Saw somthing intresting today

[who_dat73]

Hey I thought I was seing things today I was at work and from my spot in the yard I sit about 6 blocks from the local line thought I saw a blue loco going down the line but then thought better of it since I never see anything but the normal UP and few HLCX leasers on out line and maby a SP patch once in a great while but bout a hour later it came rolling back it was a Conrail Quality dash ?? not for sure on that in lead a plain grey didnt see any markings or road numbers dash?? in the middle and a UP GP pulling up the rear I think it was the local doing some running in between here and there but what would they be doing around here??

 

[railohio]

Run-through power off NS most likely. If it was in fact a GE then the Conrail unit was a C40-8W and the unpainted unit was an NS C40-9W.

 

[Russ Bellinis]

It could also be leased power. U.P. is leasing quite a bit of extra power. If the NS or CSX sold off some surplus Conrail power, it may have gone to a leasing company. Some of the leasing companies just put their reporting marks over the top of the original owner's paint.

 

[railohio]

NS and CSX wouldn't be leasing any of their own power as they are just as power short as the rest of the Class 1 systems. CSX and NS both still own all the former "Conrail Quality" GEs that they inherited in the split, too. There would be no chance then that if it was indeed a "Conrail Quality" unit that it would be in a lease fleet now.

 

[who_dat73]

Talked to one of the Club members that got pics of it he said that it was a UP patch on the on the Conrail and the grey thing was a former Sp.that was in the primer stage

 

[railohio]

Talked to one of the Club members that got pics of it he said that it was a UP patch on the on the Conrail and the grey thing was a former Sp.that was in the primer stage

I UP patch on a Conrail unit? I challenge you to prove this...

 

[who_dat73]

I swear thats what he said if I get the pics from him I will post them I am kinda new to rail fanning so I am no expert on all things RR LOL.
I thought somone said that night that Conrail was no more?? But I thought A have seen recint Con. pics here in real thing????