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OCS SCHEDULES

Conrail's OCS will be taking an East Coast whirlwind tour over the next two weeks.  The trip departs Altoona, PA next Tuesday April 14 for Philadelphia.  Departure from Philadelphia on Thursday April 16 will see the train operated to interchange with CSXT at Baltimore, then CSXT to West Palm Beach, FL.  We are waiting on the CSXT version of the schedule before posting those operations.  The train returns to Conrail on April 19 and continues on a huge circle trip via Selkirk and Buffalo, NY.  Click HERE to see the Conrail side of the schedule.  - Kevin Burkholder

GEOMETRY TRAIN CHANGES

As soon as we put up the dates of work for Conrail's Geometry Train, they changed some of their testing.  Apparently some additional testing was necessary on the Chicago Line which has delayed the train almost a full day.  The schedule we posted on April 5 has been changed to reflect this:
 

Date	Work Locations
Tuesday April 7	Syracuse to Selkirk and Return
Wednesday April 8	Syracuse to Olean, NY
Thursday April 98	Olean to Harrisburg, PA
Friday April 10	Harrisburg to Oak Island via Allentown
Saturday April 11	Maintenance at Oak Island, NJ
Sunday April 12
Monday April 13
Tuesday April 14
Wednesday April 15	Oak Island to Harrisburg, PA
Thursday April 16	Harrisburg to Altoona, PA
Friday April 17	Altoona to Conway, PA via Pittsburgh Line
Saturday April 18	Conway to Ashtabula to Cleveland-Collinwood
Sunday April 19	Maintenance at Cleveland-Collinwood
Monday April 20
Tuesday April 21
Wednesday April 22	Cleveland-Collinwood to Elkhart, IN
Thursday April 23	Elkhart to CP 502 and return
Friday April 24	Elkhart to Ashtabula
Saturday April 25	Ashtabula to Conway
Sunday April 26	Maintenance at Conway
Monday April 27
Tuesday April 28
Wednesday April 29	Conway to Waynesburg, PA
Thursday April 30	Waynesburg Southern to Brownsville, PA
Friday May 1	West Brownsville to Loveridge, WV and return
Saturday May 2	West Brownsville to Conway via Port Perry

-Kevin Burkholder

UNIT ASSIGNMENTS

With the Conrail acquisition pending, we're taking a look at the location of some of Conrail's older units.  The B36-7 class seems to be a diverse group with assignment in all pools of service.  Here is where the group was last reported (as of 4/7/98).

5000	Bayard, OH	3/31/98	WICA-02		5032	Altoona, PA	4/6/98	ALPI-5F
5001	Kenmore, NY	4/2/98	YAKE-35		5034	Wooster, OH	4/4/98	XSW-17
5002	Terre Haute, IN	4/7/98	ENG-601		5035	Columbus-Buckeye, OH	4/7/98	WSCO-13
5003	Cleveland-Collinwood, OH	4/7/98	BUEL-7		5036	Spore, OH	4/6/98	USW-26
5004	Elkhart, IN	4/7/98	TV-221		5037	Pavonia, NJ	4/7/98	CAAL-7
5005	CSXT	3/9/98			5038	Buffalo-Frontier, NY	4/7/98	UNL-38C
5006	Conway, PA	4/7/98			5039	Oak Island, NJ	4/6/98	YPOI-10
5008	Altoona, PA	4/6/98	ALPI-6		5040	Toledo, OH	4/7/98	STPI-7
5009	Harrisburg-TV, PA	4/6/98	TV-213		5041	Columbus-Buckeye, OH	4/7/98	WSCO-13
5010	Rose Lake, IL	4/5/98	SLSE-5D		5042	Columbus-Buckeye, OH	4/7/98	COMR-7A
5011	Columbus-Buckeye, OH	4/7/98	YSCO-18		5043	Selkirk, NY	4/7/98	TV-209
5012	Baltimore-Bayview, MD	3/14/98	YPBU-06		5044	Columbus-Buckeye, OH	4/7/98	YSCO-18
5014	Sterling, MI	4/7/98	STIN-7		5046	Conway, PA	4/7/98	RR-261
5015	Munhall, PA	4/7/98	WICE-11		5047	Crestline, OH	4/7/98	RR-241
5016	Thomson, PA	1/20/98	WICE-11		5048	Madison, IL	4/5/98	BNST-5
5018	Selkirk, NY	4/7/98	TV-10B		5049	Altoona, PA	4/4/98	LMPI-2
5019	Cleveland-Collinwood, OH	3/20/98	BUCO-09		5050	Beacon Park, MA	4/6/98	BOSE-6
5021	Toledo, OH	4/7/98	TV-1E		5051	Baltimore-Bayview, MD	3/7/98	YPBV-06
5022	Syracuse, NY	3/10/98	PISE-9		5052	Columbus-Buckeye, OH	4/7/98	COIN-7
5023	Pet Creek, PA	4/7/98	USS-497		5053	Conway, PA	4/7/98	TV-1
5025	Wayne, MI	4/6/98	ELPR-5		5054	Allentown, PA	4/5/98	ALHB-5
5026	Altoona, PA	4/7/98	ENS-101		5055	Conway, PA	4/6/98	TV-12X
5027	West Brownsville, PA	4/5/98	UDM-39R		5056	Buffalo-Frontier, NY	4/7/98	TV-77
5028	Morrisville, PA	3/11/98	MOPI-1		5057	Selkirk, NY	4/7/98	TV-10B
5029	Doremus Ave., NJ	3/26/98			5058	Columbus-Buckeye, OH	4/7/98	COMR-7A
5030	Enola, PA	4/7/98	ML-411		5059	Conway, PA	4/7/98	WICE-11
5031	Manville, NJ	4/7/98	WPMA-91

 
Another group of "older" units are the C39-8 fleet.  Initially purchased as "pool" power with Norfolk Southern, these units have spent quite a bit of time being leased-out to other roads.  Recently, many have turned back up on Conrail and here is there last report:

6000	Buffalo-Frontier, NY	4/7/98	ELSE-7
6002	Altoona, PA	3/28/98	PIES-8X
6003	To CSX	4/4/98
6004	Buffalo-Frontier, NY	3/9/98	INSE-8
6007	Massena, NY	4/6/98	MSSE-6
6008	Elkhart, IN	3/21/98	ELSF-0A
6009	To Union Pacific	1/27/98
6010	Harrisburg, PA	4/7/98	PIMO-6
6011	Elkhart, IN	4/7/98	SFSE-7X
6012	Toledo-Stanley, OH	4/7/98	TOST-7X
6013	Cleveland-Collinwood, OH	4/7/98	TOMT-7
6014	Buffalo-Frontier, NY	4/7/98	TV-5
6015	Thomson, PA	11/21/97	WICE-11
6016	Selkirk, NY	4/7/98	TV-10
6017	Buffalo-Frontier, NY	4/7/98	BUCO-7
6018	Buffalo-Frontier, NY	4/7/98	UNL-38C
6019	Harrisburg, PA	4/7/98	PIMO-6
6020	Buffalo-Frontier, NY	3/27/98	BUEL-7
6021	Streator, IL	3/30/98	SFSE-0

Units not listed on the B36-7 or the C39-8 table, are not currently on Conrail.

Please check this location daily, as new information will be posted, as it becomes available. If you have news to report or information regarding railroads in the Eastern United States, please send e-mail to Kevin Burkholder at KBurkholder@psghs.edu