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Viewing Album:  Conrail Centuries
 
By:Bay State Model Railroad Museum
Dates:4/5/1976 - 1/14/1983
Album Info:Although their time on Conrail was brief, the orphaned Alco Centuries were a favorite of railfans (crews, not so much...). This is a collection of roster and disposition shots of the Century fleet.
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PC 6318
Title:  PC 6318
Description:  These two C630s still wear their PC numbers and liveries four days past the official start date of Conrail. Unknown photographer, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  4/5/1976  Upload Date: 11/6/2021 11:19:31 PM
Location:  Buffalo, NY
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  PC 6318(C630) PC 6320(C630)
Views:  735   Comments: 0
RDG 5301
Title:  RDG 5301
Description:  David H. Hamley photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  5/8/1976  Upload Date: 10/9/2022 2:28:02 AM
Location:  Mingo Junction, OH
Author:  David H. Hamley
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  RDG 5301(C630)
Views:  461   Comments: 0
Sitting up in Boston
Title:  Sitting up in Boston
Description:  Ralph L. Phillips photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  6/20/1976  Upload Date: 1/29/2023 9:25:24 PM
Location:  Allston (subdivision, MA
Author:  Ralph L. Phillips
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  RDG 5201(C424) PC 3011(GP40) PC 3273(GP40) PC 3272(GP40)
Views:  607   Comments: 0
RDG C424 5201 and PC 3272, now both officially Conrail roster mates
Title:  RDG C424 5201 and PC 3272, now both officially Conrail roster mates
Description:  Ralph L. Phillips photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  6/20/1976  Upload Date: 1/29/2023 9:39:37 PM
Location:  Allston (subdivision, MA
Author:  Ralph L. Phillips
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  RDG 5201(C424) PC 3272(GP40)
Views:  509   Comments: 0
CR 6744
Title:  CR 6744
Description:  David H. Hamley photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum
Photo Date:  8/21/1976  Upload Date: 12/4/2021 4:11:02 PM
Location:  Conway, PA
Author:  David H. Hamley
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 6744(C628) CR 6786(C636)
Views:  642   Comments: 0
CR 6791
Title:  CR 6791
Description:  Date approximate. Steve Downew photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  9/1/1976  Upload Date: 12/4/2021 9:37:41 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Steve Downew
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 6791(C636) CR 6278(SD40) PC 7888(GP38)
Views:  734   Comments: 0
CR 6789
Title:  CR 6789
Description:  James Claflin photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  9/4/1976  Upload Date: 12/4/2021 9:14:17 PM
Location:  Conway, PA
Author:  James Claflin
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 6789(C636)
Views:  456   Comments: 0
RDG 5311
Title:  RDG 5311
Description:  David H. Hamley photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  9/5/1976  Upload Date: 10/9/2022 2:26:14 AM
Location:  Mingo Junction, OH
Author:  David H. Hamley
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  RDG 5311(C630) RDG 5301(C630)
Views:  592   Comments: 0
CR 6770
Title:  CR 6770
Description:  David H. Hamley photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum
Photo Date:  9/5/1976  Upload Date: 12/4/2021 6:04:11 PM
Location:  Mingo Junction, OH
Author:  David H. Hamley
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6770(C630) PC 6343(C636)
Views:  610   Comments: 0
Idle Centuries (and a visitor from Maine)
Title:  Idle Centuries (and a visitor from Maine)
Description:  A typically atypical early Conrail lashup is warmed up and waiting for the call to action. John C. Benson photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  9/6/1976  Upload Date: 12/4/2021 7:39:58 PM
Location:  Mingo Junction, OH
Author:  John C. Benson
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 6767(C630) RDG 5302(C630) LV 629(C628) BAR 60(GP7)
Views:  969   Comments: 0
CR 6787
Title:  CR 6787
Description:  James Claflin photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  9/6/1976  Upload Date: 12/4/2021 8:56:27 PM
Location:  Mingo Junction, OH
Author:  James Claflin
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 6787(C636) LV 625(C628)
Views:  639   Comments: 0
Red Class Light On
Title:  Red Class Light On
Description:  David H. Hamley photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum
Photo Date:  9/19/1976  Upload Date: 12/4/2021 8:45:17 PM
Location:  Ashtabula, OH
Author:  David H. Hamley
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 6786(C636)
