HiDef: Vintage SRNJ Diesels En Route to The Reading and Northern!

On an evening in May, I got a heads up that Conrail Shared Assets local WPCA-51 would be picking up two F units and an RDC from the SRNJ interchange in Winslow, NJ, and bringing them North to Camden for eventual transport to the R&N in Port Clinton, PA. The R&N plans to restore all 3 units to operating condition and use them for both freight and passenger service (well, not the RDC for freight). All three pieces of equipment had sat dormant in Winslow for years, and it was good to see them go to a good home. Leading the train was NS GP38-2's 5277 and 5279. The leader sports a crisp RS3L horn. Special thanks to JD for the heads up, and to the landscaping crew at Magnolia for letting me know I hadn't missed it after cutting it close on my way back from a doctor's appointment as they were on their way.
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[@williamkurzenberger6414]

Great timing, Jared! Opportunities like this are rare.

[@PaulsDMVRailroadsandAviation]

Nice!!! That New York, Ontario & Western paint scheme looks really cool on the F-unit

[@TrainFan119]

DMV Railroads & Aviation ikr

[@JoshuaTheTransitProdigy]

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[@StandardGaugeRailroader]

KILLER CATCH JARED!!!!

[@LibertyRailfan]

Nice catch

[@thecentralfloridarailroader]

So this is where those Winslow diesel wound up

[@mikeggg5671]

I am very hopeful that they will wear Reading F- (and FA-!) unit paint

[@rnrailproductions5049]

I can't wait to see these operating on R&N!! That RS3L-R was great too!

[@brianfalzon6739]

They will look great to go along with the other F Units from NS that R&N ever bought when under power again!

[@Zach_Bloomquist]

Its good that these are going to a new home. They had been vandalized for years and had sat dormant under a bridge since the late 90's at least. The SRNJ used MLW's or the GP in Salem after these two were sidelined. Nice catch. If you want to see what these two looked like in all their glory get a back issue of Railpace Newsmagazine for August 1995. The red loco is on the cover.

[@williamkurzenberger6414]

Thanks for the reference. I, too, remember seeing these sit at Winslow Junction, and I was concerned about their future. I was there one day and met a nice man from West Virginia who was trying to negotiate their acquisition for a tourist line out there. I'm sorry that their organization lost out, but the locomotives are now with a company that has some resources to spend on them.

[@jasonlitz2907]

I was almost fearful these were the PRSL F units

[@brianfalzon6739]

Great catch