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Reading 2762
Title:  Reading 2762
Description:  An EMD SW1500 at Abrams Yard in February 1976.
Photo Date:  2/1/1976  Upload Date: 8/20/2013 4:15:36 PM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  RDG 2762(SW1500) RDG 3619(GP30)
Views:  580   Comments: 0
Reading 2758
Title:  Reading 2758
Description:  An EMD SW1500 at Abrams Yard in February 1976.
Photo Date:  2/8/1976  Upload Date: 8/20/2013 4:22:34 PM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  RDG 2758(SW1500)
Views:  461   Comments: 0
Reading 2754
Title:  Reading 2754
Description:  An EMD SW1500 at Abrams Yard in February 1976.
Photo Date:  2/11/1976  Upload Date: 8/20/2013 4:14:00 PM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  RDG 2754(SW1500)
Views:  333   Comments: 0
Reading 3648
Title:  Reading 3648
Description:  An EMD GP35 at Abrams Yard in March 1976.
Photo Date:  3/18/1976  Upload Date: 8/20/2013 7:20:21 PM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  RDG 3648(GP35) RDG 3635(GP35)
Views:  426   Comments: 0
Penn Central 6270
Title:  Penn Central 6270
Description:  In April 1976, early evidence of Conrail is this EMD SD40 at the ex-Reading Abrams Yard.
Photo Date:  4/18/1976  Upload Date: 8/27/2013 9:52:41 AM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  PC 6270(SD40) PC 6085(SD40)
Views:  431   Comments: 0
E-L 3602
Title:  E-L 3602
Description:  Two ex-E-L units head a westbound Conrail freight train at Abrams Yard in May 1976. The first few months on Conrail were exciting as odd motive power like this showed up all over the system as adjustments were made to where locomotives were stationed.
Photo Date:  5/15/1976  Upload Date: 8/15/2013 10:41:32 PM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EL 3602(SD45) EL 3311(U33C)
Views:  424   Comments: 2
E-L 3602
Title:  E-L 3602
Description:  An EMD SD45 at Abrams Yard in May 1976.
Photo Date:  5/15/1976  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 4:29:31 PM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  EL 3602(SD45)
Views:  328   Comments: 0
Lehigh Valley 313
Title:  Lehigh Valley 313
Description:  Early Conrail: A LV EMD GP38 and a PC EMD GP30 on the ex-Reading mainline at Abrams Yard in August 1976.
Photo Date:  8/11/1976  Upload Date: 8/28/2013 7:55:38 PM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LV 313(GP38AC) PC 2244(GP30)
Views:  795   Comments: 0
Penn Central 6106
Title:  Penn Central 6106
Description:  Two EMD SD45s head a westbound freight train on the ex-Reading line at Abrams Yard in August 1976.
Photo Date:  8/14/1976  Upload Date: 8/26/2013 9:15:56 PM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  PC 6106(SD45) PC 6109(SD45)
Views:  497   Comments: 2
Reading 2765
Title:  Reading 2765
Description:  A switcher rests between assignments at Abrams Yard in August 1976. This green and yellow livery (nile green and gold in Reading speak) was the intermediate paint scheme used in the 1960s by the railroad.
Photo Date:  8/15/1976  Upload Date: 8/20/2013 4:54:19 PM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  RDG 2765(SW1500)
Views:  350   Comments: 0
Reading 6304
Title:  Reading 6304
Description:  A GE U30C on a westbound freight, at Abrams Yard, photographed using the light supplied by the yard office at dusk in August 1976.
Photo Date:  8/17/1976  Upload Date: 8/20/2013 7:16:13 PM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Night,Yard
Locomotives:  RDG 6304(U30C)
Views:  288   Comments: 0
Penn Central 2243
Title:  Penn Central 2243
Description:  An EMD GP30 at the ex-Reading Abrams Yard in February 1977.
Photo Date:  2/12/1977  Upload Date: 8/24/2013 11:42:52 AM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PC 2243(GP30) PC 2929(U33B)
Views:  319   Comments: 0
Reading 635
Title:  Reading 635
Description:  An EMD GP7 at Abrams Yard in February 1977.
Photo Date:  2/12/1977  Upload Date: 8/20/2013 7:34:09 PM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  RDG 635(GP7)
Views:  236   Comments: 0
Reading 2770
Title:  Reading 2770
Description:  A switcher and caboose, both still in Reading livery, almost a year after the formation of Conrail at Abrams Yard in February 1977.
