If you ever do find out, I'd love to know why they were there!
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Conrail was leasing power from just about every railroad imaginable during their first few years. Conrail's biggest problem upon creation was a huge fleet of motive power in horrible condition, most of it dating from the 1950s. The GP40Xs were probably a "captive audience" before someone at AT&SF asked for them back. Around this time, CR was also leasing Canadian National GP40-2Ws for 90 days at a time to avoid import tax.
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I remember reading something about Conrail borrowing three ATSF GP40Xs as test units.
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