Southern Pacific Switching Layout

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This may be a stupid question, but is Conrail still a railroad, I know it was bought by NS and CSX, but does is still function as its own railroad or is it a fallen flag?

No such thing as a stupid question when you're seeking information. Conrail was split between CSX and NS in 1997, with the acquisition approved in July 1198. More or less making it a fallen flag railroad; but there is still a Conrail http://www.conrail.com/ a switching company that operates in Detroit, MI, New Jersey and the Philadelphia, PA area. It's also known as Conrail Shared Assets. Some of the fellows that live in those areas can probably give you more details, in the mean time here's some historical information about Conrail: http://www.conrail.com/history.htm and a little more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrail.

Those blue/white Conrail locomotives are slowly but surely being given the NS black/white and CSXT Blue/Yellow paint.