Photo Date:  2/15/1977  Upload Date: 8/20/2013 10:25:59 AM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  RDG 2770(SW1500)
Views:  409   Comments: 0
Reading 2766
Title:  Reading 2766
Description:  Ten months after Conrail, little has changed for this EMD SW1500 at Abrams Yard in February 1977.
Photo Date:  2/15/1977  Upload Date: 8/20/2013 4:18:03 PM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  RDG 2766(SW1500)
Views:  281   Comments: 0
Reading 2767
Title:  Reading 2767
Description:  Switching at Abrams Yard in February 1977.
Photo Date:  2/23/1977  Upload Date: 8/20/2013 10:30:09 AM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  RDG 2767(SW1500)
Views:  215   Comments: 0
Conrail 6107
Title:  Conrail 6107
Description:  An ex-PC EMD SD45 leads an eastbound freight through Abrams Yard in August 1977.
Photo Date:  8/13/1977  Upload Date: 8/31/2013 10:50:46 PM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6107(SD45)
Views:  277   Comments: 0
Conrail 9617
Title:  Conrail 9617
Description:  A quicky Conrail repaint of an ex-Reading EMD SW1500 at Abrams Yard in August 1977.
Photo Date:  8/13/1977  Upload Date: 8/31/2013 10:59:58 PM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 9617(SW1500)
Views:  413   Comments: 0
Conrail 2592
Title:  Conrail 2592
Description:  A GE U25B on a westbound freight at Abrams Yard in August 1977.
Photo Date:  8/17/1977  Upload Date: 8/31/2013 10:52:12 PM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 2592(U25B) PC 3035(GP40)
Views:  387   Comments: 0
Penn Central 2952
Title:  Penn Central 2952
Description:  A GE U33B leads an eastbound freight at Abrams Yard in October 1977. It was still exciting to find PC locomotives in a Reading yard, even eighteen months after Conrail.
Photo Date:  10/12/1977  Upload Date: 8/27/2013 8:31:15 AM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  PC 2952(U33B)
Views:  229   Comments: 0
Conrail 9590
Title:  Conrail 9590
Description:  An ex-Reading EMD SW1500 at Abrams Yard in October 1977.
Photo Date:  10/21/1977  Upload Date: 9/1/2013 8:07:37 AM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 9590(SW1500)
Views:  448   Comments: 0
Conrail 8143
Title:  Conrail 8143
Description:  An EMD GP38-2 at Abrams Yard in October 1977. Notice how close the%Reading (and later Conrail) let fans get to the tarins at Abrams Yard.
Photo Date:  10/21/1977  Upload Date: 9/1/2013 8:17:35 AM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CR 8143(GP38-2)
Views:  279   Comments: 0
Conrail 5813
Title:  Conrail 5813
Description:  An ex-Reading GP7 at Abrams Yard in October 1977.
Photo Date:  10/21/1977  Upload Date: 9/1/2013 8:19:07 AM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CR 5813(GP7)
Views:  318   Comments: 0
Conrail 8706
Title:  Conrail 8706
Description:  An ex-Reading SW900 shifts two GE Silverliner Mark IVs at Abrams Yard in October 1977. Although the Reading (and later Conrail) had a facility at Wayne Junction for most EMU repairs, all heavy work was done at the main railroad shops in Reading and the cars travelled in freight trains between greater Philadelphia and Reading.
Photo Date:  10/22/1977  Upload Date: 8/31/2013 10:57:54 PM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CR 8706(SW900)
Views:  248   Comments: 0
Conrail 5817
Title:  Conrail 5817
Description:  Two ex-Reading GP7s now lettered for Conrail on the cheap at Abrams Yard in March 1978.
Photo Date:  3/11/1978  Upload Date: 8/31/2013 10:54:31 PM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CR 5817(GP7)
Views:  386   Comments: 0
Conrail 5817
Title:  Conrail 5817
Description:  An EMD GP7 at Abrams Yard, March 1978, in a quicky Conrail repaint (note the Reading stencils used for the cab numbers).
Photo Date:  3/15/1978  Upload Date: 8/31/2013 4:41:57 PM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  CR 5817(GP7)
Views:  223   Comments: 0
Conrail 9592
Title:  Conrail 9592
Description:  EMD SW1500, Abrams Yard, May 1978. Another quicky Conrail repaint with rather sloppy cab numbers.
