Conrail’s SFEL4 freight off the Santa Fe makes a beeline through Chesterton, Indiana, over the railroad’s busy Chicago to Elkhart Yard main line on the bright morning of June 24, 1990.
PIML (Pittsburgh-Metuchen-Linden)
At 5:34 p.m. on June 24, 1990, Conrail EMD SD50 No. 6736 leads a westbound freight through a curve at Hudson Lake, Indiana, on the busy Chicago to Elkhart main line.
Conrail EMD SD50 No. 6736 leads a westbound freight through a flurry of lake-effect snowfall at New Carlisle, Indiana, on a cold February 25, 1990.
A spring thaw reveals some units waiting for attention at the back shops.CR 6736 is former LV 640 while 6579 is former Reading U-30-C 6300.
A colorful group of units congregate on the engine house tracks at this ex Erie facility. Included are an ex Lehigh Valley Alco C-628,a PC ex New Haven C-425, and an ex EL RS-3, and a blue GP-38.
CR 6736 (ex LV) was out of service with the rest of the Big Alco fleet by the time I caught up with them in Watertown, Ny in 1981.
