Conrail - Locomotives

Locomotives

Although Conrail was divided between Norfolk Southern Railway and CSX Transportation in 1999, few locomotives still bear its name, albeit with the current railroad's number "patched" over the original Conrail number. Many CR units have similar features such as, "Bright Future" blue paint, flashing ditch lights, and Leslie RS-3L and RS-5T horns. Another key feature is ditchlights mounted under the locomotive's front deck. This is especially notable on Norfolk Southern, who orders their locomotives with the lights above the deck. Marker lights are also a key note of CR. Most CR engines still have marker lights on CSX, NS opted to remove them. However on some widecab units, you can see where they were mounted. All Conrail locomotives that went to CSX are now re-painted into CSX colors. There are currently 7 Conrail locomotives that went to Norfolk Southern still sporting CR blue paint, 2 D8-40C's wearing just "Conrail" and 5 SD50's wearing "Conrail Quality".