Well, depending upon where on the Conrail system you were (i.e Pennsylvania) you could see a lot of untouched PC and Reading hoppers rolling around. During one trip, at the Harrisburg station, a train of empty hoppers led by a brace of SD50s blew past with about 1/3 of the cars bearing reporting marks of those railroads. But for the required EL content, during the same trip I found CR #4022 alone at the head end of a short OCS that was made up for the previous day's open house at Enola Yard. It was the first time I had seen her with the HEP receptacles in the pilot and ditch lights. The yard crew happily uncoupled the GP10 that hostled the train into place to let me get a good shot of the nose. It was a fortuitous event, because I hadn't known about the open house, nor did I expect the train just to show up right when I arrived--I think President Maxwell was smiling down on me that day! In all truth, I have never seen a nicer locomotive. Best Regards, Phil Bell ------------------------------
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