01-29-2014, 09:46 PM
Awesome Set of pictures! That U23B was one of the newer locomotives on Conrail, built 11/74. It would be renumbered 2779 in a few months from this photo, but it would wear its patch for at least a little while.
There was only one other group of pure Conrail U23Bs built, the last U-boats built period.
Indeed, This U-boat still exists, and is owned by Vulcan Materials (VULX).
The GP35 with it, #2255, also had an interesting life. It was a PRR unit, and late in its Conrail career became an Operation Lifesaver "dummy", used in a PR campaign to ram a car on a crossing. To do this, the "guts" of the engine were removed, and its fuel tank filled with concrete. It apparently has been traded in and rebuilt into a Genset switcher of some kind.
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There was only one other group of pure Conrail U23Bs built, the last U-boats built period.
Indeed, This U-boat still exists, and is owned by Vulcan Materials (VULX).
The GP35 with it, #2255, also had an interesting life. It was a PRR unit, and late in its Conrail career became an Operation Lifesaver "dummy", used in a PR campaign to ram a car on a crossing. To do this, the "guts" of the engine were removed, and its fuel tank filled with concrete. It apparently has been traded in and rebuilt into a Genset switcher of some kind.
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Modeling New Jersey Under the Wire 1978-1979.
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