CONRAIL TECHNICAL SOCIETY
SPRING CONVENTION 2002
ALL PHOTOS ©2002 JEFF LUBCHANKY EXCEPT AS NOTED
ANY REPRODUCTION BY ADVANCE WRITTEN PERMISSION ONLY
P&BR
205
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SW1500. FIRST STOP FOR THE TOUR
WAS BETHLEHEM STEEL'S SPARROWS POINT FACILITY. NO PHOTOS WERE
ALLOWED ON THEIR PROPERTY BUT THE P&BR TOOK US TO THEIR INTERCHANGE
FOR A PHOTO OP. THE DETECTOR IN THE BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR RADIOACTIVE
MATERIAL BEFORE IT GOES TO THE PLANT. JUNE 6, 2002. |
CSX
6437
|
GP40-2 WITH ROAD SLUG 2223 DOING
YARD SWITCHING AT BALTIMORES PENN MARY YARD. THE CANTON RR IS
BEHIND THESE ENGINES. JUNE 6, 2002. |
CANTON
1501
|
SW1500 BUILT IN 1967 SETTING UP
FOR A LOCAL. A HUNGE THUNDERSTORM WAS APPROACHING. PHOTOGRAPHED
FROM A PUBLIC SIDEWALK. JUNE 6, 2002. EX SP 2455. |
USN
COMFORT
|
HOSPITAL SHIP HOME PORTED IN BALTIMORE
MD. IT HAS JUST STARTED RAINING. THIS SHIP ASSISTED IN THE 9/11
RECOVERY OPERATION IN NYC. JUNE 6, 2002. |
NS
5388
|
GP38-2 SWITCHING ENGINES FOR THE
GM LIGHT TRUCK PLANT IN BALTIMORE, MD. JUNE 6, 2002. |
NJT
5343
|
A NEWLY REBUILT COMET II COACH WAITING
SHIPMENT NORTH. PORT BALTIMORE, MD. JUNE 6, 2002. |
AMT
2016
|
THE DAY WAS FINISHED OFF WITH A
VISIT TO THE BWI AIRPORT AMTRAK STATION. THIS WAS THE HIGHT OF
THE RUSH HOUR AND THE THUNDER STORMS. NOTICE ON THE ACELA TRAILING
ENGINE, THE NEW BLACK SIDE NUMBERS AND ALL OF THE ROOF COWLING
HAS BEEN REMOVED. JUNE 6, 2002. |
VRE
V06
|
RP39-2C ON THE INSPECTION TRACK.
AMTRAK IVY CITY MAINTENANCE SHOPS MAINTAIN THE VRE FLEET. JUNE
7, 2002. |
AMT
107
|
P42B-9 AT THE SERVICE TRACK. PROBABLY
POWER FOR A SOUTHBOUND TRAIN TO VIRGINIA OR NORTH CAROLINA. IT
GOT CLOUDY FOR AWHILE BUT DID NOT RAIN. JUNE 7, 2002. |
MARC
4902
|
FIVE AEM 7'S AT THE IVY CITY SERVICE
TRACK. JUNE 7, 2002. |
AMT
2008
|
ACELA TRAINSET AT THE IVY CITY HIGH
SPEED MAINTENANCE SHOP. THEY ARE ABLE TO SERVICE 3 TRAINSETS
AT A TIME. MOST WORK IS DONE AT NIGHT JUNE 7, 2002. |
ACELA
WHEEL
GRINDER
|
THIS IS THE COMPUTERIZED WHEEL GRINDER
FOR THE ACELA HIGH SPEED TRAINSETS. JUNE 6, 2002. |
AMT
10003
|
NOT JUST ANY ORPHAN ACELA BUSINESS
CLASS CAR. THIS IS THE ANALYSER CAR. WHEN NEEDED, THIS CAR REPLACES
AN EXISTING CAR IN A TRAINSET. JUNE 7, 2002. |
MARYLAND &
DELAWARE
1203
|
RS3M WITH MARC GP39H-2 ON THE NORTH
SIDE OF THE SHOPS. THE ALCO IS THERE TO EVALUATE A POSSIBLE MAJOR
REBUILD AND RESTORATION. JUNE 7, 2002. EX DL&W 914, EL 1052,
CR 5268, CR 9942, DEL COAST LINE 1203. |
MARC
69
|
SOUTH END OF THE CSX RIVER SIDE
SHOPS WHERE THE MARC FLEET OF ENGINES ARE MAINTAINED. GP40WH-2
IS OUTSIDE. JUNE 7, 2002. EX NYC 3051, PC 3051, CR 3051, MARC
32. |
BWI
STATION
|
DAY 2 WAS FINISHED WITH ANOTHER
TRIP TO BWI STATION. VISABLE IS A MARC NORTHBOUND BI-LEVEL COMMUTER
TRAIN. JUNE 7, 2002. |
AMT
2024
|
NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND ACELA EXPRESS
TRAINS MEET AT BWI STATION. NOTICE 2020 HAS THE NEW ACELA LOGO
ON THE COUPLER SHROUD AND THE SIDE NUMBER IS NOW BLACK AS OPPOSED
TO GREY. JUNE 7, 2002. |
RLCX
1622
|
HOW'D THEY GET THIS ENGINE THRU
THE BALTIMORE TUNNEL? CHALK CREEK, MD. JUNE 8, 2002. EX GTW GP-18
4701. |
LaPLATA
MD
|
FORMER TRAIN STATION MOVED FROM
ACCROSS THE TRACKS AND RESTORED TO A MUSEUM. LaPLATA WAS HIT
BY A CATEGORY 5 TORNADO ON APRIL 28, 2002. 3 PEOPLE WERE KILLED
AND THE TOWN WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED. JUNE 8, 2002. |
CSX
811
|
A PAIR OF SD80-MAC'S MOVING EMPTIES
OUT OF CHAULK POINT AT SPEED. NEAR THE TOWN OF WALDORF, MD. JUNE
8, 2002. |
LIRR
2787
|
A FEW EX LIRR COACHES PARKED AFTER
BEING DAMAGED IN A WRECK. WALDORF, MD. JUNE 8, 2002, A SUNNY
DAY. |
CSX
809
|
THREE CLEAN AND CLASSY EX CONRAIL
SD80-MAC'S IN COAL SERVICE AT BENNING YARD NEAR WASHINGTON, DC.
JUNE 8, 2002. |
BETHLEHEM
STEEL
57
|
MY FINAL STOP ON THE WAY NORTH WAS
THE B&O RAILROAD MUSEUM. THIS MOLTEN STEEL CAR WAS ONE OF
THE ARTIFACTS THAT WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO PHOTOGRAPH AT THE MILL.
FORTUNATELY, BETHLEHEM STEEL DONATED A FEW PIECES TO THE B&O
MUSEUM. JUNE 8, 2002. |
C&O
1604
|
2-6-6-6 ALLEGHENY. THE BIGGEST ENGINE
IN THE EAST.BALTIMORE, MD. JUNE 8, 2002. |
