Conrail power          
Old Conrail power at Ayer MA, exact date unknown. Photo by Bill Briggs.
Date: 12/25/2008 Location: Ayer, MA   Map Show Ayer on a rail map Views: 335 Collection Of:   Jonelle DeFelice
Locomotives: CR 6567(U33C)    Author:  Bill Briggs
Conrail power
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Tom Beckett General The two lead units(at least, can't see the others well enough) are actually C30-7A's. It was a CR only model that developed 3000 HP from a 12 cylinder prime mover, instead of the usual 16 cylinders. Conrail acquired 50 of them, numbers 6550-6599, in the early 80's. They were based in Selkirk, and most commonly seen on the B&A, though often ran on the River Line as well, and could turn up systemwide. If I had to guess a date, I'd say 1995 or so. Conrail established a couple of run through trains onto the B&M in the mid 90's, this is one of them. 5/17/2012 4:21:05 PM
Jonelle DeFelice General THANKS for the info! The photo is from a man I worked with. He let me borrow some photos to scan. 5/17/2012 6:19:00 PM

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