Views:  561   Comments: 0
CR 6750
Title:  CR 6750
Description:  John C. Benson photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  10/23/1976  Upload Date: 12/4/2021 4:28:57 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  John C. Benson
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 6750(C628) RDG 5308(C630)
Views:  719   Comments: 0
CR 6792
Title:  CR 6792
Description:  R. P. Campbell photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  11/1/1976  Upload Date: 12/4/2021 9:42:16 PM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  R. P. Campbell
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 6792(C636) CR 6694(SDP45)
Views:  701   Comments: 0
All Liquids Come Out
Title:  All Liquids Come Out
Description:  ...of the rear truck of no. 6781! John C. Benson photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  11/30/1976  Upload Date: 12/4/2021 11:36:39 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  John C. Benson
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 6781(C636) CR 6778(C630)
Views:  692   Comments: 0
The Bees Freeze
Title:  The Bees Freeze
Description:  Ex-Reading C630 6762 still shows the "Bee Line Service" motto on its side as it sits in a frigid-looking Riverside, IL with ex-CNJ SD35 6049. Interestingly, the photographer, James Claflin, worked for EMD at the time he took this photo. From the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  12/7/1976  Upload Date: 10/24/2021 11:25:58 PM
Location:  Riverside, IL
Author:  James Claflin
Categories:  Roster,Winter
Locomotives:  CR 6762(C630) CR 6049(SD35)
Views:  829   Comments: 0
One of those "only on early Conrail" lashups
Title:  One of those "only on early Conrail" lashups
Description:  Patched ex-LV Snowbird 6730 leads BAR 68 in Cleveland. Conrail had to beg, borrow, or lease from just about anyone with spare power in its formative days. James P. Marcus photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  12/22/1976  Upload Date: 10/24/2021 11:20:06 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  James P. Marcus
Categories:  Roster,Winter
Locomotives:  CR 6730(C628) BAR 68(GP7)
Views:  1043   Comments: 1
CR 2053
Title:  CR 2053
Description:  John C. Benson photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  1/9/1977  Upload Date: 11/6/2021 10:59:12 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  John C. Benson
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 2053(C430)
Views:  649   Comments: 0
CR 6733
Title:  CR 6733
Description:  John C. Benson photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum
Photo Date:  1/11/1977  Upload Date: 12/4/2021 3:44:39 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  John C. Benson
Categories:  Roster,Winter
Locomotives:  CR 6733(C628)
Views:  487   Comments: 0
CR 6771
Title:  CR 6771
Description:  Bob Wilt photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  1/28/1977  Upload Date: 12/4/2021 7:02:27 PM
Location:  Bethlehem, PA
Author:  Bob Wilt
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 6771(C630)
Views:  423   Comments: 0
CR 6746
Title:  CR 6746
Description:  Bob Wilt photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  2/2/1977  Upload Date: 12/4/2021 4:18:06 PM
Location:  Bethlehem, PA
Author:  Bob Wilt
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 6746(C628)
Views:  459   Comments: 0
CR 6731
Title:  CR 6731
Description:  Steven W. Kindschy photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  3/9/1977  Upload Date: 12/4/2021 3:35:36 PM
Location:  Jackson, MI
Author:  Steven W. Kindschy
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 6731(C628)
Views:  502   Comments: 0
CR 6756
Title:  CR 6756
Description:  John C. Benson photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  3/23/1977  Upload Date: 12/4/2021 4:57:16 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  John C. Benson
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 6756(C630) CR 2425(C425)
Views:  586   Comments: 0
CR 6776
Title:  CR 6776
Description:  James Klas photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  3/24/1977  Upload Date: 12/4/2021 8:08:22 PM
Location:  Avon, OH
Author:  James Klas
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 6776(C630)
Views:  452   Comments: 0
CR 6721
Title:  CR 6721
Description:  David H. Hamley photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum
Photo Date:  3/27/1977  Upload Date: 12/4/2021 7:16:06 PM
Location:  Ashtabula, OH
Author:  David H. Hamley
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 6721(C628) CR 6782(C636)
Views:  648   Comments: 0
CR 6735
Title:  CR 6735
Description:  David H. Hamley photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum
