Conrail in Northeast Ohio Two Weeks Before the Split

Ashtabula, Geneva, Collinwood and Cleveland Drawbridge on May 15 and 16, 1999.

[@jimmyseaver3647]

Is it strange that I have nostalgia for an era I never really got to live in? I was 3 years old when this was filmed and as such never got the chance to properly appreciate what was once a fascinating rail scene.

[@RailFan1981]

Awesome! Back when trains were cool! Look at those brand spankin new UP AC44's! And those are still around and possibly still in the same paint, lol.

[@jeffreymcfadden9403]

23:30 collinwood last time i was there, it was full of F7s. 1978.(though CR was retiring F7s, its just that CR had so many of them) we had a tour. we were in the test shop where they load engines, and outside blad horns going off! we were in the shop building , went through a door, and we came face to face with an F7 sitting inside idling. (1730) got a photo. impressive. the dead lines were full of alcos,,C424,C628,C630,C636,and a few U25Bs, interseting since the F7s running around were at least 10-15 years older than the alcos.

[@jackpetrof9460]

Never thought i would miss CR, now I do. Good video, wouldn't have minded some narration though.

[@RDC2003]

I constantly wish I was born in the 80’s so I could railfan in the 90’s. But I was born 2006 been buffing since around 2020

[@Med0sproductions]

11:00 never seen a conrail locomotive with a K5

[@WaffleDragon]

3:24 I guess they must have started patching the locomotives early? 10:55 I don't think I've ever seen a Conrail unit with a K5LA. I like the brand new UP AC44s too.

[@RailroadMediaArchive]

Yes, once the split was finalized in 1998 locomotives and rolling stock were renumbered NYC for CSX and PRR for NS. If you pay attention today there is still quite a bit of CSX rolling stock still lettered NYC.

[@Steelers2841]

waffuhz. Conrail had some Patch numbers for NS in Late 1998 just some not all,till,July or Aug of 99,

[@kyaing9047]

The engine was probably fitted with a K5LA at the preference of CSX, who got a lesser part of CR.

[@rnrailproductions5049]

Many Conrail locos got fitted with horns that weren’t just the Leslie (R)S-3L models. Quite a bit of units had New Cast P5s and Big Tag K5LAs.

[@kyaing9047]

@@rnrailproductions5049 yes, I actually believe now that the SD70MACs were the only Conrail units with K5LAs as delivered at CSX's preference.

[@ohioandnortheastern]

The one dislike is Conrail itself

[@Steelers2841]

Classic Conrail

[@logandetwiler4483]

What train symbol was 8317 and 5001? TV something

[@dwayneday1587]

Conrail has new yard yardleyville lien was payed on property under McCarty

[@Steelers2841]

Have you spend a Whole Day in Alliance. Or. Berea just getting Conrail for a day or 2

[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

Did Norfolk Southern take the merger rights of Conrail? Because as I recall, Norfolk Southern has a ConRail heritage unit

[@RailroadMediaArchive]

Conrail was split up between CSX and NS.

[@BERXJoe]

To add to RM Archive's response, when Conrail was split up, cars going to Norfolk Southern were labeled with PRR reporting marks. Those going to CSX received NYC reporting marks. CSX could have a Conrail heritage engine if it wants to, but right now I think the executives have much bigger things on their minds.

[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

Joe very interesting I did not know that and yet Norfolk Southern does have a Conrail Heritage unit one of their 8800 numbered es44acw engines

[@BERXJoe]

Norfolk Southern has a Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) and New York Central (NYC) heritage unit as well, so the company went all out on its family tree.

[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

Joe cool

[@bubblelvr1]

I got hired in 1990 on conrail lord how I wished that they didn’t get involved with CSX that was the worst thing ever I’m now retired as of now two yrs but to say the NS put the screws to CSX and they know they did but csx helped in the process they should had kept the conrail. Dispatchers and management instead they got erogant ang made very bad choices one not to come out to look at territory in person by train instead no we don’t need to do that we got maps oh no they are out of date and well we don’t need the lakefront the Cleveland drawbridge is old and we don’t want to maintain it and pay taxes let the NS have it we will go the short line from collinwood WRONG that one costed them and I mean big the NS choked csx to death giving us a bottleneck and a 30 mph single track through a tunnel that they thought that Cleveland would allow them to double track not so then this to hire tony Ingram and brown mother bad move as the safety rules got so struck that it totally slowed down productivity to a crawl track conditions got so bad one time we were outlawing on trains for average speed got to 30 mph they finally got things together somewhat but no let’s change more rules and schedules etc botching more things up they need to stop fixing things that are not broke and they would prevail but no we gots to change something we can’t leave enough alone and communication at one time one division dispatcher you can tell him one thing but no conveyance to the next like I have one unit down tell Albany dispatch get to buffalo they know nothing Cleveland didn’t tell them Lolol. I miss it but you see why NS clowned them

[@PrenticeBoy1688]

Holy crap, buddy. Gotta use punctuation!!

[@doubleutubefan5]

@@PrenticeBoy1688 His run on sentence put his exasperated tone across though.

[@PrenticeBoy1688]

@@doubleutubefan5 You're probably right, but that supposition doesn't make the original comment any easier to read.

[@doubleutubefan5]

@@PrenticeBoy1688 This is true

[@fairportrails107]

24:40 i miss this thing

[@dwayneday6097]

My Conrail not for sale as to claiming beacon Hill yard title pull out there Conrail consolidated international shipping rail RR is not for sale Yardley title I've the reading under inherited of Belle munsell under the title company CISR RR LLC as holding under joint OSCA partnership with deeds of assets we a solid company Terry president of OSCA HQ under financial dividends up a quarter share as company of gain making move on on the Dow Jones requiring of beacon Hill yard

[@dwayneday6097]

Terry your report to the share holders that quarter gain in dividend of conrail stock good tax return we to pay one billion taxes for return of eleven billion an the board to repay McCarty RR 2.5 million flat to McCarty Baron Alaska profit of 8.5 billion gross 8.4E9 on the year 21,000,000 budget for employees hire five hundred employees. Under tax exemption of 4% return as to salary of double tax exemption under first year of a company sincerely your president of OSCA