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For those who like the "big Blue", it still seems amazing this road has been gone for 20 years already. Back in the day, Conrail power was a frequent visitor to Fort Erie, having run traffic to and from the USA on an almost daily basis. Here is a nice lashup: CR 9573, 7938, 7936 and 7524, as seen ready to roll back to the USA. The old Central Av bridge in Fort Erie is just barely visible over the auto rack.
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Caption: For those who like the "big Blue", it still seems amazing this road has been gone for 20 years already. Back in the day, Conrail power was a frequent visitor to Fort Erie, having run traffic to and from the USA on an almost daily basis. Here is a nice lashup: CR 9573, 7938, 7936 and 7524, as seen ready to roll back to the USA. The old Central Av bridge in Fort Erie is just barely visible over the auto rack.

Photographer:
A.W.Mooney [2190] (more) (contact)
Date: 06/17/1989 (search)
Railway: Conrail (search)
Reporting Marks: CR 9573 (search)
Train Symbol: Inter'l transfer (search)
Subdivision/SNS: CN Stamford Sub (search)
City/Town: Fort Erie (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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4 Comments
  1. Larry Parks
    December 18, 2019 at 11:29 pm

    What a coincidence. Just watched an Xmas movie where Conrail units kept passing through the town. Now another big string here when I come up stairs. The magic of Christmas. Heh heh. :-)

  2. BradKetchen
    December 19, 2019 at 6:36 am

    Interesting choice of units bookending the GP38s. The Geep 9 would have led long nose forward into Canada and a SW1500? leading back to the States. I miss the blue but we have the CN leased GATX units to make up for it. :)

  3. awmooney
    December 19, 2019 at 7:13 am

    @Larry. I always find those kinds of circumstances strange. Maybe someone will be by today with a case of Blue for Christmas!!

  4. rsmith
    December 19, 2019 at 10:57 am

    I love how Conrail would just couple up whatever locomotives were laying around yards to run transfers and extras.
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