Old Conrail Engine on Rough Tracks

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Published 2024-02-14

On February 13th, 2024, I decided to take some time trackside on some old Reading Railroad trackage, not too far from my house. But rather than Reading Company power on Reading trackage, it was a beautiful Conrail Blue locomotive in operation. These liverys are becoming extremely rare, so rare that I would estimate under 15 locomotives are still in this paint, so I was glad I could shoot it.

The snowfall of 2/13/24 provided some photogenic opportunities. At our first spot, I decided to video the Conrail engine coming through the snow covered cornfields, our second spot was a side-angle of the locomotive while they struggled with crossing failure, and our third location was in the Alleys of East Greenville at the old Ex Reading EG Station.

I hope you enjoy this short Reading Rail Films Production, Thanks for tuning in.

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All Comments (21)

@ConrailSD80MAC 3 months ago

Long live Big Blue!
@gilbertcastaneda8208 4 months ago

Nice to see some conrail locomotives. Still active. Thanks for sharing.
@trainutjob 4 months ago

Great video here! You can’t beat that power or that scenery, nice little train they had in tow as well!
@seaboardsystemproductions9714 3 months ago

Excellent video love the conrail Gp10.😊
@LotusbandicootRR 3 months ago

Last Conrail-painted unit I saw was one of the aborted D8.5-40CW units, and that one was on its way to be scrapped. Crazy to know there are so few out there now... even just 15 years ago there were still so many running on the NS. Anyway, it's cool to see a unit this much older. Nice cinematography, it really captures the atmosphere of a warmup during a Midwest winter.
@wrightflyer7855 3 months ago

Your channel brings forth some interesting family railroading history. My maternal great grandfather was Yardmaster at the Philadelphia Reading yard during WWII, when smooth and efficient delivery of goods and services was critical to the war effort. Thanks for keeping memories of the Reading alive. Subscribed.
@electrictractiontrainsandt3063 4 months ago

Great catch of the Conrail locomotive and the scenery!😀👍
@ocsrc 4 months ago

This type of Pennsylvania was the norm when I was a kid. Now it is hard to find. So much new housing and retail. I used to watch the trains go through EG and south and cross 663 I remember when the trains were daily down to Philadelphia Those days are long gone
@nonewherelistens1906 4 months ago

Thanks for the vid. My old stomping grounds.
@mysticrailroad 4 months ago

very nice, great catches and a cool old loco :)
@bdub215 3 months ago

there's an old conrail alco floating around philly. still in the colors.
@lamegaming9835 3 months ago

This is some top tier videography. Showing the details of the location, water dripping, etc. A+! Do you know where the other conrails are?
@jamesburnside3023 4 months ago

Fantastic catch of that classic unit
@brucefye3778 4 months ago

Hi! New subscriber. YT put you in my mix today. Great wintry and scenic railfanning video.
@jeffmurphree2937 4 months ago

Very nice video! Not just trains rolling by. The scenery and composition are excellent and tell a story. My only suggestion is to get a wind sock for the microphone.
@JohnnysTrainVideos 4 months ago

Great video... subbed you...
@amtrak145autumnexpress9 3 months ago

Is that a Custom Steam Whitsle on 7554 that sound strange
@mshum538 4 months ago

Ex-Conrail
@trainnerd25 4 months ago

is she short hood arranged? the one I work with is from a similar vintage but is PRR and its long hood arranged.
@alanhill8617 4 months ago

I enjoyed the video, but I had difficulty reading what you were describing to me!