Conrail (CR) 6079 - EMD SD45

With PRR K-4 Pacific 1361 on display in the background, CR SD45s 6156 and 6079 (ex-EL 3614) run light down Horseshoe for another pusher assignment in August, 1979.

CR SD45's 6156 and 6079 (ex-EL 3614) run light down Horseshoe for another pusher assignment in August, 1979.

Amtrak F40PHR 319 at 18th Street in Chicago, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Obviously, the yard is being rebuilt.

CR SD45 6079 at about 18th Street in Chicago,#Illinois on an unknown day in October 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.

Amtrak SDP40F 647, E9 409, and CR SD45 6079 at about 18th Street in Chicago, Illinois on an unknown day in October 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Note the strobe lights on 647. The open bridge in the background led to Grand Central Station. After the closing of that station, the bridge was raised into a permanent open position. One bridge is still in the closed position, and that is ICG's Saint Charles Air Line which continues on the bridge off to the left.

Conrail mixed manifest head north on the former NYC between Cincinnati and Dayton. CR 6079 was formerly EL 3614. Date of photo approximate.

CR 6079

OIPI-3 rolls through ConPitt Junction at track speed. One of the cooling towers at New Florence can just barely be made out in the background.