In Memory of Conrail - 20 years gone - PART ONE

The 20 year anniversary of Conrail’s split between Norfolk Southern and CSX is/was on June 1st, 2019. Here is part one of a 3 part series showing Conrail in Eastern & Central Massachusetts to mark the occasion. With so much material filmed since 1987, we never did fit it all into our commercial line of DVD’s. This part features action in Charlton & Spencer, MA. Most of his material actually had been in one of our older (and no longer available) programs, “Conrail’s Mountain Main Lines”, but there is some footage which was never used.

Charlton (CP 57) marks the east end of a controlled siding for westbound trains. The west end of the siding is at East Brookfield, MA (CP-64). A grade of about .88 percent will make heavier eastbound freights work hard. Some westbound trains can make noise too as they have just finished climbing a grade that began since departing Worcester, MA.

A personal comment… I can’t stand the graffiti that has turned every modern manifest freight into something that belongs in the ghetto or junkyard. I also fondly remember the days when there were many railroads displaying their names and logos on the rolling stock. Therefore in this show, many trains are shown in their entirety. Enjoy the wide variety of road names and logos along with some pretty rare stuff, even for the early 1990's!

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