Photo Date:  4/3/1977  Upload Date: 12/4/2021 3:50:36 PM
Location:  Conway, PA
Author:  David H. Hamley
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6735(C628) CR 6226(SD45)
Views:  552   Comments: 0
CR 6740
Title:  CR 6740
Description:  I. J. Buckley photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  4/8/1977  Upload Date: 12/4/2021 4:06:05 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  I. J. Buckley
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 6740(C628) CR 3172(GP40)
Views:  523   Comments: 0
CR 6758
Title:  CR 6758
Description:  Paul Hunnell photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  5/1/1977  Upload Date: 12/4/2021 5:06:25 PM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Paul Hunnell
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 6758(C630) CR 6100(SD45)
Views:  725   Comments: 0
CR 6763
Title:  CR 6763
Description:  Lon Coone photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  5/4/1977  Upload Date: 12/4/2021 5:28:33 PM
Location:  Meadville, PA
Author:  Lon Coone
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 6763(C630) CR 6343(SD40)
Views:  623   Comments: 2
Checkerboard in Cleveland
Title:  Checkerboard in Cleveland
Description:  Conrail no. 6278 is one of four Snowbird-painted C628s still in service with the Lehigh Valley at the time of Conrail's formation. Interesting how the flag patch more or less matches the shape, definitiely more careful than the black dip this loco would receive later. John C. Benson photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  5/8/1977  Upload Date: 10/24/2021 11:05:04 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  John C. Benson
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 6728(C628)
Views:  818   Comments: 0
CR 6726
Title:  CR 6726
Description:  David H. Hamley photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum
Photo Date:  5/8/1977  Upload Date: 12/4/2021 3:32:24 PM
Location:  Mingo Junction, OH
Author:  David H. Hamley
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 6726(C628)
Views:  594   Comments: 0
Alco Pick-A-Part
Title:  Alco Pick-A-Part
Description:  CR 6752 has been retired much earlier than many of the other Conrail C628s and has been raided for parts to keep its roster-mates going. Even the cab front wasn't spared. David H. Hamley photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  5/15/1977  Upload Date: 11/10/2021 1:44:07 AM
Location:  Conway, PA
Author:  David H. Hamley
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 6752(C628)
Views:  568   Comments: 0
C636 6794
Title:  C636 6794
Description:  6794 is coupled up to its Canadian cousin, CN M636 no. 2325. Conrail leased several locomtives from CN in its early days. John C. Benson photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  5/21/1977  Upload Date: 11/6/2021 8:34:45 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  John C. Benson
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 6794(C636) CN 2325(M636)
Views:  630   Comments: 0
CR 2054
Title:  CR 2054
Description:  David H. Hamley photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum
Photo Date:  6/4/1977  Upload Date: 11/6/2021 11:03:36 PM
Location:  Mingo Junction, OH
Author:  David H. Hamley
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 2054(C430) CR 2055(C430)
Views:  778   Comments: 0
CR 2055
Title:  CR 2055
Description:  Wilmer Hendricks photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  6/19/1977  Upload Date: 11/6/2021 11:08:12 PM
Location:  Weirton Junction, WV
Author:  Wilmer Hendricks
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  CR 2055(C430) CR 7878(GP38)
Views:  715   Comments: 0
CR 6772
Title:  CR 6772
Description:  Wilmer Hendricks photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  6/19/1977  Upload Date: 12/4/2021 7:51:47 PM
Location:  Mingo Junction, OH
Author:  Wilmer Hendricks
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 6772(C630) CN 2309(M636)
Views:  639   Comments: 0
Little Monsters of Mingo Junction.
Title:  Little Monsters of Mingo Junction.
Description:  Rumbling through Mingo Jct. elephant-style is a C430-GP9-RSD12-GP7 set in matching dirty black. An anonymous person was kind enough to write "Conrail" in the dirt under 2055's cab number. David H. Hamley photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  7/10/1977  Upload Date: 11/6/2021 8:41:13 PM
Location:  Mingo Junction, OH
Author:  David H. Hamley
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 2055(C430) CR 7093(GP9) CR 6859(RSD12) CR 5854(GP7)
Views:  975   Comments: 1
Talk about crazy lashups!
Title:  Talk about crazy lashups!
