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| Title: |
Yard power, and a rare road unit |
| Description: |
Conrail used many of the ex PC SW1500s for local and yard jobs in the New York area. We see one here at Oak Point in company of a much more unusual unit, though a regular visitor to the city. Selkirk was home base to much of CRs GE fleet including the four U36Bs. They were a common sight on SELI/LISE and its occasional modification, SEOP/OPSE, the connection to the Long Island at Fresh Pond. U36B 2974 is on hand today, and will return to Selkirk later in the evening. |
| Photo Date: |
3/22/1983 Upload Date: 11/3/2013 1:36:09 AM |
| Location: |
Bronx, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 9508(SW1500) CR 2974(U36B) |
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746 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Almost in the Bronx |
| Description: |
The head end of LISE has almost reached the Bronx as seen from the Queens approach in Astoria Park. |
| Photo Date: |
11/15/1983 Upload Date: 11/28/2013 1:44:30 AM |
| Location: |
Astoria, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2802(B23-7) CR 1910(B23-7) CR 2805(B23-7) CR 9508(SW1500) |
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572 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
LISE |
| Description: |
One of the more obscure operations on the Conrail system was SELI/LISE, which also ran under several other symbols over the years. It connected Conrail with the Bronx and the Long Island RR, which had a minimal freight operation compared to its commuter trains. Catching it was not difficult if you knew when the trains ran, though my issue was usually more a case of having the free time to do it. I got lucky one day in November 1983, catching it as it was going over the Hell Gate bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
11/15/1983 Upload Date: 11/28/2013 1:41:48 AM |
| Location: |
Astoria, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2802(B23-7) CR 1910(B23-7) CR 2805(B23-7) CR 9508(SW1500) |
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740 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
LISE at Queens Blvd |
| Description: |
LISE came up the NY Connecting RR from Fresh Pond, where it interchanged with the LIRR. Power was typically a set of GE's, several hundred of which were based at Selkirk, including on occasion one of more of the U36B's that were built for Auto Train. Don't think I ever saw an EMD road unit. The SW1500 was to run local cars on the Bay Ridge Branch beyond Fresh Pond, which CR owned at the time. The departure back to the Bronx depended on how long it toook to service the branch, but it was typically several hours. Here it crosses over Queens Blvd on a series of concrete arches. |
| Photo Date: |
11/15/1983 Upload Date: 11/28/2013 1:49:48 AM |
| Location: |
Astoria, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2802(B23-7) CR 1910(B23-7) CR 2805(B23-7) CR 9508(SW1500) |
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849 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CR 9508, 2804, 2802, 2805 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
2/19/1984 Upload Date: 1/1/2013 7:48:06 PM |
| Location: |
Croton Harmon, NY |
| Author: |
Tim Darnell |
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| Locomotives: |
CR 9508(SW1500) CR 2804(B23-7) |
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764 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
CR 9508 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
4/11/1987 Upload Date: 8/8/2016 10:23:08 PM |
| Location: |
Elkhart, IN |
| Author: |
andrew koenigsberg |
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| Locomotives: |
CR 9508(SW1500) |
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210 Comments: 0 |
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