Dino Thunder! One of only six SD45-2's on the NS roster provides for a rare leader on today's 11V. The 1705 is former CR 6666 having been built in November of 1972 as Erie Lackawanna... (more)
Westbound loaded trash train 65J heads west through Harrisburg with a pair of SD45-2s for power. The 1705 is former Erie Lackawanna 3681, the last freight locomotive built for the EL. Although the... (more)
I find it fitting that the one and only train I saw on the 10 year anniversary of the split of Conrail would be a set of ex-CR SD45-2s. NS 1705 (ex-CR 6666), which was always my favorite Conrail e... (more)
Two of only 6 SD45-2s on the Norfolk Southern roster, NS 1705 (ex-CR 6666) and 1701 (ex-CR 6655), bring OI16 past the Browns Yard office. A special thanks goes to the furniture store for letting m... (more)
NS 1705 begins the journey to Gerdau Ameristeel (Sayreville) up the Gillespie Branch out of Browns Yard. The train is seen crossing Rte. 615 (Bordentown-Amboy Turnpike) which parallels the ex-Camd... (more)
Ex-Erie Lackawanna powered Conrail Shared Assets Browns/Oak Island transfer job SA42 is almost at its final destination, Browns Yard as it runs through the cut in Sayreville, NJ. The catenary pol... (more)
A former Erie Lackawanna/Conrail SD45-2 assigned to Conrail Shared Assets now in Norfolk Southern's horsehead paint scheme stops to get a new Form D.
Looking sharp in NS livery, this SD45-2 saw long haul action (note larger fuel tanks) for Conrail and Erie Lackawanna.
Norfolk Southern SD45-2 1705 leads the SA22 to AmeriSteel in Parlin, NJ on former Raritan River Railroad trackage.
Westbound passing Eastbound coal train , lead engine is ex conrail , Note only six left
ex-Conrail 6666, exx-EL 3681