Photo Date:  5/13/1978  Upload Date: 8/31/2013 4:37:34 PM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CR 9592(SW1500)
Views:  285   Comments: 0
Conrail 3239
Title:  Conrail 3239
Description:  A busy day at Abrams Yard. An EMD GP40 in full ConRail livery at Abrams Yard in May 1978.
Photo Date:  5/16/1978  Upload Date: 9/1/2013 8:27:20 AM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 3239(GP40) CR 2635(U25B)
Views:  478   Comments: 0
Conrail 5813
Title:  Conrail 5813
Description:  When Conrail came into existence, it quickly renumbered and relettered locomotives like these ex-Reading GP7s seen at Abrams Yard, PA, in July 1978.
Photo Date:  7/5/1978  Upload Date: 8/31/2013 3:00:53 PM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5813(GP7) CR 5814(GP7)
Views:  403   Comments: 0
Conrail 2196
Title:  Conrail 2196
Description:  An ex-Penn Central EMD GP30 on the old Reading line at Abrams Yard in September 1978.
Photo Date:  9/20/1978  Upload Date: 9/1/2013 8:25:23 AM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 2196(GP30) PC 2244(GP30)
Views:  644   Comments: 0
Conrail 2546
Title:  Conrail 2546
Description:  An ex-NYC GE U25B (you can see the original NYC white frame stripe) at Abrams Yard in October 1978.
Photo Date:  10/14/1978  Upload Date: 9/3/2013 6:57:52 AM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 2546(U25B)
Views:  276   Comments: 0
Conrail 6402
Title:  Conrail 6402
Description:  An EMD SD40-2 heads an eastbound freight stopping at Abrams Yard in October 1978.
Photo Date:  10/21/1978  Upload Date: 9/2/2013 9:56:37 AM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6402(SD40-2)
Views:  313   Comments: 0
Conrail 1904
Title:  Conrail 1904
Description:  Two new GE B23-7s leads a freight at Abrams Yard in October 1978.
Photo Date:  10/21/1978  Upload Date: 9/1/2013 8:33:53 AM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 1904(B23-7) CR 1921(B23-7)
Views:  350   Comments: 0
Conrail 9628
Title:  Conrail 9628
Description:  AN ex-Reading EMD MP15 at Abrams Yard in April 1979.
Photo Date:  4/14/1979  Upload Date: 9/1/2013 8:29:40 AM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 9628(MP15DC)
Views:  320   Comments: 0
Valley Forge Park Depot
Title:  Valley Forge Park Depot
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/1/2008  Upload Date: 9/7/2008 9:45:00 AM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  Jonathan Ferraro
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  260   Comments: 0
Valley Forge Park Depot
Title:  Valley Forge Park Depot
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/1/2008  Upload Date: 9/7/2008 9:45:01 AM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  Jonathan Ferraro
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  294   Comments: 0
Valley Forge Park Depot
Title:  Valley Forge Park Depot
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/1/2008  Upload Date: 9/7/2008 9:45:02 AM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  Jonathan Ferraro
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  277   Comments: 0
Valley Forge Park Depot
Title:  Valley Forge Park Depot
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/1/2008  Upload Date: 9/7/2008 9:45:03 AM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  Jonathan Ferraro
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  274   Comments: 0
Valley Forge Park Depot
Title:  Valley Forge Park Depot
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/1/2008  Upload Date: 9/7/2008 9:44:59 AM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  Jonathan Ferraro
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  241   Comments: 0
NS 6765
Title:  NS 6765
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/3/2008  Upload Date: 9/7/2008 9:44:54 AM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  Jonathan Ferraro
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6765(SD60M)
Views:  455   Comments: 1
NS 6765
Title:  NS 6765
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/3/2008  Upload Date: 9/7/2008 9:44:55 AM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  Jonathan Ferraro
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6765(SD60M)
Views:  495   Comments: 1
NS 6765
Title:  NS 6765
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/3/2008  Upload Date: 9/7/2008 9:44:57 AM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  Jonathan Ferraro
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6765(SD60M) BNSF 4566(C44-9W)
Views:  675   Comments: 1
BNSF 4566
Title:  BNSF 4566
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/3/2008  Upload Date: 9/7/2008 9:45:04 AM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  Jonathan Ferraro
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 4566(C44-9W) NS 6765(SD60M)
Views:  682   Comments: 0

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