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5/19/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Conrail
Model:EMD SW8Built As:NYC 9604 (SW8)
Serial Number:15500Order No:4109
Frame Number:4109-3Built:2/1952
Notes:CR Class SW8.
Other locos with this serial:  LTEX 905(SW900) CR 8604(SW8) LTEX 905(SW8)
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CR 8604, SW8, 1987
Title:  CR 8604, SW8, 1987
Description:  Everyday. Here is an original 35mm color slide by Kenneth Lehman that was taken in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 10 April 1987. Shown here is Conrail engine #8604, an SW8 built by GM-EMD for the New York Central as number "9604" in February of 1952, rated at 800 horsepower, and renumbered "8604" in preparation for the NYC-PRR merger. Partially visible in the background is the Hollidaysburg Car Shop, built in 1955 by the Pennsylvania Railroad and christened the "Samuel Rea Shop."
Photo Date:  4/10/1987  Upload Date: 4/6/2022 5:41:04 AM
Location:  Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CR 8604(SW8)
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