04-20-2010, 09:13 PM
Russ Bellinis Wrote:Did Conrail units get sold or go off lease when CSZ & NS took over? The only way I can see it happening is if the BNSF bought an ex-Conrail unit, and canabilized those doors before repainting it to BNSF colors.
Actually, in the case of these GEs, i'm willing to bet NS installed these doors. I frequently see NS and BNSF together, and i wouldn't be surprised that while running across the nation into NS territory, it needed a door and a conrail one was on hand.
However, several GP38s, including one PRSL unit, have went to BNSF and are still in Conrail blue, with WHITE Swoosh logos. I find it ironic that some odd-ball from Jersey is leading huge freights out west.
another GP38, but i'm not sure which conrail unit this was.
Modeling New Jersey Under the Wire 1978-1979.