Description:  How's this for a lashup? 12 locomotives total: 2x C636, 3x C630, 2x C628, 1x SD45, and 4x F7A! Additionally, one of the F7As is the only freight F-unit known to have received Conrail blue, no. 1648. James P. Marcus photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  8/12/1977  Upload Date: 1/29/2023 8:49:32 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  James P. Marcus
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6792(C636) CR 6778(C630) CR 6754(C630) CR 6766(C630) CR 6743(C628) CR 1648(F7A)
Views:  825   Comments: 0
Overhead view of a doozy of a dozen
Title:  Overhead view of a doozy of a dozen
Description:  Here's an overhead shot of the lashup from http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=5913165. 2x C636, 3x C630, 2x C628, 1x SD45, and 4x F7A, including the one blue freight F-unit, no. 1648. James P. Marcus photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  8/12/1977  Upload Date: 1/29/2023 9:09:30 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  James P. Marcus
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6792(C636) CR 6778(C630) CR 6754(C630) CR 6766(C630) CR 6743(C628) CR 1648(F7A) PC 7331(GP9)
Views:  869   Comments: 0
CR 6773
Title:  CR 6773
Description:  While this picture looks like an action shot, the lack of headlights means its more likely this train is waiting for a recrew. David H. Hamley photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  9/10/1977  Upload Date: 11/10/2021 1:55:08 AM
Location:  Ambridge, PA
Author:  David H. Hamley
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 6773(C630) CR 6721(C628)
Views:  642   Comments: 0
CR 6723
Title:  CR 6723
Description:  Date approximate. Unknown photographer, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  5/1/1978  Upload Date: 12/4/2021 3:29:44 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 6723(C628) CR 6767(C630)
Views:  636   Comments: 0
CR 6781
Title:  CR 6781
Description:  J. W. Hulsman, Jr. photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  5/19/1978  Upload Date: 12/4/2021 8:19:22 PM
Location:  Lehighton, PA
Author:  J. W. Hulsman, Jr
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 6781(C636)
Views:  543   Comments: 0
The Last One, back when it wasn't
Title:  The Last One, back when it wasn't
Description:  Hmm... Wonder what's in the bag on the nose? Back in 1978 Conrail 6792 had a few of its C636 classmates to keep it company, but now it is the only surviving Alco C636 left in North America. As of October 2021, it's serving as Delaware-Lackawanna 3642. James C. Herold photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  7/9/1978  Upload Date: 10/24/2021 11:35:45 PM
Location:  Bethlehem, PA
Author:  James C. Herold
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 6792(C636)
Views:  790   Comments: 1
CR 6753
Title:  CR 6753
Description:  Date approximate. Unknown location. Unknown photographer, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  8/1/1978  Upload Date: 12/4/2021 4:45:44 PM
Location:  Unknown, US
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 6753(C630)
Views:  487   Comments: 0
CR 6774
Title:  CR 6774
Description:  James Klas photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  8/16/1978  Upload Date: 12/4/2021 7:59:26 PM
Location:  Avon, OH
Author:  James Klas
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 6774(C630) CR 7456(GP9)
Views:  449   Comments: 0
CR 6764
Title:  CR 6764
Description:  Mack Brothers photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  8/21/1978  Upload Date: 12/4/2021 5:35:45 PM
Location:  Sharonville, OH
Author:  Mack Brothers
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 6764(C630)
Views:  424   Comments: 0
CR 2493
Title:  CR 2493
Description:  Dan Dover photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  9/22/1978  Upload Date: 11/6/2021 9:01:14 PM
Location:  Sharonville, OH
Author:  Dan Dover
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 2493(C424) CR 6787(C636)
Views:  687   Comments: 0
CR 6783
Title:  CR 6783
Description:  George Horna photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  10/9/1978  Upload Date: 12/4/2021 8:36:07 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  George Horna
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 6783(C636) CR 6774(C630)
Views:  601   Comments: 0
CR 2059
Title:  CR 2059
Description:  Unknown photographer, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  12/10/1978  Upload Date: 11/6/2021 11:11:13 PM
Location:  Collinwood [Clevelan, OH
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 2059(C430)
Views:  533   Comments: 0
CR 6748
Title:  CR 6748
Description:  No location on the slide. Ken Annett photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  1/11/1979  Upload Date: 11/10/2021 12:49:11 AM
Location:  Unknown, US
Author:  Ken Annett
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 6748(C628) CR 6787(C636)
Views:  618   Comments: 0

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