 8973. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/15/2009 9:40:26 AM |
| Location: |
Marion, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 3672(SD45-2) EL 1009(RS3) |
| Views: |
775 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
EL 3320 |
| Description: |
EL 3320 and 2569 are down to a crawl lugging a coke train up the grade just east of Mansfield, OH. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/16/2009 1:47:44 PM |
| Location: |
Pavonia, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 3320(U36C) EL 2569(GP35) |
| Views: |
699 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
EL 3639 |
| Description: |
EL 3639, a dual control SDP45, leads this westbound. Most of the consist appears to be steel pipe out of Youngstown. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/15/2009 9:59:40 PM |
| Location: |
West Salem, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 3639(SDP45) |
| Views: |
996 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
EL 6321 |
| Description: |
An ex-DL&W F7A leads this three-builder lash-up on a westbound near Burbank, OH. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/15/2009 9:52:53 PM |
| Location: |
Burbank, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 6321(F7A) |
| Views: |
589 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
BN 5829 |
| Description: |
Four brand new BN U30Cs being delivered in the consist of this EL westbound. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/21/2009 8:17:18 PM |
| Location: |
Mansfield, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BN 5829(U30C) |
| Views: |
847 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
EL 3606 |
| Description: |
This EL westbound has about 30 brand new BN hoppers from Greenville, PA in its consist. EL 3606 was later CR 6071. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/21/2009 7:56:29 PM |
| Location: |
Mansfield, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 3606(SD45) |
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