CONRAIL
- M.D.Bentley
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Re: CONRAIL
.........and you don"t look a day over 29 Happy B"Day Big Blue. I will eat a cupcake in your honor.
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- Railroadfan...fan
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Re: CONRAIL
I say "HO, HO, HO, Merry Birthday Conrail!"
(September 1990 = the 1st time I've seen Conrail (Sterling yard) by the way--it sure is mizzed)
(September 1990 = the 1st time I've seen Conrail (Sterling yard) by the way--it sure is mizzed)
Robert Jackson (Extreme Railfan/Bluewater and Michigan Transit Museum member)
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- Saver of all History
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Re: CONRAIL
This is from 2007, 8 years after Big Blue became "no more," but wow, she still looks good. Happy Birthday!
Re: CONRAIL
This is the last conrail I shot, 35N comin' round the curve in Millbury.
- Eric Berger
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Re: CONRAIL
Fess up -- does anyone here have the Tenth Anniversary Plaque Conrail issued on 1 April 1986?
"From a really tall tower, in the middle of a really big field..."
- SD80MAC
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Re: CONRAIL
Happy Birthday Big Blue. Here's my latest piece of Conrail, numberboard from SD40-2R #6970, rebuilt from Kansas City Southern SD40 #620 in the early 1990's.
"Remember, 4 mph is a couple, 5's a collision!"
http://flickriver.com/photos/conrail680 ... teresting/
http://flickriver.com/photos/conrail680 ... teresting/
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What font is that exactly, CR Jon? I've always been curious to know what font Conrail used.
- SD80MAC
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Re: CONRAIL
No idea, Nathan. When they switched from white on black to black on white numberboards around 1990, they changed fonts as well. Before, some shops did NYC style font, while others did PRR. To my eyes, the black on white looks closest to PRR font.
"Remember, 4 mph is a couple, 5's a collision!"
http://flickriver.com/photos/conrail680 ... teresting/
http://flickriver.com/photos/conrail680 ... teresting/
- Ben Higdon
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Re: CONRAIL
I sure miss'r...
- Proto48Patrick
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Re: CONRAIL
Conrail went to INTERSTATE FONT when they started phasing out the white on Black boards
http://www.fonts.com/findfonts/detail.h ... KgodiyRduQ
http://www.fonts.com/findfonts/detail.h ... KgodiyRduQ
Patrick Welch
- ConrailMan5
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Re: CONRAIL
35 years and yet still 97 strong.
Happy birthday Conrail !!!
Happy birthday Conrail !!!
"I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different."
-Kurt Vonnegut
-Kurt Vonnegut